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Mr. Luddite
- hide quoted text - On 10/17/2018 7:20 PM, Bill wrote:* Wayne.B wrote:* On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 16:54:57 -0400, John H. * wrote:* * On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 16:19:33 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:* * On 10/17/2018 1:42 PM, John H. wrote:* A friend told me about this stuff:* * *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uaIVIUVOyM* * Will try it.* * * * I remember my dad using stuff like that back when I was just a kid.* Didn't come in a bag though. *He had to glass vials with the* components in it. *He used it to put flotation foam on each end* of a canoe and also between the rafters on the underside of a raft* we had in a small lake.* * Only thing I noticed in the video is that there cannot be any standing* water in the hole. *I seem to remember you commenting that there was* water or the water table was very high or something.* * * Yeah, like I told Greg - I'm going to let things dry up a bit. Project* is now postponed until next* week. We're going on a camping trip tomorrow.* * ===* * John, I believe you're over thinking this thing. *I'd do it pretty* much the way Greg has suggested: *Mix up some concrete the usual way* with some sand and gravel; Insert post in ground; Pour concrete around* it. *The concrete, being heavier than water, will sink to the bottom* and push the water up until it overflows. *Check post for vertical,* open a beer, and come back in a couple of hours. *After all it's just* a mailbox, not a structural support for a high rise building. *:-)* * * I would just use gravel. *Maybe quarter dust. *The small stuff that makes* great pathways. *A heck of a lot easier to replace the post when a snowplow* or idiot driver takes it out.* * "We call that "stone dust" around here. *You're right. *It's available in* various colors and looks nice as walkways." Same as crusher dust? There's also pea gravel used on walkways. Believe it's a quarter of an inch in diameter. |
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