Posted by 300jk on October 20, 2019 at 12:36:42 from (172.58.231.245):
I read your post about backfilling your pole barn posts below. Many many great replies. I wanted to share with you the way we built our 40x60 barn back 15 years ago. Around here ready mix companies sell what I call left over blocks. They are made when a truck comes back with a partial load. The blocks measure 2'x2'x4' long. When we built our barn we laid out where the posts needed to be and dug holes big enough so that we could stand the blocks in the hole on end. They were aligned, backfilled with crushed limestone and tamped. After all the blocks were set we laid out where we needed to drill holes for anchor bolts in the top of each block. Anchor bolts were epoxied in with a high strength epoxy. I k ow 5bis seems kinda crazy, way overkill, and expensive. Maybe it is. The posts then have a base plate which is bolted down using the anchor bolts. Nuts are used on the underside of the post base plates to level the posts. Once post is where it needs to be the underside of the base plate is grouted using a non shrink grout between the base plate and the concrete block filling the void around the anchor bolts. Doing it this way keeps all your posts up away from ground level. I know your probably saying this guy is nuts ! More time consuming ? Yes ! More labor intensive ? Yes ! More expensive ? Yes ! Will it last longer than wood posts buried in the ground no matter what you backfill with ? Absolutely! Just how we did ours and I wanted to share it with you.
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