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Originally Posted by speach
I had a 8"x8" timber pier, wouldn't recommend it. Not really stable enough and it suffered from vibration which I couldn't dampen. BTW it was down 1m into the ground.
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Hi,
Agree. I don't have a pier, or a peer, but wood is mechanically more elastic than concrete, and can transmit and hold vibrations to a greater extent than the much stiffer masonry. I've imagined a pyramidal brick pier as easy to build.
Cheers