Step-by-Step Pictures and Instructions To Repair a Load-Bearing Post

By Bruce Clark
Here's how to fix rotting support posts, undersized support beams and sinking post footings. Read an overview of how to repair a load-bearing post.
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1. Mark the size of the new footing and cut the outline with a circular saw fitted with a diamond masonry blade. Start by making a 1-in. deep plunge cut on each side of the post. Make successively deeper 1-in. cuts until soil pulled from underneath the slab tells you the concrete has been breached.
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Thanks for this article which give us valuable awareness to general people. big bertha

By jayanit, on 06/30/2009

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