What should be the foundation for the deck supporting posts to rest on? Should I use concrete blocks? I don't want our deck posts to sink in the first rain!![]()
Our ground is fairly firm, btw. A hard rain can make it a bit mushy, though.
What should be the foundation for the deck supporting posts to rest on? Should I use concrete blocks? I don't want our deck posts to sink in the first rain!![]()
Our ground is fairly firm, btw. A hard rain can make it a bit mushy, though.
Above ground soft side Omega pool
20 feet diameter, 4 feet deep
Hayward sand filter
Hayward 1 HP Matrix pump
Hayward Aquabug Automatic Pool Cleaner
Where do you live? Winter weather is important when planning a foundation.
TFP Moderator
20K Gallon 20X36 Vinyl Inground
Hayward S244T Sand Filter with 1HP Whisperflo Pump. Liquidator C-201 and Solar Heat
Dek Blocks![]()
27' Round AG, 17,200 gallons, sand filter
AZ - in the middle of the desert. Go months without rain, then it can rain buckets during the monsoon in the mid-summer. No bad frost, but we do get some below freezing nights in mid-winter, usually no colder than upper 20's, and once in a very great while (like once every 10 years or so), snow.
I saw dek blocks on the net. That good, huh?![]()
Above ground soft side Omega pool
20 feet diameter, 4 feet deep
Hayward sand filter
Hayward 1 HP Matrix pump
Hayward Aquabug Automatic Pool Cleaner
Check with your local codes department first, if you have one for the middle of the desert.![]()
I was thinking of using dekblocks too, but was told by our local codes folks that under no circumstances would they accept it. The requirements here are 16"x16"x12" concrete footers..I just hope I never have to dig them back up.
(If I haven't mentioned it, the codes people here are very anal - they wouldn't let me install the electrical feed for the pool - said I had to have a licensed electrician do it. Doesn't matter that I have a BS in Electrical Engineering...I don't have a license...![]()
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24' x 52" AGP - approx 13,500 gallons
Pentair Optiflo 1 hp/2sp pump w/ Swimpro Voyager 150 sq ft cartridge filter
Intex 8110 SWCG
"Fear the Schnauz!"
Well My deck is built with the deck blocks, I have had mine since 2003, and have had NO problems at allOriginally Posted by Swimgirl
27' Round AG, 17,200 gallons, sand filter
usually you only have to pour footings to a depth below the frost line to prevent "heaving." So I do not think you have that problem in a warm climate.
lartay
That's one **** of a footer for a foot traffic deck.Originally Posted by MikeInTN
Once great advantage of having an AGP is it's not permanent,so why should your deck be? I'd say blocks. I have no plans on moving my pool or deck for as long as I live here so I used Sonotubes buried at least 2' down.
Gary
21k gal SW, IG Gunite PebbleSheen, 1HP Jandy, Jandy 340 filter, Polaris 280, 17' fiberglass slide w/ 2HP pump.