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Barn poles beginning to rot
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<blockquote data-quote="preston39" data-source="post: 327455" data-attributes="member: 1487"><p>JT..,</p><p></p><p>I saw a guy who had repaired your exact problem...it appears. His posts were rotting off at the ground. </p><p></p><p>He put the existing post weight on a jack and cut the post off a foot or two above the rot. He removed the cut-off rotted lower section (and old concrete). He reinstalled a new lower post(4-5 feet (in p-gravel) and lowered the top post down on the new lower post section with construction glue-liquid nail... on both ends...re-applying a small amount of the weight at a time over a few days. The Key is matching FLAT CUTS. He then put a 1/2" thick x 4" wide metal plate on the side... bolted to the two ends..... about 6-8" from the cuts..</p><p></p><p>That was done several years ago---10-12...and it hasn't moved. </p><p></p><p>If I had the problem that would be my approach. I would alter it by notching the two ends about..1/2 half of each circumference x 1' and applying a 3/4" bolt thru the two ends ..thus eliminating the metal plate. The key here would be to make sure the two notches match so the pressure/weight is shared on both the 1/2 ends with the liquid nail adhesive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="preston39, post: 327455, member: 1487"] JT.., I saw a guy who had repaired your exact problem...it appears. His posts were rotting off at the ground. He put the existing post weight on a jack and cut the post off a foot or two above the rot. He removed the cut-off rotted lower section (and old concrete). He reinstalled a new lower post(4-5 feet (in p-gravel) and lowered the top post down on the new lower post section with construction glue-liquid nail... on both ends...re-applying a small amount of the weight at a time over a few days. The Key is matching FLAT CUTS. He then put a 1/2" thick x 4" wide metal plate on the side... bolted to the two ends..... about 6-8" from the cuts.. That was done several years ago---10-12...and it hasn't moved. If I had the problem that would be my approach. I would alter it by notching the two ends about..1/2 half of each circumference x 1' and applying a 3/4" bolt thru the two ends ..thus eliminating the metal plate. The key here would be to make sure the two notches match so the pressure/weight is shared on both the 1/2 ends with the liquid nail adhesive. [/QUOTE]
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