hizoot
Gold Member
Years ago, I had a pole barn built where the contractor did a little something that I thought was pretty neat.... He dug a 4ft hole for the post as usual, then he drilled a 1" hole near the bottom of the post and stuck a heavy rebar thru to help capture the pole in the cement ....by making a sort of inverted tee. He then double coated about the bottom 5 ft. of the post that would be in ground contact(encapsulated in the concrete) with fiberglass resin.... to ward off rot. Was this a good idea or wasted time? I know that posts will last longer direct buried vs surrounded by concrete...but will the fiberglass resin stave off the damaging/rotting effects of the concrete?