Posted 3/2/2015 13:01 (#4425392 - in reply to #4425363) Subject: RE: Rotted Pole Barn Posts
South Eastern ,ILL
Yes we put the post 4' deep, dug them by hand
& bolted them to the original post,
Then poured concrete around them. We went ahead and used 6x6 posts again mainly because the originals lasted 38 years. I guess we should have used laminated columns, but most of the
original posts were still "ok".