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These piers are solid pre-formed concrete foundation blocks designed specifically for the Floating Foundation Deck System. The system is easy to use, allows for a variety of customized applications for decks and costs up to 25% less than conventional deck construction.
Learn how to install concrete deck piers to support your deck frame. Use cardboard form tubes to extend your footings above grade.
Learn how to size, layout, dig, form, and pour concrete to build a simple but sturdy deck foundation. Synopsis: Build your deck on concrete piers, and you’ll have a solid foundation that won’t heave or twist as a result of frost or poor soil bearing capacity.
Dig and pour your deck footings so they extend below the frost line. That way, they won't move, or heave, as the ground freezes and thaws during seasonal changes. This article explains how to build solid footings that will stay put year-round.
A solid concrete deck footing is essential for building a sturdy and long-lasting deck. In the video above, This Old House general contractor Tom Silva walks a homeowner through the process of digging and pouring concrete supports for a deck.
In this guide, we’ll discuss what concrete piers are and how to build them. We’ll explain how to determine the amount of concrete for each pier and what the best type of concrete is for deck footings. Our aim is to provide you with the information required to build concrete deck piers.
These articles will help you understand how to lay out and install concrete frost pier footings to support your deck. Learn about different footing types including footing forms, belled base footings and buried support posts.
Build a Grade-Level Deck: Layout for Framing and Footings. Builder Mike Guertin shares tips for putting deck piers in the right place and securely attaching a ledger to a house.
Many building stores offer precast concrete deck piers. These piers usually come with a fitted recess in the top of the pier that receives the 4×4 deck post or with a metal saddle that serves the same function.
A cast or poured concrete pier is often used as upright support to connect the buried footing pad to the structural post above grade. The top of this pier should be at least 4 inches above the soil level under the deck. Your local building department will decide the size, type, and depth of your footings. Types of Deck Footings