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Keep the wood above ground level if you want it to last anytime at all. If your going to all of this work do it right and have peace of mind. Pour your footers and use some simpson ties to tie your posts to the footers. I wouldn't put a wood post into a perennially wet hole. Either go galvanized pole or this as suggest above. Make sure top of concrete is above grade. ![[Linked Image from i.pinimg.com]](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/fc/43/ce/fc43ce7035eac628f2c0e38df22389b1.jpg)
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No worries, he missed the corner post part I think....
Actually I just saw that, and I did. Anyhow, gl with the build.
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That is what I did for a trellis around my carport. I put threaded rod in the concrete and made anchors out some decently heavy angle iron I had. Eventually its gonna rot and as you say its easier to replace that way.
Fence vs Carport, wonder what the difference could be?
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And what might happen when you start stretching wire fencing from that cheeze dick little POS?
Padded VA Hospital Rooms for $1000 Alex My ignoree,s will never be Rock Stars on 24 hr campfire.....Like me!!!! What are psychotic puppet hunters?
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Little Tykes chiggun house, lol ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/Bn8vMCrV/2-B495-F49-B975-425-C-A3-F7-3-D8-FF7-F0-EEB9.jpg)
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Concrete sets from chemical reaction water won't hurt it
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Little Tykes chiggun house, lol Sweet
Padded VA Hospital Rooms for $1000 Alex My ignoree,s will never be Rock Stars on 24 hr campfire.....Like me!!!! What are psychotic puppet hunters?
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I wish I could take credit for it, google image hijack.
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LOL... I'm glad some of you are not fence builders for a living...  There's some truly comical responses. Once again, the 'Fire doesn't disappoint!
Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!
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And, I'd not stick the wood in wet ground like Jim Conrad suggested.
I missed the post where Jim said that............was it in this thread?
Padded VA Hospital Rooms for $1000 Alex My ignoree,s will never be Rock Stars on 24 hr campfire.....Like me!!!! What are psychotic puppet hunters?
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I wish I could take credit for it, google image hijack. If eggs rolled out those little holes and into a basket it'd be epic...
Padded VA Hospital Rooms for $1000 Alex My ignoree,s will never be Rock Stars on 24 hr campfire.....Like me!!!! What are psychotic puppet hunters?
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![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/15herErl.jpg) You can just pour dry Quikrete into the hole and it will set. I have done them that way and it works. But if you want it to last a long time you don't want that wood underground. Yes, there are guys who have posts that have been underground for 30 years and they are OK. Thirty years ago they put arsenic in the PT wood. EPA took the arsenic out 15 years ago. You need to buy a galvanized steel "chair" at Lowes. You buy a 1/2 inch galvanized steel bolt, it has an "L" shape at the bottom and is 8 inches long. Set that into the wet concrete. Come back 2 days later and bolt the chair onto the bolt. One little mistake I made here. Make a 2x4 frame 14x14 inches and set it on the hole. Pour the concrete it will then be 3 1/2 inches above the ground. Will keep dirt off of the chair and the post.
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Paint the part of the post that's going to be below grade with 3 coats of asphalt barn paint.
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Building a new chicken run off the back of my barn, and want to set the corner 4x6 posts in concrete. Dug the holes last night, and this morning there is 6 inches of water in them. Scooped it out, they refill in a couple hours. Thinking there is no way concrete will set up in that? Are you using the quick dry stuff? That should work fine. Just skip the water drenching part, since it's already in there. Or at least you won't need as much water.
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What kind of wire did you stretch from that post?
Padded VA Hospital Rooms for $1000 Alex My ignoree,s will never be Rock Stars on 24 hr campfire.....Like me!!!! What are psychotic puppet hunters?
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Do you think that stretching wire is going to bend a 1/2 inch steel bolt, set 7 inches into concrete?
I don't think so.
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4X6 posts????????? How big are these chickens, anyway? Maybe they've got a little gorilla in their DNA somewhere?
Jerry
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Alberta ?
What's the frost line there? Here we need to set posts at least 42" to be below ours. Happy Birthday !! Here in NW Ontario, 48" (4 foot) is normal.
Paul.
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We have posts set in concrete on the farm for over seventy years. I'd put concrete above ground level to keep water from the posts.
Free advice is who what you pay. Good luck.
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That frost line is insane up in Yankeeland. Down here in Dixie it is just 12 inches.
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