Thanks for your reply.
The rebar idea came from looking at the Diamond Peir product, which is a precast concrete block.
4 steel pipes are driven diagonally through holes in the block, to well below frost depth.
A tape is inserted into the pipe to show the inspector,and then it is capped against moisture.
Being both cheap and poor, I thought digging a hole and driving the pipes(rebar) before pouring might work as well.
I believe the pipes in the original product are supposed to act like the "bell" at the bottom of a conventional poured concrete peir , anchoring the peir against frost heave by being set into frost
free earth.
Given the twice over unknown nature of the idea, I'm leaning to towards hiring an guy for a days work augering out some holes.
I could use a lot of holes, even randomly placed ones.
I figure a deep hole filled with logs, sticks and wood chips would be an excellent infiltration basin of sorts.
Even with loads of wood chips, the
land both pools and loses water.
Something I learned here on the forum might be my ticket to a nice peir foundation.
Post held in place by large angular rocks(will rubble do 😁?), are kept dry and secure.
I am currently doing this with buckets and 2x4's .
The
bucket drain through openings in their bottoms and sides.
An eight foot 2x4 is secured in the middle of the bucket by fist sized stones.
The 2x4's are untreated, but holding up well.
They get wet, but they don't sit in water, so they don't wick it up.
Buckets are fine for a reversible experiment, but I need a foundation that I can count on.
I'm wondering, what keeps soil out of a rubble foundation?