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a wooden post sticking out of the ground next to a white cement block on green grass

Concrete deck blocks are primitive building materials that look similar to children’s toys that snap together to build things. Their purpose is to spread out the extreme concentrated loads at the bottom of wooden deck posts onto strong soil. They...

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several cement blocks stacked on top of each other

Concrete deck blocks are primitive building materials that look similar to children’s toys that snap together to build things. Their purpose is to spread out the extreme concentrated loads at the bottom of wooden deck posts onto strong soil. They...

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a man is digging in the dirt with a shovel and cement block on his feet

Page 2 of 5 - Pier diameter? - posted in Observatories: Why not use reinforced concrete as a foundation and bolt a cylindrical metal pier to that base? Metal piers more than adequately carry the compression, tension, and torsional loads of any telescope I could imagine ever owning. In addition, should ones needs change (raise or lower the pier height, increase its capacity), one can modify or replace the pier. Finally, its easier to route cables through a hollow metal pier than through...

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an orange plastic barrel sitting in the grass

Concrete piers are vertical structural elements that support the weight of a building or structure. Their design and installation must consider the weight being supported and the frost line in your area. There are preformed concrete pier forms that provide you with the properly shaped concrete pier foundation.

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