[Tormund]

Hello. Any advice is much appreciated. I live in the Alanta, Ga area and have clay soil. I plan on building a slanted shelter structure over my aboveground pool. The pool is 12x24 and the planned shelter will be about 16 x 32. At the highest the shelter will be 12ft high, the lowest will be 7ft high. I dug a 4ft hole for my 6x6 and I am noticing the there is a little water. Not much and I know it stormed a few days ago. How should I proceed with setting the posts? I have ground contact pressure treated posts ready to go.

I never had to dig this deep. I have a wood fence on site that's been set about 2ft deep with gravel and cement. Still standing since 1990.

 

[Tormund]

Sorry, fence post were 3ft deep.

 

[Nealtw]

How much water?

 

[Tormund]

About an inch of water has accumulated.

 

[Nealtw]

About an inch of water has accumulated.

Put a few inches of gravel in the hole first.

 

[Porsche986S]

I live about 1.5 hours north of you and in the past 3 years have had two pole barns installed on my property . Like you the holes were about 4 ' deep . Installers placed the 6x6 posts in the holes, made sure they were plumb and threw in two 80 lb. bags of concrete mix in each hole . They will be there long after I am not . You will be fine .

 

[dj3]

This is something you shouldn't worry about, fill the holes with 50/50 concrete mix, set a Simpson anchor above grade, wait a few days and nut and bolt the post to the anchor.

 

[Tormund]

Thanks for the responses. Needed a another opinion just to be sure. Thanks