Hi,
I'm looking for general advice regarding whether I can carry out a simple DIY repair to my porch post or whether to get a builder to sort it out. The post has started to rot and I can push a nail into the timber about 2ft above the ground without using a hammer. I think half of the cross section of the timber may be suffering from wet rot at the base.
There appears to be a shoe or I suspect metal tube/pipe, made from 5mm thick steel, sunk into the ground into which the 4x4" timber post is inserted.
I'm thinking of cutting away the protruding part of the shoe.
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I'm looking for general advice regarding whether I can carry out a simple DIY repair to my porch post or whether to get a builder to sort it out. The post has started to rot and I can push a nail into the timber about 2ft above the ground without using a hammer. I think half of the cross section of the timber may be suffering from wet rot at the base.
There appears to be a shoe or I suspect metal tube/pipe, made from 5mm thick steel, sunk into the ground into which the 4x4" timber post is inserted.
I'm thinking of cutting away the protruding part of the shoe.
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