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Old 15-01-2015, 09:38 PM
glend (Glen)
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Originally Posted by codemonkey View Post
I think I might try something a little bit left field. I might try building the footing out of besser blocks and hebel. Should greatly reduce labour and be fairly cheap. If worst comes to worst and it proves ineffective I'll just cover it up and do another one nearby.

And of course now that I have everything dismantled, we have the first clear night (while I'm actually home) we've had in donkeys.
It's all about the mass, and block footings for a pier are not going to have the density of a solid block of concrete. Hebel blocks are aerated concrete.
Your going to have to dig the hole anyway, so why not use concrete. The big labour is in digging the hole. You can get concrete delivered and save on the mixing labour.
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