Update - for anyone else with the same issue. In the end I cut the rotten 100mm off the bottom of the post. Fortunately the rest of the post was solid ...

Hmm. I agree that would be a great solution. The problem is that bottoms of the post is already off the ground on a stirrup - so the good timber is 40 ...

Thanks for the very quick replyThe main issue is that this deck post is 3.5m high - going up through the deck, lap jointed into into the bearer, suppo ...

I have an existing deck supported on 90mmx90mm posts that go into stirrups in concrete. Bottom 100m of post has rotted and stirrup rusted out due to b ...