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Discussion in 'Everything Else (off topic)' started by Well Seasoned, May 5, 2019.

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6x6 Posts, bury in crete or sit on concrete footers?

  1. Add tar to post & bury in concrete

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  2. Pour a footer with brackets in the concrete & sit posts on that

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  1. Well Seasoned

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    Now to figure how much Crete I need. May use sono tubes again
     
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    I have seen the Sika Foam, not sure I would trust it.
     
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    Yea, if it was that great you'd think more contractors would use it. Definitely pouring footers now with post bases buried in crete.
     
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    Well it is relatively new. I bet most contractors are still dumping a bag of powdered concrete into holes around the posts and moving on.
    By the time that pole rots out, their warranty is over.
     
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    Every sika brand product I ever used was top notch stuff...
     
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    It will be nice to have a new product that's easy and durable. Time will tell.
     
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    Agree, but I would rather test it on a mailbox post or something before I tried it on a building. My pole barn posts are in gravel, not concrete.
     
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    Alright so I was curious about the Sika foam, roughly $14 a pouch and when it expands it about 0.7 cubic feet. Pretty impressive for some applications.

    An 80# bag of concrete is just under $4 and yields about 0.6 cubic feet of concrete.

    The big kicker is the foam is not intended for any structural use (not surprised by this) and can not handle side force.

    Think I will stick with concrete for now.


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    Did you use a concrete cookie at the bottom? How deep are your posts? Makes sense gravel drains
     
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