No Dig Frost Footings - Are They Worth It? (Diamond Pier/HandiPier) #bosch #powertools #deckbuild

[randyhorner]

Does that look crooked as shit or is it just me?

[MrPhatties]

9 out of 10 plumbers and gas line technicians recommend.

[rickmccl]

Year 1-100 humankind learns to dig hole.
Year human tries anything else aside from more digging.

[corywhite]

This is what I do to drywall when I can’t find the stud

[brettcox]

Call for locates. Murphy says you will hit sewer, power, gas driving those pipes in.

[ScoutCrafter]

Very interesting concept. A couple observations- 1- Rust, Steel pipe will eventually rust out in a couple decades leaving that small surface block unsupported where concrete will last a hundred years. 2-Cost, Here in my area a bag of concrete is about $6 a bag requiring about 6 bags for a deck footing where 1” galvanized pipe is $6 a foot! If you are using 6’ pipes and need 4 to complete the job that’s $144 for pipe plus the EZ pier compared to $36 in concrete plus $18 for a form tube. That’s a difference of about $100 per footing in material. For some reason Pipe costs have doubled in my area over the last couple years.

[j_craft]

$237 a pop. I'll just dig and concrete bag it.

[Ginger_scrapz]

This is crazy, these are open ended pipes just waiting to rust out and dissolve into the ground within a few years

[Trucker-Belly]

Try leveling it! Im sure Menards carries levels😂

[grubbs]

As a direct descendant of a tower engineer at Pisa, I see this as an absolute win.

[Dh]

"Shit, hit the sewer line again boss!"

[pjb]

Had these installed for my deck. I warned the contractor that the soil is full of large rocks and diamond piers don't work in rocky soil conditions. I'm a project manager that works mainly on excavation and piles so i have experience with these. They decided to install these footings anyways. They all cracked and have significant cracks. I called the contractor out and they replaced 2 of the 4. The other 2 have cracks that expose the inside of the footings. I told the contractor that snow, rain, and the elements will eat away at the exposed concrete that isn't sealed. I expect the other 2 to be replaced within the next 2-5 years.

[NeilLake-di]

I can see a lot of electrical service calls happening with this product.

[Andrewvt]

This is one of those things I see and think it’s a great idea, then the more loops I watch the more I realize it ain’t.

[jaythangry]

Can't wait for Part 2: I'll never get this thing straight.

[kwaynr]

That is pretty cool! Never saw it before, thanks

[Ffalcone]

Seems like something I would hit with an excavator because the dig ticket didn’t show strange pipes extending multiple feet from each deck footing.

[sargeinamerica]

Just saw these at the lumber yard the other day and was wondering how they were. Thanks for sharing this

[kmikem]

I ran a custom fence with all terminal posts every 8 feet no line posts. I wanted it to be stout. I used a gas powered auger and went the required depth for every single post. Bonus: It was a great workout digging past roots and rocks and hauling/mixing cement. I would never use this product even if I had to do the whole thing again.

[fellzer]

Love these things. They go in super easy and as the frost heaves them out of square over the years, I'm long gone.