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• Posted in thread: How do I install a pier replacement? on 12-05-2007 at 09:13 AM
  Glenn,I hope that works for you. We actually work toward restoration not remodeling, so that we
  use as much as possible for 1920s or prior, so definitely no vinyl for sure. We have a 1929
  fully operat...

• Posted in thread: How do I install a pier replacement? on 12-04-2007 at 04:30 PM
  Thanks, Glenn! Those are EXACTLY the type of instructions I need. Putting the 2' section down
  under and angling stuff in makes sense to me. I found a junk steel place here that may have
  steel shims an...

• Posted in thread: How do I install a pier replacement? on 12-04-2007 at 08:10 AM
  Thanks for the centex address, it is somewhat helpful. I see that a 2' pad is poured about 2'
  deep with rebar and that a tube is used to form the upperpart connected to the exposed rebar.
  There is lit...

• Posted in thread: How do I install a pier replacement? on 12-03-2007 at 08:56 PM
  Water damage on my 1920s house has caused total destruction of several cedar posts under my
  house. I want to replace them but cannot find a detailed explanation of how to do it anywhere!I
  have an engi...