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Originally Posted by Tim and Steph
I live in Fairfax, VT, zip is 05454. I'm building a deck, and I'm going to
be pouring concrete into sonotubes. Everything I've read states that the
bottom of the sonotube must be below the frost line. Nowhere does it state
how deep that might be. I assume that the USDA or the department of the
Interior must have a map on this kinda thing, but for the life of me, I
can't find it. Any ideas?
I live in Toronto. We're around the same latitude, and 42" is the standard here. Building codes must err well on the safe side, so 42" is probably more than safe. Unless you plan to have your local government issue a building permit, then I can assure you that 42" is perfectly safe.

Last edited by slatts : May 27th 06 at 09:23 AM Reason: to clarify