Posted by Billy NY on July 03, 2012 at 12:41:57 from (67.248.100.3):
In Reply to: storage shed posted by rat0851 on July 03, 2012 at 12:01:48:
At short glance, you may be referring to lumber treated with the newer ACQ or a non CCA treatment, which is what you want(CCA) for a ground contact post. I don't have the technical information, but apparently the newer treatment, reacts with galvanized fasteners, (going from memory, could be wrong) you have to use fasteners compatible with the lumber and or its treatment. Do some research on the web, there has been discussions in the past here on CCA, AQ, ACQ wood preservative, you can likely find it by searching.
Concrete and posts, modern designs use precast or poured in place footings and then gravel around post bases, the concern is decay at the top of concrete where the post comes out, traps water etc.
There are other designs and materials if you like, perma columns ( look those up ) and similar that keep the posts out of the ground.
If you still want to go with a conventional pole barn, by all means source CCA treated 6x6's .60 if you can, its available for ag use, was banned for residential use some years back.
Erecting posts can be done a variey of ways, I did these by myself, 18'-0" posts 5'-0" into the ground, they were old CCA posts, sat unused for years, I soaked the ends in creosote and set them using a choker of the backhoe bucket, string level on a stringline for alignment and marked all the posts so I could set them for elevation, set them all without help, but wish I did have an extra hand, would not do that again, but when you have a free backhoe, you do what you must LOL !
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