Setting Pressure Treated Post In Concrete

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Setting pressure treated post in concrete.

Set the post in the hole while holding a level on the side to check for plumb. True to its name rapid setting concrete doesn t delay. When ever you embed treated wood in concrete keep the concrete 2 above the ground and form a sloping concrete mortar cap to shed the water. That being the case it s only practical to plan your approach.

This will help make the post last much longer. Fill in the hole around the fence post with more 1 4 minus gravel packed tight against the sides of the post. If building a deck and setting pressure treated posts in the ground surrounded by concrete is a no no first i have heard of this being a no no then what about a pole building which is what i have that is basically the same thing. 6x6 treated posts set 3 deep surrounded in concrete.

We have three ways to solve the. Simply setting the posts in concrete does create a condition that will accelerate rot in the bottom of the posts. Pressure treated wood posts or galvanized steel posts. With pressure treated posts the rot will be slow.

Two 50 pound bags of fast setting concrete will set a 4 inch by 4 inch or a 4 inch diameter post in a 10 inch diameter hole 2 feet deep. Place pressure treated posts on the brackets making sure they re level and secure with structural screws. In fact cts rapid set concrete mix sets in only 15 minutes. Before packaged concrete came along sakrete and quikrete being the two big names we would recommend to customers to put a concrete block in the bottom of the hole to keep the post from settling or sinking.

To ensure the concrete form stays in place while curing backfill the surrounding area with gravel.