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I need a bit of help with figuring out what to do. I just finished building a deck. We put 11 - 4x4 posts to build 2 header beams to support the deck. We dug down 36" and tarred the bottom of the posts.
Now I have a friend that will dig under my deck, remove 8-12" of ground, level the area, and lay down concrete so I would be able to walk under my deck and not be bent over. He would be cutting 2 of my steps on the sunken stoop going out my back door. That means in certain areas where the posts are it will be 8-12" lower and the posts would then be in the ground only 24-30"
A major flaw in my design. Did not think about doing this when we were erecting the huge deck.
I am thinking I can use the auger (powered post hole digger) and dig next to one side of the post and go down 36", which would be 12" lower than the post after the ground is leveled and dirt is removed, and just pour more concrete. I really would love to dig on both sides of the post 36" but I don't have any temporary shoring. Maybe i would be able to do every other post in 1 day and then the next day do the remaining posts.
Would this work?
Any other suggestions or remedies?
My buddy did my driveways last year and he was going to start doing this later this week.
I'm really bummed that I could have just dug down 48" when we putting these Posts in.
I took on the this huge project on the spur of the moment and it came out really nice (the deck) BUT to have planned out everything in advance is always the way I ROLL. This has been a frustrating Project. Thanks for any help on this.
Donny Details
Now I have a friend that will dig under my deck, remove 8-12" of ground, level the area, and lay down concrete so I would be able to walk under my deck and not be bent over. He would be cutting 2 of my steps on the sunken stoop going out my back door. That means in certain areas where the posts are it will be 8-12" lower and the posts would then be in the ground only 24-30"
A major flaw in my design. Did not think about doing this when we were erecting the huge deck.
I am thinking I can use the auger (powered post hole digger) and dig next to one side of the post and go down 36", which would be 12" lower than the post after the ground is leveled and dirt is removed, and just pour more concrete. I really would love to dig on both sides of the post 36" but I don't have any temporary shoring. Maybe i would be able to do every other post in 1 day and then the next day do the remaining posts.
Would this work?
Any other suggestions or remedies?
My buddy did my driveways last year and he was going to start doing this later this week.
I'm really bummed that I could have just dug down 48" when we putting these Posts in.
I took on the this huge project on the spur of the moment and it came out really nice (the deck) BUT to have planned out everything in advance is always the way I ROLL. This has been a frustrating Project. Thanks for any help on this.
Donny Details