Thanks alot everyone. Yalls suggestions dont make it seem so bad.
As soon as Scott contacts me back Ill ask him about the ability to adjust on their piers.
Hey Jim, about that 4.5 degree to the West for magnetic declination. I wonder if thats why when i took my compass out lastnight and set Polaris in its sights, North was pointing off a little towards the West.
If I was bolting my pier down, would I follow what the compass seemed to indicate was North, or Just go by Polaris?
Id be lying If i said i wasnt just a tad bit stumped by the allowing for magnetic declination part. I think its starting to make sense. I keep seeing Deans compass on his mount with the white line a little bit away from what his compass said was north.
I tried using that Concrete patch from Lowe's yesterday but I dont think it held very well. No matter how I mixed it, it just fell right back off. I ended up using my hand to smash it into the little holes figuring I could come back later and sand it down.
There was a guy on here that had a sonotube pier with little holes in it and everyone suggested he use something to fill them in (which he did) but I cant find that thread for the life of me.
Did the sides of my concrete slab get little holes all in it 'cos I didnt put something on the boards that boxed it in?
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