In this video, I cut cardboard concrete tube forms to level and mix concrete for pouring footings and concrete piers for a ...

Q. I'm building a deck and have discovered that the wooden posts can't rest on the soil. I need deck piers. What are they, and how are they installed? A. There are very few situations in which you can ...

Chauncey grew up on a farm in rural northern California. At 18 he ran away and saw the world with a backpack and a credit card, discovering that the true value of any point or mile is the experience ...

Q. My upcoming deck project requires concrete support piers. I've never dealt with them before and have many questions. What are my options? How do I make sure the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. During a recent evaluation at a home in ...

Piers are structural elements that transfer loads to the earth. They are commonly made from concrete, brick, concrete block, stone and sometimes steel. At the end of the day, what’s important is the ...

Robby Brown is the founder of Pinnacle Foundation Repair, a foundation repair company that has been serving Texas for over 20 years. If you’re like most people, you don’t give much thought to the ...