Had a treated 4x4 snap clean at the ground line on a job in Tacoma last week

It was a post I'd set myself maybe eight years back, and the rot just got it from the inside out. I guess the newer pressure treatments just don't hold up like the old CCA stuff did. Anyone else seeing this happen on older installs?

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kevin_adams5mo ago

Man, that's rough. I had the exact same thing happen with a corner post on a deck I built maybe ten years ago. Looked fine on the outside but was just mush inside. What I ended up doing was digging out the old concrete and setting a new post with one of those galvanized steel base connectors right on a fresh footer. It's a pain, but it keeps the wood up out of the dirt so the same thing won't happen again.

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angela1915mo ago

Yeah, it's like how so many problems look okay on the surface but are totally rotten underneath. Gotta fix the root cause, not just the visible part.

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benbrown5mo ago

Totally agree with @kevin_adams, those steel post bases are the way to go now. Saves so much headache down the road.

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