concrete post advice

[ddoss]

I'm not sure which photo you are referring to.
The tubes were buried. The footers go down to the required code depth for deck footer construction in my area. The post base that is bolted to the concrete pier has an internal 1" offset so the 4x4 never touches the ground.

I would expect a large ark to float by if water ever got that high here. My coop/run setup is on higher ground than everything around it.

I think we are talking about the same area. in this photo it looks like the horizontal member attached to the post is off the ground. I wondered if you back filled this. I assumed grass will grow up around the hardware cloth like I've seen on other posts. I just wasn't sure if there was dirt that filled up that space where I marked with a pink line. I had considered filling the inside of my run with sand like I see people do and thought that the sand would run out under this board. Your coop is nice! I like the color and the planter.

 

[DobieLover]

I think we are talking about the same area. in this photo it looks like the horizontal member attached to the post is off the ground. I wondered if you back filled this. I assumed grass will grow up around the hardware cloth like I've seen on other posts. I just wasn't sure if there was dirt that filled up that space where I marked with a pink line. I had considered filling the inside of my run with sand like I see people do and thought that the sand would run out under this board. Your coop is nice! I like the color and the planter.View attachment 2115945

Nope! Wood chips. For digging in, drainage, composting of the added chicken fertilizer and dust bathing in!

 

[ddoss]

Nope! Wood chips. For digging in, drainage, composting of the added chicken fertilizer and dust bathing in!
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ok. I understand now. I looked up an adjustable post base and I see what you mean. nice job! thanks for the help.

 

[aart]

I live in an area with lots of straight-line winds

Where would that be...and is that overhang facing prevailing winds with nothing to block them?

 

[ddoss]

So - if I was not worried about it blowing over in the wind, or concerned that it would last forever - I feel like I see lots of people putting the 4x4 posts directly on the ground. I understand that would cause eventually rot, and I've read putting the 4x4 posts directly on concrete could cause rot. What If I used a product like "CPS Composite Plastic Standoff for 4x4 Nominal Lumber" attached photo. This seems like it would at least keep the post from being directly sitting on top of water. I also looked at some people using a rubber coating like flexseal on the bottoms of the posts where it touches the ground. I know lots of people are building these to last a long time, but maybe in 8-10 years I'll want to do something different with the build anyway?

 

[ddoss]

Where would that be...and is that overhang facing prevailing winds with nothing to block them?

I live in Arkansas. I'm not saying we have wind concerns all the time, but during tornado season they get pretty strong. They were predicting 80mph straight line winds this Tuesday, but the storm didn't do anything much where we are.

sorry I don't understand your comment about the overhang. the roof on the coop is pitching up from south to north. the roof on the coop pitches up from west to east. I'm planning on setting it in the back corner of a privacy fenced area - probably 4 foot from the fence. the coop portion would be taller than the fence. I hadn't decided the pitch of the run yet, but I was thinking something shallow like 2:12 and the coop maybe 6:12

 

[aart]

sorry I don't understand your comment about the overhang.

Sorry, I confused your coop with someone else's.....reading too many threads!