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Looking for six fixings for 4x4 posts onto flat concrete. Screwfix do these ones:
Any good?
Any good?
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addjunkie
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Ive used these before to fix posts to flat concrete to build animal shelters
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EasyGrip Post Shoe
Give your wooden pergola a firm grounding with this post shoe. It's specifically designed for timber posts and has a base that is easily secured to a cement floor or wooden deck. This product is great for do-it-yourself home improvements as you don't need any specialised woodworking skills. The...
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one above powder coated the linked ones galvanised and powder coated take your pick 
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I did the first time I used them, but at 9 quid each is it worth the hassle, of buying steel, cutting steel, drilling steel, welding steel, painting steel. Unless of course you already have it lying around.
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^ Pretty much. I haven’t got suitable steel so would have to order it in. OTOH, Screwfix is just down the road…
If you imagine a U-shaped shed that used to be stables (now filled with much more useful and much less annoying things than horses), I’m filling in the U with a car port style structure, double pitched clear roof on six legs.
I did mill the six 3m 4x4 legs out of raw Larch logs, with the Alaskan mill, so hopefully have retained some DIY Brownie points. Also, the truss members will be milled out of some spruce logs.
If you imagine a U-shaped shed that used to be stables (now filled with much more useful and much less annoying things than horses), I’m filling in the U with a car port style structure, double pitched clear roof on six legs.
I did mill the six 3m 4x4 legs out of raw Larch logs, with the Alaskan mill, so hopefully have retained some DIY Brownie points. Also, the truss members will be milled out of some spruce logs.
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These keep the wood further from the moisture if its an issue, but not sure they are as strong.
yours can maybe only have two sides to let water drain to stop rot or at least slow it down , be made of heavier stuff , with a base larger , smaller or off set to suit the job better , be thicker to last longer , and of course give you the satisfaction of being your own work , now if thats worth it or no is totally up to you ,,,
