Coop on unlevel ground?

[Kaitie09]

Thank you. There was a little settling but not much, It just shifted the doors maybe 1/2 and so now when there is moisture, the wood expands to where we have a little bit of a hard time fully closing them because they get stuck at the bottom. We are planning on just adding another 1 or two of our "posts" in the middle to help lift it up a bit.

 

[patandchickens]

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Yes, and concrete in rough-sided holes heaves *too*. COmpared to just dirt backfilling the holes, or concrete in sonotubes.

I'm glad you have a buncha gravel-set posts in a coldish climate that have not heaved badly, but IME a whole lotta people aren't going to be as lucky with their soil type and frost depth and so forth. (Also, hand-dug holes make concrete- and gravel-set posts heave worse than power dug holes, for what it's worth).

Pat

 

[jamband]

bell bottomed holes with concrete is code for decks, porches, outbuildings etc. in all cases to the best of my knowledge.