I'm trying to decide how best to make footings on exposed (and slanted, to boot) bedrock. At least two of the footings will be in a spot where the rock slants a good 45 degrees (the others are maybe 15-20 degrees) away (down) from the house. My original idea was to drill and set pins in the rock, spend hours cutting 12" sonotube to the right contour :rolleyes: , and set U-brackets in the concrete. Option two was to use a square-ish wooden form, and place deck blocks in the setting concrete. Does anyone have better ideas or suggestions/thoughts on the two methods I'm contemplating? The deck itself will be about 16x26, attached to the house at the long dimension, with the tallest posts about 4' tall. I hope someone can help me decide on the best way to do this as my wife is getting impatient for the work to begin... :p

Hello, I am putting a spa and an enclosure on my deck. The spa weigh's 5,800 lbs. and the enclosure is 1,700 lbs. My deck is pressure treated and about 2 yrs. old. The posts are 4x4 every 6 to 8 ft. The headers are 2x10 and the joists are 2x8 on 16" centers. The decking is 5 quarter. The deck is 3 ft. tall. Will this support that kind of weight? I will add on if not. Thank's :)