Town Codes

The town that I live in approved my building plan earlier this week after a three week wait.  One surprise is that they require concrete supports to be 14" in diameter to support a 6x6" wooden post.  The lumber yard did not have 14" sonotubes so I purchased 18" tubes.  I then made a cut lengthwise down the tube and squeezed it with a ratcheting strap.  When I reached 14", I screwed in a couple of drywall screws to keep it from springing apart.  Problem solved!