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tennis court construction and funky shape of tennis net post footing
I'm making a home tennis court out of an asphalt paved area. I've
already bought the net and posts. The specified concrete footing for each tennis net post is a 30" square at the bottom, tapering up over a height of 42" into an 18" diameter circle at the top. A drawing is at http://sportsbuilders.org/page.php?id=96&from[]=11&from[]=12&from[]=13&. Could I use 3/4" plywood to make a form strong enough to contain this much concrete without blowing out or breaking? I think the bigger job may actually be cutting out a big enough square out of the asphalt (32"?) so I can then rent a 30" auger to dig 42" deep, cut the corners out to a square with a shovel, and then drop the empty form in, and somehow hold it down while pouring the roughly ton of concrete into each one. After stripping the form, backfill with dirt and repair the asphalt. Any suggestions for me? I'm thinking readymix concrete for the little over 1 cubic yard I need to avoid all that mixing, and it's probably cheaper than buying eighty 80" bags of concrete mix. |
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