In article ,
"Paul Kelly" writes:
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| I haven't been following this thread so sorry if this has been said, but the
| problem is often water pooling on top of the in-ground concrete and the post
| at that point thereby sitting in a semiperemant puddle. This can be avoided
| by sloping the concrete away from the post to encourage run off and futher
| helped by placing gravel around the base of the post. In moist ground some
| contractors will dip the in ground section of post in pitch &/or extent the
| conrete to surface level.

I was talking about plain wooden posts - no concrete.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.