The Deck Professor

Lessons / Footings, frost and posts

Side by side

Pier, pier block or screw pile

Compare the three footings, then choose one the permit will accept
Footing
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Booking a pile crew that supplies no stamped design.

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The rule this lesson teaches

Screw piles are not defined in the Alberta code, so an engineer designs them.

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