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Memorial Day Weekend Plans
"Wayne.B" wrote in message ... On Fri, 26 May 2006 14:07:59 -0400, "RCE" wrote: Got to admit though. The weather is finally starting to get tolerable up here. And when it is nice, both days, it's REALLY nice. Wish we were headed for Cape Cod and the islands right now... :-) My wife's parents moved to Florida before us so we have the reverse issue. My mother would move in a flash. She spent some time with us in Florida and last winter she stayed with her younger sister in Archer for 3 months last winter. Ever been to Archer? There's nothing there. My wife's parents are old school Italians. They've lived in the same house for over 50 years now, after moving once from Somerville to the suburbs back in the late 50's. Their house is their castle and wouldn't leave for anything. RCE |
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Memorial Day Weekend Plans
basskisser wrote:
Don White wrote: Reginald P. Smithers wrote: basskisser wrote: JimH wrote: "Don White" wrote in message ... JimH wrote: The weather looks great for us this Memorial Day weekend and we may take the boat out Saturday and Monday. I also want to give my son some first hand experience to see how stupid some folks can be on the water and figure this will be a great opportunity for it. I will be at the helm as I know how crazy it will probably be. He received his boating safety class certification over the winter by attending the Power Squadron classes and I want to give him some on water time fine tuning instructions before I allow him to take it out on his own. I also plan to take him out (just him and me) next week to go over docking and key features of the boat he needs to know. The nicest day of the weekend (weather wise) is expected to be Sunday but we will be happy being away from the boat that day...........that same son of mine is graduating from High School that day and my daughter will be home for the ceremony and celebratory dinner (that I am cooking). ;-) So what are your plans? Since Sunday should be sunny (maybe), I'll be busy building a pressure treated fence along the east side of my backyard...where my garage was until a couple of weeks ago. This week it's either raining or threatening to rain...tough trying to set 4" x 4" posts in concrete. If the ground is wet just dig out the hole to the appropriate depth for your area, widen out the hole base to form a footer, fill it with 2" of gravel, set the post inside of it and pour in the dry quick set concrete. Use a pole to probe the concrete mix to make sure there are no voids. Now sprinkle with water. The concrete mix will wick the water you sprayed onto it and most especially from the cavity walls and will set.................and set firm I used this method for years in this northern climate when setting posts for fences, decks and basketball posts and have never run into a problem. I do, however, make sure my holes are set deep enough for my winter climate. Contrary to popular belief, you shouldn't encase PT lumber in concrete. You should instead pour a footing/pier (NOT "footer") then use a Simpson or equal post bracket that get's the PT off of the concrete. Concrete always holds moisture, so exposes the PT lumber to rot. This being said, I do it the way you've mentioned, and my fence has been in place 11 years, not rotted yet. A good trick though, is to use put a couple of 16d nails in the bottom of the post but don't drive them home, leaving about half the nail exposed. This will prevent uplift after the concrete sets. A home inspector will highlight and emphasize the problems of placing PT wood directly into concrete. It will rot out substantially faster than if the wood is attached correctly to a footing. Every home improvement show I have watched has highlighted the dangers of placing PT directly into the dirt of concrete. This site seems to think PT lumber & concrete can work together. http://wilwaylumber.com/howto/howto082.htm same with this one.. http://ak.essortment.com/fencepostinsta_nfm.htm and another.. http://www.theworkshop.net/Tips/htm/...howtobuild.htm I don't care what those sites say, Don. It's NOT accepted practice and actually violates most codes. It is COMMON practice, I fully realize, and I do it sometimes myself. My front fence is done that way, and has been for 11 years. It is showing some signs of rot though. My deck around my pool, however, is done properly, that is pour a pier (Sonotube), and float in a Simpson post anchor, which holds the post off of the concrete like this: http://www.strongtie.com/products/co...A-ABE-ABU.html That base requires an anchor bolt in the concrete. Here is one for an embedded application: http://www.strongtie.com/products/co...rs/PB-PBS.html The non-embedded variety allows for minor corrections in any direction. Dan |
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Memorial Day Weekend Plans
