On Tue, 21 May 2013 14:08:39 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On Tue, 21 May 2013 08:54:11 -0700 (PDT), jamesgang
wrote:




If you watch most pros around here build a deck they will put in temporary posts to hold the frame up while they build it. And install the permanent 6x6 posts last pouring the concrete around them in the holes. That lets you get the level exactly right before pouring concrete. And having the post extend into the concrete greatly increases lateral strength.

And it helps them rot faster when the water gets around them. Mine
are above the concrete on metal supports. Still good after 35+ years.

Yes, if the concrete is going around the posts the posts should go
completely through to, preferably, stone. If concrete is used on
fence posts, they too should stick all the way through the slug of
concrete.