"SteveB" wrote in message
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Zootal wrote:

I set 8 posts in concrete yesterday. Today, I look at them and see half
of them have developed cracks in the concrete, usually just one crack
radiating from the post to the end of the concrete, looking from the
top. Should I worry about this? Is this normal, or an indication that I
didn't mix the concrete right?

It doesn't really matter much. The concrete is just there to fill up the
hole you dug to bury the post. It adds a little ballast, but that's just a
plus. Jever notice that the utility poles are now put in with expanding
foam?

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Steve Bell
New Life Home Improvement
Arlington, TX


The first time I set a post I used a wheelbarrow to mix the concrete and was
worried about getting the mix right. Now I just slop everything right in
the hole and mix it there (mixing it around the post). I use 'quickcrete'
from the home labrynth and never had a crack. I'm not sure what type you
use but I don't think it's possible to mix it wrong. May take longer to set
if you use too much water. I think Steve is correct that cracks don't
matter though.