How Do You Install Timber Decking Without Digging Post Holes Or Pouring Concrete?
If you are building a timber deck, small or large, and want to save hours of time – whether it’s your labor or someone else’s – wouldn’t it be great if you didn’t have to dig post-holes or pour concrete footings? Thanks to a new “twist” on an old idea – now you don’t have to! Without pre-drilling, digging, augering, or concrete you can simply screw one of the new galvanised “ground screws” into the ground for a maintenance free footing that lasts 20-30 years. Once the footing is screwed into the ground it is ready to take a load immediately. Nothing needs to cure or settle. Each screw takes approximately 5 minutes each to install by machine, 3 minutes to set-up and 2 minutes to drive home. So in 30 minutes you can have 6 footings installed, then immediately begin bolting in the bearers. Some even come with U saddles so that a 70, 90 or 110mm post can be bolted directly to the footing at the required height. Look for ground screws that are galvanized to international standards, so they
