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[chickadoodles]

Quote: No not at all. Everyone just has different schedules. We love to visit and we are a pretty close bunch.

 

[chickadoodles]

We had some bad winds and rain come through late yesterday. It broke off 3 of our 6" treated wooden post's that were concreted into the ground. They broke off at ground level and the tarp over the front of the run all caved in and landed on the ground and killed one of my Maran hens. The one that helped teach the baby cornish what to do. It was so sad. We put some metal post's in the ground this evening to stablize the run and put a support beam up in the center of the tarp area of the run. This just kills me these post's have only been in the gound about 3 yrs.

 

[bruceha2000]

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It is not possible to intrude into a "no topic" thread!!!

Welcome, pull up a rocker.

We had some bad winds and rain come through late yesterday. It broke off 3 of our 6" treated wooden post's that were concreted into the ground. They broke off at ground level and the tarp over the front of the run all caved in and landed on the ground and killed one of my Maran hens. The one that helped teach the baby cornish what to do. It was so sad. We put some metal post's in the ground this evening to stablize the run and put a support beam up in the center of the tarp area of the run. This just kills me these post's have only been in the gound about 3 yrs.

WOW! That must have been some wind, hurricane or tornado force!

 

[gpeters3]

We had some bad winds and rain come through late yesterday. It broke off 3 of our 6" treated wooden post's that were concreted into the ground. They broke off at ground level and the tarp over the front of the run all caved in and landed on the ground and killed one of my Maran hens. The one that helped teach the baby cornish what to do. It was so sad. We put some metal post's in the ground this evening to stablize the run and put a support beam up in the center of the tarp area of the run. This just kills me these post's have only been in the gound about 3 yrs. 

4x4's are not as strong as people think but setting them in concrete causes quicker rotting. Turns out concrete leaches out the wolmanizing and leaves the wood unprotected. My buildimg inspector turned me onto a neat trick for setting posts that has 2 advantages, i backfill all posts with peastone which does not damage the wolmanizing and it is auto-compacting. It needs no tamping (I lightly tamp mine, but tamping also moves the post requiring "engineered tamping" to keep the post in position) and sets posts almost as well as concrete. Concrete has the added advantage of ballast. The other advantage is you can use a shop vac to pull all the stone out if you need to move it. (Ive done it) My chicken coop and back deck are done that way. Wish id known about it when i built my barn, my walls would be perfect and my eaves would be straight.

The process goes like this, pour 1/2 or 1/3 bag of readymix in the hole, set the post and brace it, backfill, carefully untill grade is reached, lightly tamp if you like but it isnt really necessary and any tamping can move the post. If you go 4 feet deep it will not move if you push on it, even with no tamping. If you are doing shallow holes and need ballast then carefully, tightly wrap the post with 15 lb felt, sides and bottom before setting it and pour concrete. The felt will isolate the wood and protect it.

 

[chickadoodles]

Quote: Thank you so much for this very helpful advice. I don't think we will be replacing the wooden posts. I think we will keep the metal post's in the ground there.
But we will be building a pole barn for the RV and could possibly use this technique on those post's.

 

[chickadoodles]

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It is not possible to intrude into a "no topic" thread!!!

Welcome, pull up a rocker.

We had some bad winds and rain come through late yesterday. It broke off 3 of our 6" treated wooden post's that were concreted into the ground. They broke off at ground level and the tarp over the front of the run all caved in and landed on the ground and killed one of my Maran hens. The one that helped teach the baby cornish what to do. It was so sad. We put some metal post's in the ground this evening to stablize the run and put a support beam up in the center of the tarp area of the run. This just kills me these post's have only been in the gound about 3 yrs.

WOW! That must have been some wind, hurricane or tornado force!
I don't know but the tarp on top of that section of their run is a very heavy rubber we have on the floor in the coop also. The tarp has held up very well. But the post's will now need to have some added support with us adding some metal post's to keep this from happening again. We have ton's of the metal post's laying around.

 

[perchie.girl]

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[Peep_Show]

I *really* like the print of this border material... dill heads, right?

Speaking of neat fabrics: DH and I just finished watching "Trumbo" and whereas the story was interesting [about the Hollywood Communist persecutions in the 1950's] the fabrics on the clothing were out of this world fabulous. Also the props were fun, funny and nostalgic.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

I *really* like the print of this border material... dill heads, right?

Speaking of neat fabrics: DH and I just finished watching "Trumbo" and whereas the story was interesting [about the Hollywood Communist persecutions in the 1950's] the fabrics on the clothing were out of this world fabulous. Also the props were fun, funny and nostalgic.

Yes, this is one of my favorite prints (made better by the fact that it's BLUE!), and the little dill heads are hearts, too. I still have to sew my label on the back of it, and then it will be gifted early next week.

Today I will be starting a quiet book out of felt for a friend for a Christmas present. She has 2 young kids and I need a project that forces me to hand sew.

 

[ronott1]

Does anyone know what happened with Sally? If you are worried about breaking BYC rules, send me a pm.