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Posted by Matthew Reed on July 12, 2006, 1:50 am
My drainage is very good, but in fall/winter/spring it is not unusual to go
for weeks and weeks without a non-rainy day. Anyone know how good the new
posts are? Maybe I need some creosote :)
> I've just pulled out about 6 posts that I put in almost 25 years ago. Set
> them 2' deep, no concrete and a standard 1x6 'dog ear' 6' tall fence. I
> was pleasantly surprised to see that there was NO rot on the posts at all.
> I'd never intended to leave the fence up that long once the kids grew, but
> never got around to removing it. We're in the centeral Ohio USA area,
> maybe not generally as rainy as Portland, but it was very damp where the
> fence was located - often got a couple inches of standing water after a
> good rain due to poor drainage.
>
> Of course 25 yrs ago we used the 'good old' arsnic preserved wood, not the
> stuff they havce today.
>
>
>
> "Matthew Reed" <nospam at zootal dot com nospam> wrote in message
>> More on my fence building subject. I live in Oregon, Lebanon, near Salem.
>> Rains all year. Lots and lots of rain. I'm using pressure treated ground
>> contact rated 4x4x8' posts. I plan on setting them 2 feet deep in
>> concrete. Would it be worthwhile to apply any additional waterproofing
>> coating to the posts before setting them in concrete? What kind of life
>> expentancy can I expect from these posts set in concrete? Assuming I take
>> reasonable care to taper the concrete, cap the top, and keep it painted.
>> If they rot out in 5 years, I'll be stuck with rotted posts in concrete
>> that will need to be dug up, and I'll have several dozen big chunks of
>> concrete that I won't know what to do with.
>>
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