ktygillane Posted October 18, 2009 Report Share Posted October 18, 2009 Can wooden non-load bearing support piers in a crawl space that currently touch soil and need to be elevated be supported with concrete blocks instead of steel joists? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted October 18, 2009 Report Share Posted October 18, 2009 Can wooden non-load bearing support piers in a crawl space that currently touch soil and need to be elevated be supported with concrete blocks instead of steel joists? What's a wooden non-load bearing support pier? How can a pier be supported by a joist? Isn't that backwards? Please explain the situation more carefully using standard construction terms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted October 18, 2009 Report Share Posted October 18, 2009 A non-load-bearing support pier? What is that? The fact that it's a support pier means that it's load bearing. What are you fishing for? ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolan Kienitz Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 Yes they can "touch the soil". I've referring to "age old" construction of pier & beam foundations that used bois d'arc tree trunks as piers. I posted an image of one here a long time ago. They were common back in the 1920s and 1930s in Texas and many are still performing just fine. I fully realize that the original question can go many different ways, but just wanted to offer only one of the early methods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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