My wife has instructed me that I no longer can put off the deck project. I’ve got the confidence to do all the work above ground, but I’m worried about the deck foundation. What do I need to know ...

Q. I'm building a deck and have discovered that the wooden posts can't rest on the soil. I need deck piers. What are they, and how are they installed? A. There are very few situations in which you can ...

I’ve heard all kinds of things from friends about concrete foundation piers. To say the least, I’m confused. Some say you just dig a hole and fill it with concrete. Others say you need to be sure it’s ...

One bid for an Oceanfront pier features a walkway that bends south halfway down and expands into a public park over the water. The 1,000-foot concrete pier would be built two blocks north of the ...

MURFREESBORO - As a child, on long summer afternoons, Frank Stephenson crawled under his grandma’s house to study and meditate. And to wonder. It was different. The house sat on piers of oddly ...

Libertyville officials are discussing replacing the distorted 12-year-old fishing pier at Butler Lake—which lost its foundation after heavy rains and flooding in April—with a new and possibly sturdier ...