How To Set Pressure Treated 4x4 Wood Posts In Concrete (VERY STRONG!)

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This video will show you a great trick for how to set VERY STRONG 4x4 pressure treated ground posts in concrete! Keep in mind, this tricks will work for nearly any 4x4 pressure treated ground post you embed in concrete--whether you're setting a mailbox, fence posts, or other garden structures. (I've been using this trick for nearly a decade as a professional carpenter. It seriously helps solve the problem of wobbly 4x4 ground posts!)

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Tool List:
Drill / Driver
Post Level
Margin Trowel

Material List:
50 lbs. concrete
3" exterior screws
4x4 pressure treated post

How-To:
1. Set pressure treated 4x4 wood post in post hole and mark ground level
2. Embed exterior grade screws in 4x4 post at angle below ground level marks
3. Place 4x4 post upright in post hole.
4. Level 4x4 wood post in both directions using a "post level" tool. Make sure bubbles on both sides of tool are between
4. Pour concrete around 4x4 wood post
5. Trowel concrete into slope around 4x4 post (this will help shed water away from post, prolonging its lifespan)

The reason this trick works so well is that the exterior grade screws embedded in the post act as anchors in the concrete boot surrounding them. In order for the 4x4 wood post to lean, it must wrench the entire weight of the concrete out of position, which is unlikely. It also helps negate the problem of the post shrinking and separating from the concrete--something that happens frequently when you use wet pressure treated 4x4 lumber for your ground posts!

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