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Loc: Smoggy Bottom, Baytown,Texas
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Re: Questions about Sonotube based piers
07/04/08 07:28 PM
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Consider a wooden "tripod" affair to secure your sonotube, with the legs extending outside of your hole. Also, consider digging your hole a few inches deeper, and don't pour your concrete all the way to the top. After the temporary stuff is out of the way, put some topsoil over the "chunk", and voila! A pier rising out of the ground...
And that ground is certainly a bit softer than that concrete chunk when you drop that eyepiece. 
The caulk around the bottom of the sonotube is probably not necessary. However, it doesn't cost much, and worth the "peace of mind".
Hubert
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