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Wayne and Doris Hawkes wrote:

> We are about to build a 24' x 24' cottage on our lake lot in northern
> Alberta. I plan on using 3" steel pipe as piers set in a 6' grid for a
> foundation. I want to drill 8" holes, 9' deep (to get below the frost line),
> pour in 1 bag of dry redimix per hole and set the 3" pipe in the holes
> (after welding a 6' diameter plate onto the bottom of the pipe). I plan on
> welding horizontally, 3" pipe onto the piers to form a "checkerboard" to set
> the sill and bottom floor joists. I will be using platform framing.
>
> The cottage will be 2 story with the bedrooms on the bottom floor. The
> kitchen and living room will be on the top floor to take advantage of the
> lake view.
>
> Reason for using pipe is that it is free. The cottage will be in amongst
> some nice trees so there is no room for heavy duty equipment such as
> backhoes and dozers. Getting trucked in cement to the house location would
> mean cutting down some trees which is something I do not want to do.
>
> Can anyone see a problem with the above. I have been told that perhaps the
> piers should be 4' apart but that is a lot of digging.