basskisser wrote:
JimH wrote: "Don White" wrote in message ... Reginald P. Smithers wrote: basskisser wrote: JimH wrote: "Don White" wrote in message ... JimH wrote: The weather looks great for us this Memorial Day weekend and we may take the boat out Saturday and Monday. I also want to give my son some first hand experience to see how stupid some folks can be on the water and figure this will be a great opportunity for it. I will be at the helm as I know how crazy it will probably be. He received his boating safety class certification over the winter by attending the Power Squadron classes and I want to give him some on water time fine tuning instructions before I allow him to take it out on his own. I also plan to take him out (just him and me) next week to go over docking and key features of the boat he needs to know. The nicest day of the weekend (weather wise) is expected to be Sunday but we will be happy being away from the boat that day...........that same son of mine is graduating from High School that day and my daughter will be home for the ceremony and celebratory dinner (that I am cooking). ;-) So what are your plans? Since Sunday should be sunny (maybe), I'll be busy building a pressure treated fence along the east side of my backyard...where my garage was until a couple of weeks ago. This week it's either raining or threatening to rain...tough trying to set 4" x 4" posts in concrete. If the ground is wet just dig out the hole to the appropriate depth for your area, widen out the hole base to form a footer, fill it with 2" of gravel, set the post inside of it and pour in the dry quick set concrete. Use a pole to probe the concrete mix to make sure there are no voids. Now sprinkle with water. The concrete mix will wick the water you sprayed onto it and most especially from the cavity walls and will set.................and set firm I used this method for years in this northern climate when setting posts for fences, decks and basketball posts and have never run into a problem. I do, however, make sure my holes are set deep enough for my winter climate. Contrary to popular belief, you shouldn't encase PT lumber in concrete. You should instead pour a footing/pier (NOT "footer") then use a Simpson or equal post bracket that get's the PT off of the concrete. Concrete always holds moisture, so exposes the PT lumber to rot. This being said, I do it the way you've mentioned, and my fence has been in place 11 years, not rotted yet. A good trick though, is to use put a couple of 16d nails in the bottom of the post but don't drive them home, leaving about half the nail exposed. This will prevent uplift after the concrete sets. A home inspector will highlight and emphasize the problems of placing PT wood directly into concrete. It will rot out substantially faster than if the wood is attached correctly to a footing. Every home improvement show I have watched has highlighted the dangers of placing PT directly into the dirt of concrete. This site seems to think PT lumber & concrete can work together. http://wilwaylumber.com/howto/howto082.htm same with this one.. http://ak.essortment.com/fencepostinsta_nfm.htm and another.. http://www.theworkshop.net/Tips/htm/...howtobuild.htm Good information. I have never run into long term problems because of sinking PT posts directly into the ground and encasing them with concrete. I wonder how long those galvanized brackets hold up? ;-) Virtually forever. I've seen galvanized brackets 30 years old still working fine. My posts that are encased in concrete are beginning to show signs of rot. PT posts encased in concrete also violates most codes. Also, if the post is sitting on the ground, then concrete poured around it, the wood shrinks and swells so that the concrete isn't really gripping (skin friction = 0), and the post's contact area with the ground is the only portion resisting axial load. That isn't much on a fence, but it is on a deck! Again, I do it for fences, but not for decks. That doesn't make it acceptable practice!! That used to be true. A few years ago, treated lumber changed from CCA to ACQ for environmental reasons. ACQ is tough on steel even if it is lightly galvanized. In order to get the same, long term, performance you will have to spend the extra bucks and go with a product with more zinc or stainless steel. Since you are looking at Simpson, they have their "ZMax" for ACQ applications. I lost 285' of shadowbox fence in last year's hurricane and have had to look at that damn orange temporary fence for several months now. Since I'm "in the business" the new fence will have all stainless steel fasteners. As to the the concrete debate, I have talked to several people and they recommend applying a light coat of roofing cement to the portion that will be in the concrete. Construction starts tomorrow! Dan |
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