 Re: This, that, and the other
Thank you Eddie.
We didn't put the posts inconcrete. We dug three feet deep holes. We put down six inces of pea gravel in the bottom. Then we tamped in pea gravel to anchor the posts.
We did it this way for a couple of reasons. The first thing is we know that the sapwood will eventually decay even though we sealed it with Penofin red label. If we had put them in concrete they would have at some point developed gaps between the post and the concrete due to the decay.
The pea gravel has locked it in pretty tight. It also has a tendancy to wick away the moisture from the wood. When, not if, there is decay then additional pea gravel can be added to compensate for the decay.
After the posts were set I noticed one of them was out of plumb. We couldn't budge it without using straps and a ratchet. The pea gravel works in this situation. |