Garden corner post (wood) - best way to water proof??

ohman

Hi all, thanks for reading this topic...

Our front yard (garden) has a corner post which is made of wood, and every time when it rains (or after we water the fruit tree), it will create a puddle at the corner and I'm concerned that it will rotten the wooden post. Here is a picture:



What's the best way to water-proof this post? Any suggestion or comments? Thanks!

joecaption

What's that post suppost to be doing?

Raising the grade in that area would sure help.

biggles

20 yrs to rot from the install easy...if you want to seal it you will have to remove it paint of roofing sealer to 12" above ground and reinstall

sdsester

Is this post in ground or above. I cannot tell from the photo.

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ohman

It is in ground...

sdsester

Strikes me it is a bit late to be trying to waterproof it now?

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ohman

I guess that it was there for a long time now and we never paid attention to it until recently... and it was painted before... I guess maybe we can dig out the dirt a little bit and pour in some concrete around that post to strengthen it... thoughts or comments about this? thanks!

ohman

By the way, this pole is not weight bearing (I think), here is another photo from another wider angle... (click on image to enlarge)



I also noticed that other poles (except this corner one) the builder left at least one inch above grade, I don't know why he didn't do that for this specific corner pole...



Can I use "wood hardener" to treat that rotted wood? Or should I just cut off the part that is burred in the ground? Since it's not weight bearing so I assume that would be OK? Thoughts or comments? Thanks!

Thunder Chicken

Can you post a picture of what is above the wall connected to these posts? The way these posts are lag bolted to the wall suggests they are for a railing of some sort.

There isn't much you can do now if it is in the ground. I would trim it to above ground level with a sawz-all and treat/paint the exposed bottom. As mentioned before, you probably also want to look at the grading, maybe fill in that area to make it level.

ohman

Here is a photo:



Notice those big screws or nails which I believe were nailed into the concrete fence, that's why I think for that corner post, it was not weight-bearing... but I could be wrong...

For other non-corner posts, I noticed that there is a 2" clearance.... see:



Thanks again for your help!

guynextdoor

Nice fence. Like others have said raise the height by pouring some concrete in that corner. It should do fine.

dave19london

Yeah remove and dig out the soil and pour in some concrete around that post to strengthen it for sure.




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