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Bemis Ready to Use Concrete ?
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I just had my fence posts replaced. The fence is redwood and the posts are pressure treated wood. I arrived home just as they were finishing and saw them do the last two posts. They just poured a 60 lb bag of Bemis Concrete Ready to use in the hole and then added water. He had a big bar with a paddle on the end and he would move the bar up and down to mix it in another guy held the top of the fence and moved it back and forth so the cement would settle. So my questions are, was this the correct way to mix the cement? Also on most posts the top of the cement is well below ground level. Shouldn't the cement come up the posts an inch or so and be tapered down the sides of the post? He needs to come back out as he didn't install the lag bolts, these are sister posts. Am thinking of asking him to add more cement? Thanks |
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On May 2, 9:17�pm, "Tube Audio" wrote:
Hi I just had my fence posts replaced. �The fence is redwood and the posts are pressure treated wood. I arrived home just as they were finishing and saw them do the last two posts. �They just poured a 60 lb bag of Bemis Concrete Ready to use in the hole and then added water. �He had a big bar with a paddle on the end and he would move the bar up and down to mix it in another guy held the top of the fence and moved it back and forth so the cement would settle. So my questions are, was this the correct way to mix the cement? Also on most posts the top of the cement is well below ground level. Shouldn't the cement come up the posts an inch or so and be tapered down the sides of the post? �He needs to come back out as he didn't install the lag bolts, these are sister posts. �Am thinking of asking him to add more cement? Thanks yeah its normal today and should last as long as concrete mixed in a wheel barrow and dumped. although long term you would of been better off with PVC post bottoms holding your redwood posts just above grade |
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On May 2, 8:17 pm, "Tube Audio" wrote:
Hi I just had my fence posts replaced. The fence is redwood and the posts are pressure treated wood. I arrived home just as they were finishing and saw them do the last two posts. They just poured a 60 lb bag of Bemis Concrete Ready to use in the hole and then added water. He had a big bar with a paddle on the end and he would move the bar up and down to mix it in another guy held the top of the fence and moved it back and forth so the cement would settle. So my questions are, was this the correct way to mix the cement? Also on most posts the top of the cement is well below ground level. Shouldn't the cement come up the posts an inch or so and be tapered down the sides of the post? He needs to come back out as he didn't install the lag bolts, these are sister posts. Am thinking of asking him to add more cement? Thanks My local Menards sells "Post Set" concrete which has directions on the bag that are pretty much exactly what your contractor is doing. This post set concrete is a faster setting type than the normal ready-to- mix stuff. It wouldn't be a bad thing to have more concrete in the hole. JK |
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