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Awesome, straight to the point, that was what I needed. Thank you!!👍

Strange question but I would like to hang a hammock using concrete posts , the posts are encased in concrete on my patio area at either side of the width of the house but I’m nervous it will hold my weight . If I added the wooden posts as per this video would that increase the strength of the posts enough to take about 105 kgs ?

What is the modern fascination with sticking "pre" in front of words when the original word was perfectly adequate for the job? When I was working in the middle east, certain nationalities would insist on using the word "prepone" to bring a meeting forward. Why would you say "pre-drill" when "drill" fits the bill? Are you going to drill them holes before you drill them?

Brilliant ❤

Countersink the bolts so they are flush ?

Nice work

You didn’t use enough foam for the hole size. My foam came out the top by about 18”. I had to cut it away. No issue so far for a mailbox.

That was quality

Good job guys

Bam

If you want a fence to last you mix the concrete with water and then put it in the hole.

When pouring wood posts, wrap the bottom in felt so that it can last long Also drive a couple of 4 or 6 inch nails into it for added strength.

What is the brand

you are kidding, right?

Pour a concrete footing. Attach a Simpson Post base to footing and post to the base. Wood should never have contact with the ground, regardless of the type of ground.

Brilliantly simple explanation thanks

Would this set up work/support a ledger board for a lean-to?

Thanks for this mate, really useful. Best video I’ve seen on the topic 👍🏻

Who puts in a post without cement?

This was wonderfully helpful. Thank you.

I can do this!!!

Nice thanks for tips.. how much should it cost for a repair like this labour without materials. Thanks in advance prices have skyrocketed would like an idea of costs

Maaaaatteeeee wish I’d have watched this before spending 5 hours with a breaker bar! Thanks for the vid!

Thank you, I have been trying to figure how to get this broken post out... You are the Man, again thank you for sharing...

Ahhh ok i was wondering why mine were turning at the end. Some other video mentioned if right handed (with sledge) drive it 1/8 turn clockwise to start, if left handed 1/8th turn counter clockwise, so as to end up square. I had followed that instruction but ended up staying an 1/8th off 😂 Guess i was hitting it too much dead center. Ill dig the 2 i did today up and try again tomorrow (too hot!)

That's a whole setup not i minute 😅

why do we not have gravel boards in america? For at least the bottom of fences that would be amazing.

I'm going to use a channel post (U post) to reinforce an intact but rotted wooden post. This will buy me years to either place additional channel posts and or bury the wood rot with concrete.

Inherited 2 of these from my houses previous owner, thinking of using them to secure posts to hang string lights from the roof of the house

3/16th masonry bit, a piece of 16 gauge annealed wire and a 16 d common nail. Much easier and less expensive.

To get the 4x4 stump OUT of the spike drill 3 deck screws into a 3-4 foot wide 2x4 parallel to the ground and you can hammer it upwards out of the plug. Also… cut the sacrificial 4x4 plug about 2 feet high. If it’s too short you won’t have room to swing the hammer from underneath it

question. a customer has hammered down a panel about 90% of the way down. problem is the gap between the concrete posts are narrower across the bottom. the panel has a large bow now. if its forced anymore , it will split. Is there a fix? cut a notch on the bottom batten? thanks

How do I remove a post that was set in foam?

You didn't put enough foam in. Bring it to the top

Thank you! Love the to the point video. I also appreciate how you provided the exact size of the masonry bit, socket, and screw.

Very helpful!

The foam you are using is rubbish. Researching this a little bit, there is something called Polecrete or Postloc that is a 2 part foam and it is substantially stronger then the stuff you demonstrated. I have seen video of utilities using it to secure powerpoles, it is far stronger than the stuff in your video. This stuff looks like something of a rip off. I have seen a pair of videos, the bags don't seem to have enough material, and the foam seems inferior. The Polecrete is closed cell, and seems vastly stronger, equal to concrete from what I can see structurally, but a lot lighter.

I’ll be using a piece of chain with the lag bolts through that. I also am replacing them with posts set in paver base. You can ramp down that paver base as hard as concrete, but no water pools. With concrete, the wood swells and contracts is it gets wet and dries. When it rains after contracting, water seeps in between the concrete and the wood, rotting it right there.

Excellent

amazing thank you

Better get more concrete in those holes til it's above ground surface or you will be replacing those posts 3-5 years later.

Great info thanks mate

Foam & Vermin Match made in heaven

I’m glad Bear Grylls is now doing DIY videos, that’s much more useful than the survival stuff about eating off dead animals in the desert 👍

If you have a look at the petrified wood article on Wikipedia, and the animal grazing post, you may realise wood can be turned to crystals and stone... Which may also be used to attract wildlife and leech nutrients into soil... Could make for some unique creative posts that may mature with age rather than decay, and contribute to garden health and help support nature... 🤔

Awesome, will try tomorrow. Thank you

Helpful thank you 👍🏽 I plan to do a similar thing once I have had the fence redone to put a car port canopy kinda thing up one side on the house other side to the fence like your video.. Would this method still be OK or is there a better way? .. As the carport I plan to have 2 or 3 feet taller than the fence

Thanks for testing it for me but I'm not very hot on plastic in the ground anyways. Cement works.

Hi, can you tell me how to install wooden backing to mount an industrial clothes rail? I installed it on the concrete wall and got some reason it’s not holding… I read wooden backing would help but how do I install it so that it is sturdy??? Thank you in advance!

can I use metal pole, instead of wood?