post and pier vs slab

[Wao nahele kane]

If one's going "post and pier" (an ambiguity as used around here), they may as well scrape down to the rock and use a heavy duty post base affixed to an appropriate all-thread embedded and epoxied into the rock forgoing the useless pier block/footing all together (why bother when you've rock to pin to?). What they do around here is post on pier block and its better left to deck construction supports, not at all suitable for houses.
This is "pier".
http://i1356.photobucket.com/albums/q740...88babe.jpg
These are beam connections to pier.
http://i1356.photobucket.com/albums/q740...5f09ae.jpg


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