sky wrote:
One last Item......Make sure your footers are deep enough.
In Fla. can be ground level,
In Canada up to or over 48/52"

I'll second that. Don't get lazy with the hole digger. I did, went 24"
deep in Alabama and now I have a few posts that are out of plumb.
Believe me it's not the freeze/thaw cycle but the drought cycle in this
alabama red clay that gets the earth moving around.

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