Dig Post Holes and Set Posts

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Roof And Ceiling Details! PHANTOM POST PROJECT Ep 5

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What happens here

Using digging tools, excavate holes for the posts. The holes should be approximately 3 feet (36 inches) deep to go below the local frost line (which is around 30-32 inches in this location) for stability. For tough soil, a hammer drill with a speed bit can be used to break up the soil. Once the holes are ready, carefully place the prepared posts into the holes. Use a string line set up square off the existing deck to ensure proper alignment and consistent spacing. As the posts are placed, use a level to verify they are plumb, adjusting as needed by shoveling soil around the base to stabilize them.

Goal: This step details digging the holes for the arch posts to the correct depth below the frost line and then carefully setting the treated posts into position, ensuring they are level and aligned.

Tools and materials

Hammer Drill with Speed Bit
Level
Post Hole Digger / Shovel
String Line

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All right, I only cut the things 10 feet so what? Oh, yeah, you got a little bit more to go. Yeah Over here, okay, 36 hit 36 three feet. They're doing four feet Hey, I'm just saying that's what he said earlier. I'm not trying to keep up for him from moving. He's always wet I'm gonna Destroy your life Oh, somebody's all sensitive. Oh, you spooked me. Oh, God. It was impaled me In our holes, Doug. We got some we got some tough hard soil here. Tom money shows little trick You know what tough soils? They get holes Got the hammer drill nice little I just call it speed bit just keep sending it break it up and just like that we have our nice It's like on a cooking show, you know, and then it's already ready. This is actually different Oh, we already got this one, Doug We're going 30 feet deep because we really want this to be locked in for justice our frost line here is about 30 32 So we're going below that and we're gonna get a lot of concrete around this bad boy So you got string line set up. We want to come square off of the deck. That's way it I like to do that whenever possible see we've got it set up all the way down there I'm afraid across to whatever measurement we are where it's connected there off of that screw We make sure we're keeping that even Consistent gap and just pull it along and then we know we're coming square off the deck super easy We don't have to square it. We don't have to do anything. We're just coming off of that tough. I'm setting We'll just say there should be a you feel like there's post malone joke here It's funny that I'm setting this post alone nice Now we're gonna come Seven and a half off of this somebody anybody I'll just ring it. I need a level as we're leveling it shovel it around the base You want to be careful with the base? The base doesn't get shifting on you Once you have it in the right placement you just this person's job is just to make sure that the bottom doesn't move As long as the bottom doesn't move once I put the level on here and plumb it back up It's gonna be right where we need it. So you can see I still got a lot of play on this I don't need to put the level on it. I said many fence posts in my day. My dad was a fence guy My dad's dad was a fence guy my dad's dad's happy. I don't know What time what time's this supposed to hit us? You know what we're going at the flood

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