Prevent Post Rot with GREEN POST

The lumber industry has gone through many changes of the the last several decades and pressure treated wood is rotting faster than ever before. We knew that the posts holding up our pole barn house needed to be protected to stand the test of time and for that protection we turned to the Green Post from Advanced Post Solutions.
In this video we talk more about pole barn posts and have a conversation with Barry Hoffman from Advanced Post Solutions to learn more about their product and application.
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0:00 Intro
0:27 Foundation?
1:05 The Green Post
1:56 Interview
3:40 Building Code & Testing
4:26 Green Post Application Process
7:49 Widespread Use
9:06 Pole Barn Houses & Barndominiums
10:04 Recap
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[@LittleMountainLife]

Each building project is different and some may chose to go with the traditional concrete footer foundation, but we preferred the cheaper method requiring much less excavation on our mountain build site. Digging post holes with protected and wrapped posts was the perfect solution for us.

[@donaldgerrard2897]

I am surprised there was no mention of the EPA restrictions on traditional types of pressure treatments for general home use in 2004. CCA and other treatments were very effective at penetrating deep into woods like Hem Fir and Southern Yellow Pine. The new products barely penetrate a 1/4 of an inch and use predominately copper compounds that can wreak havoc on galvanized fasteners and aluminum flashings. There are also many studies that show products like CCA are not really harmful to the environment. One thing for sure is, the huge waste of natural resources, man-hours, and equipment lost to the premature rot of crucial support structures is very harmful to the environment and our economy, also I would like to note that good quality tight grain lumber can rot pretty darn fast too if it is not properly treated. The topic makes for a good discussion and brings a little more awareness to the job of building with wood.

[@TheNakidGardeners]

Interesting! I had no idea about that but I can see this being good information because a ton of people around us are building pole barn homes, they are lovely.

[@LittleMountainLife]

Appreciate you watching!

[@Citystead]

Cool little interview. Learned a bunch about stuff I didn't really know anything about

[@LittleMountainLife]

Thanks man. Who knows, maybe you’ll need to build a barn or home someday 🤷🏼‍♂️🙃 Thanks for watching 🙂

[@QCGUY]

My Grandfather always torched the underground area of his fence posts on his farm when he made fencing for the different horse pastures. I’ve seen this on other homestead channels as well but that notch is a first for me.

[@LittleMountainLife]

Yeah the torch method is way better than doing nothing for sure and is totally fine for posts. For our home I wanted the extra rot prevention with these wrapped glu lam posts 👍 Thanks for watching! 🙂

[@gelwood99]

Very interesting concept for sure!

[@LittleMountainLife]

Thanks for watching 🙂

[@FindingHappinessInAllYouDo]

great information..... hope you all doing so much better looks to be you are..... good video god bless have a great weekend

[@LittleMountainLife]

Thanks! Definitely thankful to be recovered from the virus! Now we just have Natalie’s sprained ankle.... haha Have a great weekend.

[@GoldShawFarm]

Very cool!!

[@LittleMountainLife]

Thanks, Morgan!

[@The_Woof_Pack]

Very cool!

[@LittleMountainLife]

Thanks for watching

[@squeekhobby4571]

Good info. What would be the advantage of this vs perma column vs wet brackets over piers

[@LittleMountainLife]

To me I prefer to have my posts run continuously above and bellow the ground without the bracket hardware, but each build is different. With the bracket mounts you’d need a proper concrete footer running under the building perimeter but we didn’t want that at our location on the mountain. So you’re talking way less time and money just needing to did post holes instead of that foundation.

[@squeekhobby4571]

@@LittleMountainLife : fantastic explanation. Thanks

[@bobsondugnutt7526]

Good video. Did you get the notches for uplift protection?

[@LittleMountainLife]

Thanks and yes. Notches are there to prevent uplift. 👍

[@jeremiahthomas2669]

Some pole barn/ post frames are made with concrete pad or pillars

[@LittleMountainLife]

Yes some are. We preferred wrapped posts in the ground which used way less concrete.

[@davidrobertson606]

How tick is the wrap.

[@LittleMountainLife]

Trying to find the exact thickness but my guess is about 4 mil

[@bigal25938]

Cost?

[@LittleMountainLife]

Varies based on location and vendor, but you’re looking at about $200 extra per post near PA.

[@thelawdoc8029]

Like LittleMountainLife said, there are plenty of alternatives for sleeving posts without spending $200/pc. Farmers have been doing it themselves for years for pennies a post and they last decades.

[@khandam7709]

why is this any better than just coating the pole in cheap tar. then wrapping it in a water proof membrane like a plastic bag???

[@SS-xo1px]

Just a new idea. Oil soak... torch... tar... then wrap.

[@thelawdoc8029]

The video is advertising.

[@SS-xo1px]

You can get PE tape for a green house and do the same thing.