The feet of my A-frame swingset are pushing down into the ground. How can I properly connect them to a concrete block?
I'm dealing with a swing set/climbing frame kind of like this. The "square" end is on concrete pier blocks and is fine. The A-frame side is just wood on the ground, and is pushing deep down into the dirt at this point. (Also suffering from earth-wood contact, but not too bad). The kids on the (tire) swing are heavy and also use it hard. The top beam is obviously diagonal at this point. I want to use something like these concrete "pier blocks" to keep things in place. But how do I make the connection? 1) I could use a post base (Simpson Strong-Tie) to connect them, but the A-frame legs come in at an angle, so it's not perfect. Maybe I'd get this one and hammer over the extra triangle? 2) Or I could just screw the legs directly into the wood cap. Then all that weight is on the screws (although isn't that true with a strong-tie anyway? maybe the hammered-over part would help) 3) Of course, the force is coming down diagonally, right? Is it crazy to embed that concrete post base in the dirt at an angle? Just tilt it to line up with the direction of the A-frame legs? 4) Or I could throw some cement in the holes the legs have already made, and let it set in place. Everything I see online just puts the wooden posts directly on the ground. But it doesn't seem good enough in this case. submitted by /u/MaybeYouHaveAPoint [link] [comments]
I'm dealing with a swing set/climbing frame kind of like this. The "square" end is on concrete pier blocks and is fine. The A-frame side is just wood on the ground, and is pushing deep down into the dirt at this point. (Also suffering from earth-wood contact, but not too bad). The kids on the (tire) swing are heavy and also use it hard. The top beam is obviously diagonal at this point.
I want to use something like these concrete "pier blocks" to keep things in place. But how do I make the connection?
1) I could use a post base (Simpson Strong-Tie) to connect them, but the A-frame legs come in at an angle, so it's not perfect. Maybe I'd get this one and hammer over the extra triangle?
2) Or I could just screw the legs directly into the wood cap. Then all that weight is on the screws (although isn't that true with a strong-tie anyway? maybe the hammered-over part would help)
3) Of course, the force is coming down diagonally, right? Is it crazy to embed that concrete post base in the dirt at an angle? Just tilt it to line up with the direction of the A-frame legs?
4) Or I could throw some cement in the holes the legs have already made, and let it set in place.
Everything I see online just puts the wooden posts directly on the ground. But it doesn't seem good enough in this case.
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