Bolt-On "Plastic Posts" Won't Rot Underground

Bolt-On "Plastic Posts" Won't Rot Underground BUILDINGS New Techniques 22-6-7 "When you buy treated wood posts nowadays, you really don't know how long they're going to last. That's why we came up with our Plasta Posts which will last virtually for-ever with no rotting and no wicking up of groundwater," says Bill Kurtz of St. Croix Falls, Wis. He invented and now manufactures 6-ft. long Plasta Posts which are made from solid recycled plastic. The 5 1/2-in. sq. posts have a stair-step design on top that's designed to bolt to three 2 by 6 boards. "You make your own posts by putting three 2 by 6's together and bolting them to the top of the Plasta Post. Then you put the Plasta Post in the ground," explains Kurtz. The poles are ideal for any pole-type shed as well as decks or other structures built on posts. They can be sawed, drilled or nailed just like wood. Kurtz, who also farms, came up with the idea after discovering that modern treated lumber is not built to last the way older, creosoted lumber did. "Creosote is not al-lowed in the ground any more so they use strychnine or formaldehyde, which does not last as long. I've also had problems with wood posts wicking up water from the ground into the walls of buildings. "One benefit of constructing a building this way is that if you ever need to move the building, you can simply unbolt it from the Plasta Posts. And in addition to being totally impervious to water, termites and other pests will not bother them and hogs and horses cannot damage them," notes Kurtz. Plasta Posts are comparable in price to treated posts. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Bill Kurtz, 2187 State Rd. 87, St. Croix Falls, Wis. 54024 (ph 715 483-3866).

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