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- Help with Sonotube and Piers | DIY Home Improvement Forum
Slide the sonotube through the hole about 12 inches and screw the sonotube to the plywood After digging my hole, I would then use a shovel to dig out a 3ft x 3ft square of dirt around the hole to fit the plywood sonotube combo and then place weights on top of the plywood to hold it in place
- 28x40 Cabin Beams on Sonotubes - DIY Home Improvement Forum
Hi everyone, I have a few questions about building a ~28x40 off-grid cabin I've been studying foundation options and we want to go the sonotube pier and beam route - Does it make more sense to get the floor level by raising the sonotube concrete footings to achieve level or to attach a 6x6
- What size sonotube?? - DIY Home Improvement Forum
I just have a quick question, from what I've read online, people say that the sonotube needs to be double the size of the post, or pole you are using, or at least thats the general rule of thumb I'm looking to build a pavilion this summer, and would like to use 8x8 cedar posts, even though the plans i've found only require 6x6
- Sonotube depth for footings - DIY Home Improvement Forum
The little bit of a Sonotube at the top for cosmetic purposes does little to help frost heaving The Sonotube uses less concrete and the amount needed can be can calculated accurately and the tube can be "plumbed" and supported by a granular fill Augered holes minimizes the unknowns and the amount of material you have to move in and out
- Fence Posts - Sonotubes? - DIY Home Improvement Forum
The 12" sonotube was questionable with the 6" post Best case scenario would be a 4" post with the 12" tube or a 14-16" tube with the 6" post Predicating a sonotube size based on the limitation of a drill bit size is the wrong way to engineer the job Ron
- Footings necessary for sonotubes? - DIY Home Improvement Forum
There are a total of 16 post Each post will sit on a 8-in wide x 3' deep sonotube EDIT: They will sit on a standoff bracket connected to 5 8" j-bolt I am not currently planning a footing under the sonotube Our soil is borderline concrete itself I rented a towable auger, but it was unable to dig in the rock and clay soil
- How level do sonotubes have to be? - DIY Home Improvement Forum
Your sonotubes need to be plumb You check them with a string level, a plumb bob, or a builders level You fill them to the appropriate grade, it doesn't make much difference if the top of the concrete is level, what is important is that you insert the steel bracket in the correct location, and level the top of the bracket
- Sonotube height - DIY Home Improvement Forum
I was wondering how high you can extend a 10 inch sonotube off the ground I was thinking of extending a 10 inch column 6 feet above grade It will go 3 feet below the ground to a footing I'll be using this to support the center of a long deck stairway I like the rock solid feel of
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