Are Bigfeet necessary for pier footings?
 

I am pouring some 8" pier footings with sonotubes to support a deck.
They will go down 4' into sand. Do I need to use bigfoot footings, or
can I just pour my own 12" square 6" deep footings at the bottom of
the hole right over the sand? I plan on securing the piers to the footings
with rebar. Thanks,

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Jeff

Sand? If you are in Florida the footing has to be 18" x 18" x 18" cube. (I just
did this under a permit)
It has more to do with uplift than down load.

"Jeff" wrote in message
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I am pouring some 8" pier footings with sonotubes to support a deck.
They will go down 4' into sand. Do I need to use bigfoot footings, or
can I just pour my own 12" square 6" deep footings at the bottom of
the hole right over the sand? I plan on securing the piers to the
footings
with rebar. Thanks,

--
Jeff

Pier footing for a lake? ocean? river? Weight of finished product?
frost/freeze?

We are not mind readers.

WAG 4 inches into the ground on dry land would not be enough


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