Posted by Geo-TH,In on July 01, 2016 at 04:34:44 from (172.78.5.74):
In Reply to: OT packing posts posted by David G on June 30, 2016 at 19:33:34:
David G, I would keep the dirt away from the post. Less than 20 years ago I put a treated post next to kitchen window for a bird house and feeder. Here is a pic of the post that was in contact with the ground.
I know I going to catch heck for saying this. Fence companies in Terre Haute put their posts in concrete. I had paid to have a privacy fence installed in 1991 and it still standing, no problems so far. I put my posts in concrete when I build decks, no problems.
The posts today are crap, use rock and keep the dirt away from posts.
I stopped building raised flower boxes out of landscaping timbers, termites get them in less than 10 years. EPA took arsenic out of treated lumber and they don't last in contact with the ground.
I would use concrete. Get gravel out of my old pit, buy Portland cement, get the mixer out. Nothing lasts forever, but my posts last longer in concrete than the dirt.
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