Post Spikes Vs Concrete

Concrete in or those metal spikes.

Post spikes vs concrete.

Use them where you don t want to dig holes or use concrete. 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. He has a metal post spike that looks like this. He is thinking we can set them in concrete as it should last longer and should be easy to level.

This will help to. Also if you drop set the framing into the groove the underside of the joist is still 5 6 above grade. Tester101 jul 22 10 at 15 50. If the post is concrete stabalise its position with guy ropes.

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. 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. Are there any advantages to using metal post spikes set in concrete when building a privacy fence. 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.

Use them where you don t want to dig holes or use concrete. Our high quality spikes will keep your fence secure great looking and functional for a long time. Easy to use economical drive in post spikes make installing fences simple. However most concrete deck blocks can only hold 4x4 posts not 6x6s and they have no lateral strength at the base of the post.

So you may want to build a deck that is lower to the ground. Support the post into position with battens and stakes. Posted 9 years ago.