Thank you, this is helpful. I have a number of posts to do (probably 3-5) on our barn. The first one should be the easiest--the mid-span post in the entry of the barn.
hey nice video! thanks for making it. I have a question about the notch in the sonotube. If your concrete fills the tube and goes up to the bracket - and the concrete in the notched part will be contacting the horizontal board. Are you not concerned with rot along that board also?
That’s a great observation and the answer is yes. But since there will be no exposure to rain/snow the likelihood of moisture getting trapped there is unlikely.
Did the settling occur because the concrete drained from beneath the form or because it actually shrinked while hardening? I'm going to do something similar and the concrete specs i found on the internet say the drying contraction should be no more than a couple millimeters.
@@keithwiebe1787 to help it settle better I took more time running a piece of rebar up and down in the concrete to help fill all voids. I also mounded the concrete slightly at the top. Doing both of these worked well.
You don’t say so?!?! I’m not a fan of this post on dirt idea and these pole barn builders should be ashamed of their work. It looks beautiful for a few years and then your posts are rotting away! Money not well spent my friends!
I would agree with you in part. Where I good drainage the posts are in excellent shape even after all these years. That said, if it was my choice I’d pay the extra for the concrete perma columns keeping any dirt and moisture away from the wood posts.
Thank you, this is helpful. I have a number of posts to do (probably 3-5) on our barn. The first one should be the easiest--the mid-span post in the entry of the barn.
Another thing you can do is burn the wood that will be subsurface. I coat mine in used motor oil also.
Good video !
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Exactly the video I needed thanks
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Excellent very insightful
Vibrate the concrete in the form to work out all the gaps and settlement next time.
hey nice video! thanks for making it. I have a question about the notch in the sonotube. If your concrete fills the tube and goes up to the bracket - and the concrete in the notched part will be contacting the horizontal board. Are you not concerned with rot along that board also?
That’s a great observation and the answer is yes. But since there will be no exposure to rain/snow the likelihood of moisture getting trapped there is unlikely.
Did the settling occur because the concrete drained from beneath the form or because it actually shrinked while hardening? I'm going to do something similar and the concrete specs i found on the internet say the drying contraction should be no more than a couple millimeters.
Yea that’s a great question and I assumed it was from the mix settling down in the tube and some water loss out the bottom.
@@freetotryit Do you do the rest of the posts? How did you cure the settling?
@@keithwiebe1787 to help it settle better I took more time running a piece of rebar up and down in the concrete to help fill all voids. I also mounded the concrete slightly at the top. Doing both of these worked well.
Would you recommend a similar approach if the column were a corner?
I actually did 2 corners the same way.
@@freetotryit thank you for responding
We’re these treated posts to begin with?
Yes they were. Sadly even treated posts will rot when the environment is poor. :(
You don’t say so?!?! I’m not a fan of this post on dirt idea and these pole barn builders should be ashamed of their work. It looks beautiful for a few years and then your posts are rotting away! Money not well spent my friends!
I would agree with you in part. Where I good drainage the posts are in excellent shape even after all these years. That said, if it was my choice I’d pay the extra for the concrete perma columns keeping any dirt and moisture away from the wood posts.
The Pro Barn Savers have a whole lot better system and no digging