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Pergola posts
AdRock
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Hello everyone!
I've just spotted that a couple of posts on our pergola are starting to rot at the bottom and would like to know what to do.
would it be best to support them somehow or can I paint on some treatment?
any advice would be greatly received!
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Not much you can do now really. Normally, you place the posts in concrete and make an angled cement 'lip' a couple of inches above ground to help prevent rotting (it's contact between wood and soil which causes them to rot ) See this image:
Alternatively, you can use 'metpost' supports which allow you to replace a post when it eventualy rots at the bottom.
Wonky and I are planning pergolas - think we're going for the 'metposts'
This sort of thing http://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Wedge-Support-Spike-for-75-x-75mm-Fence-Posts/p/542500?CAWELAID=120135120000007090&CAGPSPN=pla&CAAGID=17408411932&CATCI=pla-86468488645&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=&utm_campaign=Google%20Shopping%20-%20Garden&tmcampid=&tmad=c&tmplaceref=lBuN3sE4&utm_content=slBuN3sE4|pcid|43364563852|pkw||pmt||&gclid=CO22tZ6FnNICFcwy0wodiGYK4Q
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hi Dove, can I suggest you go for the bolt type which are the same price:
http://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Bolt-System-600mm-Support-Spike-for-75-x-75mm-Posts/p/218590
Much easier to both insert and remove the posts.
The standard ones can be a bit tight and standing on a ladder hitting the top of the post with a slegehammer (like I had to do on a 60ft fence once) is best avoided! 