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Originally Posted by WhrDLMI,Apr 15 2009, 03:57 PM
All you need to do, Zeke is contain the concrete somehow so it adheres to the post. You can either just dig a reasonably sized hole or use one of those tubes. In theory, the bucket would work but I am suspect because they are really smooth and are smaller on the bottom than on the top. That means they could pop out of the ground fairly easily.
FWIW, the posts for my front porch are set in buckets.
FWIW, the posts for my front porch are set in buckets.
The reasonably-sized hole is dictated by code. 
In our area it is 16"x16"x18". If hole is round, it must have a diameter of 18". Having talked with Mike Loving, there is almost a foot-and-a-half difference between how deep we need to dig here in F'burg and his requirements in the B'more area.
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Originally Posted by Jcox3,Apr 15 2009, 03:17 PM
wait that was a cover
I still cannot believe you never heard the Humpty Dance before, youngin.
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Originally Posted by FF2Skip,Apr 15 2009, 03:19 PM
The reasonably-sized hole is dictated by code. In our area it is 16"x16"x18". If hole is round, it must have a diameter of 18". Having talked with Mike Loving, there is almost a foot-and-a-half difference between how deep we need to dig here in F'burg and his requirements in the B'more area.Hole will be 24 inches.
Using concrete tubes now.
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Originally Posted by tacocat,Apr 15 2009, 04:20 PM
Frost line in AA County-18 inches.
Hole will be 24 inches.
Using concrete tubes now.
Hole will be 24 inches.
Using concrete tubes now.
Bigger hole, while a bit more work, is probably easier.