February 1, 2025

we get this question all the time they won't work in rocky soil trust me they do people are installing helical piles all over the world and your certified installer in your area if you do have rocky soil is going to be accustomed to it so they will have tools on the truck to handle it displace rocks or get it deep enough and actually anchor the pile directly to bedrock in some cases when you use concrete footings especially for a deck you're working off of an assumed soil bearing capacity helical piles are installed to a certain torque so you know that they're going to handle the load properly now and forever sonat tube $20 five bags of concrete $30 base plate for a 6x6 post $25 you're already at $75 and that doesn't include any of the labor or waiting for the inspection time and you know what some people you're just never going to convince