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There are several ways to skin this cat, and a lot depends on what you want to wind up with in the end.

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Oh that's the easy bit.

What I am after is a rock-solid concrete pier that rises up to a minimum of 3ft off the surface of the ground. During installation, I'll also be setting up the pier adapter fixings for my mount.

I've got a 5ft x 10in length of sonotube for the job.

That's it

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First, think of a 2 part pour as a single, extended pour. You pour your base, then you setup your sonotube, fastening it securely in place, level and square, with the bottom where it meets your base concrete well caulked.

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Do you want the base to be level with the ground? Or do you want the base to extend up perhaps to the level of a deck above ground? In EITHER case, you are going to have to build some kind of structure around the base hole to secure the sonotube.

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What I had in mind is to simply have the concrete pier "rise up" from the ground, to be honest. I figured on needing to have the sonotube "held in place" by a bracketing framework all around during the pour and afterwards for time needed for the concrete to set.

Thanks for all the help!

Regards,

skybsd

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