Well, I am not sure if I really need to go the extra 18 inches deep. My brother-in-law was the one who suggested it when he saw the condition of the soil when we dug the deck footers. he's the contractor, not me.
Probably, with the landings, it is not as critical. I considered a pad, but wasn't too sure about how much it might migrate with frost heave. I will definitely be using the sono tube. I used it on the deck footers and it was pretty useful, and made the tops of the footers nice and perty. I am seriously considering going over to Breeze's place, (another BHM member from Pittsburgh), and borrowing his cement mixer, with or without his permission. Mixing all those bags of cement by hand last year nearly killed me. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (412) 268-9081
