Thanks for the response - im not a pro though just a DIY'er. This would be my first project dealing with concrete footings for something like this at the house. I live in the Houston area, so we have pretty much no issues with frost here, our frost depths are 6" and we rarely have cold long...
I am building a 14ft driveway gate and 2ft brick columns on either side of the gate. In thinking about the concrete footings I had a couple of questions.
1. For footings in expansive black clay soil, what is recommended depth for driveway gate posts (8ft tall 5in square steel posts) in this...