Did you check with Lowes?
---- Alan & Terrie Robbins <arobb...@nycap.rr.com> wrote: > Thanks, Bob, Dale, John, & Lenny for your suggestions and ideas on this > > Al > -----Original Message----- > From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com]on Behalf Of Bob Kennedy > Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 9:56 PM > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Cement block footings > > > > I don't know the measurements, but I've gotten some at Lowes. They are > concrete, More pyramid than cube shaped, and there is a place for a 4 by 4 > to drop in. No holes for securing, but the weight should keep it stable. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Alan & Terrie Robbins > To: Blindhandyman > Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 4:08 PM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Cement block footings > > I have a small seven by seven deck/porch that is attached to > the back of my house. We access it via sliding glass doors. > It was here when we purchased the house in 1985 but my guess > is it has been there since the house was built in 1975. On > the one side it is attached to the house via the end joist. > The other side or side furthest from the house is supported > by two four by fours, one on each corner. These were never > sunk into the ground and cemented but rather just set on a > cement block even with the surface of the ground. My > question is do they sell any type preformed block say 1 foot > cube with a pre formed cut out or attachment for a four by > four? > > thanks > Al > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >