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Thank you all for your ideas - methinks a good layer of s**t as the sandwich filler. Doc

No, not exactly chukka63, it will be sitting on a low wall (10"?), across the cavity, and I'm planning to drill out a hole in the bottom of it, cement/glue a piece of pipe into it, protruding 8 or 9 inches which will go into the cavity where I will encase it in concrete, and maybe even, belt and...

I'm building a porch which involves 6" oak wood posts. One of them I need to fix to a garage wall, but I was told to remember to sandwich between the wood and the wall something which compresses and seals - any ideas please ? Or alternative solutions ? I don't want the elements whistling...