Steel posts supports

[Stan Croenne]

Did an inspection yesterday. Full slab concrete crawlspace floor. Nice. The bottom plates at the bottom of the posts are sitting on one foot long sections of 6"x6" wood posts that sit on the concrete floor. I say replace with concrete block. Opinions needed. Thanks, Stan

[John Allingham]

Originally Posted by scroenne

Did an inspection yesterday. Full slab concrete crawlspace floor. Nice. The bottom plates at the bottom of the posts are sitting on one foot long sections of 6"x6" wood posts that sit on the concrete floor. I say replace with concrete block. Opinions needed. Thanks, Stan

I don't know about your area, but around here steel columns don't sit on the concrete floor at all. They go through the floor and sit on footings.

[Stan Croenne]

Same here. I couldn't determine if there were footings installed below the finished concrete floor. I do know that wood blocks can wick water and deteriorate over time. Creating a sag in the main support beam. Stan

[Nick Gromicko]

Steel posts are very inexpensive.

http://www.nachi.org/adjustable-columns.htm