"mark" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> What is the best way to put 6x6's in ground 4' to ensure long life. The
> wood is freshly milled Juniper (Tamerac, Larch) and the geography is
> eastern canada. People have told me to wrap in plastic and refill with
> earth, refill with gravel, refill with concrete.... Which is best?
>
>
Concrete base/foundation/column, Simpson Post base.
http://www.strongtie.com/products/connectors/AB-ABA-ABE-ABU.html
Dave
Around here Tamerac, Juniper and larch are all the same tree.
"J. Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> mark wrote:
>
>> What is the best way to put 6x6's in ground 4' to ensure long life. The
>> wood is freshly milled Juniper (Tamerac, Larch) and the geography is
>> eastern canada. People have told me to wrap in plastic and refill with
>> earth, refill with gravel, refill with concrete.... Which is best?
>
> The _best_ way is to use a concrete footing. If the wood is going to be
> buried then the species counts for more than the method of burial and
> Tamerac is not a good choice for such use. Red cedar (also sometimes
> called "juniper") or pressure treated pine would be a better choice but
> if
> you can get hold of some bois d'arc (aka "osage orange" and "bodark") or
> ipe I think you'd be in better shape.
>
> --
> --John
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> What is the best way to put 6x6's in ground 4' to ensure long life. The wood
> is freshly milled Juniper (Tamerac, Larch) and the geography is eastern
> canada. People have told me to wrap in plastic and refill with earth, refill
> with gravel, refill with concrete.... Which is best?
Dry the posts, take them to a sawmill and get them high pressure saturation
treated before putting them in. That will go a loooong way towards longevity.
I've been ramming pressure treated pine posts into bare dirt for the last 20
years and they're all still there (I have a farm for a main source of income).
If you bed them in concrete, make sure that the concrete gently slopes away
from the base of the post on all sides.
-P.
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mark wrote:
> What is the best way to put 6x6's in ground 4' to ensure long life. The
> wood is freshly milled Juniper (Tamerac, Larch) and the geography is
> eastern canada. People have told me to wrap in plastic and refill with
> earth, refill with gravel, refill with concrete.... Which is best?
The _best_ way is to use a concrete footing. If the wood is going to be
buried then the species counts for more than the method of burial and
Tamerac is not a good choice for such use. Red cedar (also sometimes
called "juniper") or pressure treated pine would be a better choice but if
you can get hold of some bois d'arc (aka "osage orange" and "bodark") or
ipe I think you'd be in better shape.
--
--John
to email, dial "usenet" and validate
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
"mark" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> What is the best way to put 6x6's in ground 4' to ensure long life. The
> wood is freshly milled Juniper (Tamerac, Larch) and the geography is
> eastern canada. People have told me to wrap in plastic and refill with
> earth, refill with gravel, refill with concrete.... Which is best?
I would stay away from concrete and wrapping with plastic. Both will retain
moisture.
I would go with gravel.
On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 20:08:03 GMT, "mark" <[email protected]>
wrote:
I would agree with the gravel(crushed stone), 1/2 to 3/4 inch
aggregate size. If the posts are cut from the heartwood of tamarak
grown in wet areas, all the better.