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Just realized I've been setting posts wrong since a crew boss in Alabama called me out for digging too deep
After that job on a slope near Huntsville where we hit bedrock at 18 inches on one side and 4 feet on the other, do you switch to a step footing or just pour concrete deeper and hope it holds on a grade like that?
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aaron_perry4mo ago
Man that's exactly the kind of thing that makes you second guess every hole you've ever dug. Had a similar mess near Guntersville where the grade dropped off like 3 feet across a 10 foot span, ended up just stepping the footings and it held fine.
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valc914mo ago
Man that's exactly the kind of thing that makes you second guess every hole you've ever dug" - yeah, I feel that. Had a spot near the river that looked level until I started, and it just kept dropping. Stepped footings are a lifesaver in those spots, glad yours held.
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smith.parker4mo ago
Oh man, I used to think stepping footings was just extra work for no reason. Like just level the damn thing out and call it a day, you know? But then I had a spot up near @aaron_perry's area actually, where the ground dropped so fast I couldn't believe it. Tried to cheat it with shims and wedges and that thing settled like a month later. Had to pull the whole post and redo it with steps. Never again. I'm a believer now, that's for sure.
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