Loading…
10
I thought the county inspector was just giving me a hard time about my deck footings, then he showed me the frost line map
Been building decks around here for 9 years and always dug my footings 30 inches down because that's what my old boss did. Last month the county inspector flagged the footings on a job in a newer subdivision and I figured he was just being picky. He pulled out a frost depth map and showed me my spot sits in a pocket that needs 42 inches. I dug two of them back out to check and the bottom 10 inches were already getting soft from the spring thaw. Cost me half a day and about $80 in extra concrete but he was right. Now I'm wondering how many of my older decks are sitting on shallow footings. Any of you guys ever get called out on something you'd been doing the same way for years?
0 comments
Log in to join the discussion
Log In0 Comments
No comments yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this discussion.