Post Spikes Vs Concrete

The biggest drawback with wood in concrete posts is that the wood rots in the concrete.

Post spikes vs concrete.

Form the concrete about 2 3 inches above ground level and taper it away from the post. Are there any advantages to using metal post spikes set in concrete when building a privacy fence. The gravel at the bottom should let the bulk of the water drain away and grading the concrete away from the post should keep most of it out. This will help to.

Use them where you don t want to dig holes or use concrete. Support the post into position with battens and stakes. Posted 9 years ago. Use them where you don t want to dig holes or use concrete.

He has a metal post spike that looks like this. Check the vertical position of the post with a spirit level before filling the hole with concrete use a mixture of 1 2 3 cement sand aggregate. So you may want to build a deck that is lower to the ground. Concrete in or those metal spikes.

Our high quality spikes will keep your fence secure great looking and functional for a long time. Also if you drop set the framing into the groove the underside of the joist is still 5 6 above grade. Obviously the concrete setting is more expensive than the spikes but from an observer s point of view things moved along much more quickly with the concrete posts than the spiked posts. They had a much longer section of fence built 40 feet built in less time than it took them to put up 26 5 feet.

He is thinking we can set them in concrete as it should last longer and should be easy to level. However most concrete deck blocks can only hold 4x4 posts not 6x6s and they have no lateral strength at the base of the post. The spike part has the advantage that the wood is not in contact with the ground or concrete and has a chance.