Thanks for all your answers, the thing is that in a situation like this there are more than one way to look at it, one is the experience based solution that will say ho yes I have done it before which is not very scientific, (followed with: I don't know why this house collapsed the one before was ok...), or to find the correct way whether it is calling in a structural engineer, or to find what the regulations (if there are any), say. As far as I understand the regs are based on experience, calculations and the safety factor probably very high...so you will ,be quiet safe this way and still can pay your mortgage... I did not know where to look for the info and you all made an interesting discussion from it (which helped me a lot).
One last point, I am sure that sinking a socket into a pier will not get it down (they are always over designed) but after you put one in and than the next guy will say this is a good idea and so on, and than 'oops...'.
Albert
One last point, I am sure that sinking a socket into a pier will not get it down (they are always over designed) but after you put one in and than the next guy will say this is a good idea and so on, and than 'oops...'.
Albert
