This is the reason we're replacing the support posts first. One, wood into soil, not a good idea. Two, wood on/up against concrete even worse idea. (there will be metal between the new cement footers and the wood).
Holes are just caves on their side. I think I mentioned what a pain in the tuckas these things were. Should have been easy, but ended up costing me a whole lot (rental on auger that wasn't all that useful in the end and broke 1 shovel).
Cement tubes in place, level, and plumb. Ready for cement (which took until about 8:30pm, after dark.
Here are the cement tubes filled, the bolts in place, and covered for curing.
So this is what I'm dealing with now. How to redo the permanent supports. I need to either figure a way to get the post out between the two cross beams (that actually hold up the deck), or to replace it all (which will be a whole lot more work because of 8 nails)
Cement posts should be at full strength this weekend, so I need to figure it out and solve it by this Friday. Any ideas?
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Get two of the metal plates you are going to use to mount the post to the concrete and then bolt them to each other. Use that as a connector between both posts.
Or maybe just for a 1" hole in the center of each and put a piece of galvanized pipe in to hold them centered and then galvanized plates from HomeDepot to keep them from shifting.
Or, just a whole bottle of Gorilla Glue?
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