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Hi Noyade Thanks for continuing to think it through and the great diagram. You are spot on and its probably what i should have been doing with this po ...

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Thanks Mitchell. I am tending to agree with you - it was originally a pretty sloppy way of doing it - but i am trying to exhaust all possibilities. Ye ...

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Ok thanks. Images attached. I wont be hiring a structural engineer for this little job (if I could get one). If i could afford that i would get someon ...

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I have to remove and move a car port post but the beam it supports has a join exactly on top of the post above it. (I doubt there is a through bolt jo ...

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Thanks so much for your thoughts. The original stirrup is one of those embedded in a concrete hole - not dyna bolted to a proper smooth flat concrete ...

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Yes the original stirrups were set too low or too be more accurate - whoever later did the concrete driveway built it too high, so water did eventuall ...

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how can i modify an existing post stirrup to raise the post a few cm - so the new post doesnt rot like the old one. Being on a corner i cant just add ...

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Hi @vanda99, Unfortunately, it simply cannot work the way you are hoping. You cannot take two beams that were never structurally joined, remove the ...

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Sorry. Yes - I did misunderstand the problem - again. I thought the second photo down was the issue. I didn't even notice the newly installed post. 

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Hello @vanda99 If you have a 100mm x 100mm post, I propose using the Pryda 100mm M10 Bolt Down w Raised Mount Post Anchor (special order product) a ...

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Hi @vanda99, I note that in your original post, you mention you can't add a stirrup as it's on a corner. Can you replace that stirrup? It would be b ...

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Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community @vanda99. It's terrific to have you join us, and many thanks for your question about post supports.Could yo ...

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Thanks so much for your thoughts. The original stirrup is one of those embedded in a concrete hole - not dyna bolted to a proper smooth flat concrete ...

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