Vir Campestris wrote:
On 21/05/2020 16:25, Roger Hayter wrote:
If one is setting a wooden gatepost in concrete should one have a bed of
concrete underneath the post to keep water out, or should one have it on
shingle underneath to let water out?

Doesn't matter. Posts always rot off at ground level where they are damp
and there is lots of oxygen.

.... and concreting them in usually makes that worse. Set them in
gravel, i.e. well drained, and they will last longer.

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Chris Green
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