Post footing device

A post footing device comprising:

• a tube having an upper end, a lower end, and a perimeter wall extending between said upper end and said lower end, said tube having a circular transverse cross-sectional shape;
• a sleeve having a top end, a bottom end, and a peripheral wall extending between said top end and said bottom end, said sleeve being insertable into said tube, said sleeve being configured for receiving and laterally supporting a post, said sleeve having a square transverse cross-sectional shape, said top end of said sleeve being vertically spaced above said upper end of said tube;
• a plurality of alignment bars, each alignment bar extending between said tube and said sleeve wherein said sleeve is held in position within said tube, said alignment bars being spaced around said sleeve wherein said alignment bars align said sleeve in said tube, said alignment bars being arranged into a plurality of linearly aligned pairs, each said aligned pair of alignment bars being formed by a single bar extending through said sleeve, said alignment bars being arranged into a plurality of sets of alignment bars, each set of alignment bars comprising vertically adjacent transversely oriented pairs of said aligned pairs of said alignment bars;
• a support positioned in said sleeve between said top end and said bottom end wherein said support is configured for supporting the post in said sleeve above said bottom end, said support being aligned with an associated aligned pair of said alignment bars wherein said support is coplanar with said associated aligned pair of alignment bars, said support comprising an uppermost one of said aligned pairs of said alignment bars, said support comprising an uppermost one of said sets of alignment bars;
• sand positioned in said sleeve, said sand extending downwardly from said support;
• concrete positioned between said tube and said sleeve wherein said sleeve is held in position within said tube, said concrete having an upper surface sloping downwardly and away from said sleeve towards said upper end of said tube;
• and
• a layer of drain stone positioned in said tube under said concrete, said sleeve extending into said layer of drain stone wherein a medial portion of said layer of drain stone is positioned in said sleeve under said sand.