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  1. #1
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    Default verandah posts..

    tis me again

    Just wondering, do I get the verandah posts stirrup'd and in cement before or after the limestone goes down?

    MY common sense is telling me before so we don't dig up yucky dirt and ruin the finish of the limestone. It is also telling me once the ground is compacted its going to be hard to dig thru it.

    Am I correct?

    Thankyou again,
    Kylie

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    Get the stirrups for your posts in first. These will also help when you are spreading the limestone as you can use them for a rough guide to level and thickness.

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    Kylie,
    just make sure you set the stirrups up high enough to clear the extra height of the limestone.

    Mick
    "If you need a machine today and don't buy it,

    tomorrow you will have paid for it and not have it."

    - Henry Ford 1938

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    Ok thank you termite and jMick

    Its so hard not knowing things... Had to ring the hire place to ask for "those things to hold up the roof when putting in or removing old posts" ha haha ha

    I'm sure the guy thought, bloodyhell... is she serious ha ha haha

    I can't remember even now what he called it

    lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by gemi_babe
    Its so hard not knowing things... Had to ring the hire place to ask for "those things to hold up the roof when putting in or removing old posts"
    I'll bet he knew what you meant though. A good description is always better than the wrong name.

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