How is this post connected to this stone step? I’m completely baffled. It’s a wooden post and looks as if it were added after the stone was set in place. I looked at the bottom of it and didn’t even see any screw heads or lag heads or anything. It’s not even wobbly and would probably pass code requirements for amount of force applied (I think it’s 200 lbs). I’d love to know because I just did something like this, but ended up first using a metal bracket mount and then adding a 4×4. Once all that was secured in place, the whole thing got covered in cedar. Still came out nice, but a little bulky by the time all the layers were applied.
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1" iron pipe embedded in a
1" iron pipe embedded in a hole drilled in the stone?
Thanks Dan. I was thinking something along those lines as well, but I've never seen that done. It makes good sense and I can certainly envision it, but I would at least want to test it all out before I applied it on site. Would the pipe be bent a little at the end like a "J"? Would it be cemented in? I'm tempted tomorrow when I'm back at the house to give it a little lift test to see how well it's held down. I just hope nobody sees me doing this!! lol
I did something similar when mounting the four 8 x 8 posts of a pergola I built for a client. I used what I call a "rod and ring" assembly, which also keeps the wood post up slightly to avoid direct contact with the concrete or stone.
The rod is just a steel pipe that, in your case, you could epoxy into the stone and into the post. The ring is just a spacer that would be a very short section (1/4 or 1/2 inch high) of 2" PVC pipe that you set over the rod in between the post and the stone.
Instead of epoxying the rod into the post, you can drill for a cross pin thru the post and the rod. That makes the post removable if that is desirable.
Thanks rdesigns! I like the "cross pin" idea. I was at the house today and gave it another look. Who ever did it really knew their stuff. The posts are straight and real secure. Even though the posts do still touch the stone there's no sign of rot at all, no doubt it's a pressure treated post.