I’ve used concrete deck piers for many years. A deck post footing is simply a 20-inch or larger diameter pad of poured concrete down at the bottom of a hole that’s dug in solid soil.

OPTIONS As for your options, you can use any number of plastic or dense cardboard forms or tubes that will allow you to pour your own concrete pier. You can also buy precast concrete deck piers ...

Cast-in-place concrete step installation involves pouring a footing, followed by building removable forms to mold the rest of the steps (formwork alone accounts for 40 to 60 percent of the cost of ...

Frequently, a concrete footer is 20, 24 or even 30 inches wide and at least 8 inches thick; more often than not you’ll see them 10 inches thick. The average foundation wall is usually only 8 ...

Footings need long pieces of reinforcing steel. One-half-inch diameter, No. 4, is almost always sufficient. Because the steel needs to be continuous in the footing, don't butt two pieces together.

Indepedent tests show concrete footings used in the construction of a Woodland middle school exceed the strength required for building support, officials said Monday.The tests were recently ...