I am looking a building a raised playhouse this spring, so just exploring a few options/ideas/problems.
The main posts I envisage to be 100mm x 100mm, but wondering how these are best fixed in to the ground. I have only done fencing in the past where I have used bolt down post shoes or simply used post-fix concrete and secured the post in by about 12".
I could use the Cast In Post Shoe, where the shoe is cast in the concrete, or I could use the Bolt Down Post shoe and bolt the shoe down, or I could simply concrete the post in.
Which would be a better option? Is there convention for this?
For the ground underneath and around the playhouse and veranda, I am likely to be having a concrete pad with rubber fall protection mats. (I would simply like substantial bark chippings, but the cats would play havoc with this!)
TIA.
The main posts I envisage to be 100mm x 100mm, but wondering how these are best fixed in to the ground. I have only done fencing in the past where I have used bolt down post shoes or simply used post-fix concrete and secured the post in by about 12".
I could use the Cast In Post Shoe, where the shoe is cast in the concrete, or I could use the Bolt Down Post shoe and bolt the shoe down, or I could simply concrete the post in.


Which would be a better option? Is there convention for this?
For the ground underneath and around the playhouse and veranda, I am likely to be having a concrete pad with rubber fall protection mats. (I would simply like substantial bark chippings, but the cats would play havoc with this!)
TIA.