If your setting deck posts move up in the spring and then settle back down as the weather warms, then you have a bad case of “frost heave-osis.” Pouring footings doesn't require much outside ...

The photos of the mistakes make me shudder! Ron understands that his deck needs to rest upon concrete footings or piers. That’s a great start. What’s important to realize is a deck foundation ...

Several architects I used to work with avoided deck piers and used deck post footings instead, thinking that it would make life easier for me, the builder. A deck post footing is simply a 20-inch ...