Phil Phelps
03-28-2010, 7:39 PM
Greeting folks,
I am re laying the flagstone in my back yard. The pergola you see has been here since '52. In '53, it was dressed with some gingerbread on each post and had two tool boxes built on opposite sides, all of redwood. The elements had taken their toll on the addition and I demo'd them today. Noticing that Algerian ants had built their mounds around the front two 6x6 redwood posts, I cleaned away about a cubic foot of dirt on either side. Then, within about fifteen minutes, the pergola dropped down about six inches. How do I set the posts? They are not in concrete and I don't know how deep they are set. I am setting a 4x4 block on either side of the soffit and using 2x4's and bottle jacks, I intend on raising it level. What happens if both those posts have rotted? If they are okay, i intend to dig a few inches past them and use a mix called Maxim. I am open for suggestions.
Thanks, Phil
I am re laying the flagstone in my back yard. The pergola you see has been here since '52. In '53, it was dressed with some gingerbread on each post and had two tool boxes built on opposite sides, all of redwood. The elements had taken their toll on the addition and I demo'd them today. Noticing that Algerian ants had built their mounds around the front two 6x6 redwood posts, I cleaned away about a cubic foot of dirt on either side. Then, within about fifteen minutes, the pergola dropped down about six inches. How do I set the posts? They are not in concrete and I don't know how deep they are set. I am setting a 4x4 block on either side of the soffit and using 2x4's and bottle jacks, I intend on raising it level. What happens if both those posts have rotted? If they are okay, i intend to dig a few inches past them and use a mix called Maxim. I am open for suggestions.
Thanks, Phil