On 7/19/11 3:13 PM, Mike Marlow wrote:
-MIKE- wrote:
On 7/19/11 2:08 PM, Leon wrote:
On 7/19/2011 1:07 PM, Josepi wrote:
Don't worry about the troll responses. Just don't feed them by
giving audience.

The group is a success is indicated when you get these fools. They
will always find something to poke at even if it is with the way
you type your period character, at the end of your sentence....too
much pressure or too little pressure on your keyboard, etc....

I have poured premixed concrete into a hole, dry, and walked away,
if it will rain in the next day or so. It works just fine and you
seem to know what you are doing.

And what if it does not rain in a day or so? Kind of a stupid gamble.

That and the fact that what really happens is you get a crispy shell
of cured concrete covering the dry powder concrete on the inside.

I have to disagree. I have dug up posts that I've put in the ground and
found the dry mix to be a solid mass as if I had poured it. it depends on
the moisture of the ground.


I'm assuming you broke it up? :-)
Here's my opinion on the matter.... it's laziness for one. Secondly, if
you can risk uncured concrete in a post hole, you probably don't need
concrete in your post hole. Tamping a dry sand/stone mixture would
probably suffice.

Like someones else may have stated, most decks don't need concrete in
the post holes. If the deck is built properly, it will act as one
structure, and gravity will anchor it to the ground. Freeze and thaw can
be dealt with my having proper footings under the posts, which depending
on the circumstances, could be dry footings.

Most fences only need concrete at the corners and every so many posts on
long runs. Depending on the soil and how far down you can dig, you can
get away with a dry pack, even on corners.

If concrete is below the frost line on posts and dry fill above, you
won't get any front lift. All Douchepi proved with his front statement
is that he neglected to gid his holes deep enough.


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