I ripped out some old landscape timber (flower bed) that was nailed to a corner pole of my deck. I found that this made the corner support rot out prematurely. The other poles are fine. The rot is only 6" up the pole.
How should I repair this?
Can I simply cement around the pole above the rot? My bother did this when he added a flower bed around is deck so the poles would not be exposed to the soil.
Or should I remove the pole and replace it? If I do, will I have to remove the cement or is there another way?
Rotten pole
Deck
How should I repair this?
Can I simply cement around the pole above the rot? My bother did this when he added a flower bed around is deck so the poles would not be exposed to the soil.
Or should I remove the pole and replace it? If I do, will I have to remove the cement or is there another way?
Rotten pole

Deck
