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Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2025
When you put a post in concrete you can wind up weaking the concrete significantly. it is much better to have a metal post base that goes in the concrete so the wood post actually never comes in contact wiht it at all. it's also better for termite prevention.this look great and should do the job. The qustion though is whether the concealed bolts is worth the premium.
E. Marie
Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2025
Having a drain hole at the bottom really helps preventing the wood deterioration, also the concealed bolts really makes our pergola look seamless.No screws or anything sticking out, very please with these LADECH 4x4 Post Anchor Base.
Kristina Frazier
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2025
I got these for a small fence I am putting up around my hot tub area and they worked just fine!I was worried that the new types of cut boards would not fit into the metal housing, but it fit good.I was glad it came with the sinker bolts and drill bit. I did not have high hopes for the hand tool or drill bit, but it did great. I was able to get the holes drilled out pretty easy, as easy as drilling concrete can be haha, and put the sinker bolts in easily.It has been raining a bunch lately, and it seems the drain holes are doing their job. Doesn't look like any water in being held inside next to the wood. We have been keeping an eye on that since we live in such a wet environment.I would say as long as they are installed level to the ground they should drain just fine. If you don't or can't install them level, you may want to put in your own drain hole to match where to water goes so it does not sit in water at all.
sausage_guy
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2025
The mild steel in these post bases is 11/128", about a third less than the usual 1/16". TTwo of the edges on the upright part and all four sides of the bottom are welded. I am used to seeing faultless robotic welds on this type of "pergola" hardware, these are a bit sloppy by comparison. They are probably serviceable but that element of uncertainty in something that needs to survive a long, harsh life in the elements is not encouraging. The paint, which is claimed to be powder coat, is lumpy and/or bubbly. Either there was some material under the paint, or it was applied with drips and blobs. It does not feel like the paint bubbled, because there is no give in the raised parts. I am not too comfident of the paint, and I have never seen powder coat blob like this.On the other hand, the accessories are de luxe, including concrete anchors, drill bit, wood screws 8 mm nut driver head and a T-handled socket wrench for the concrete anchors. It looks like the 4X4s will be raised off the bottom of the post bases by the height of the bolt heads, which might put your measurements off a tad.All in all the product is slightly off the standard for pergola post bases in this distribution channel, so I feel I have to withhold a star. I might use them in the less critical parts of my planned solar panel structure, but I'll leave them outside for a few months to test their corrosion resistance.
Scott R.
Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2025
These are truly impressive heavy duty anchors, you really have to hold one of these in your hands to appreciate how thick and heavy they are. I measured the width of the steel at just about 2.08mm, which corresponds to 12 gauge steel. They advertise it as 0.08" thick, which is closer to 2mm, so maybe that is the actual thickness of the steel and the powder coating adds a hair to it.I plan to replace my mailbox posts, and rather than pulling them out and cementing in new posts I plan to just fill a trench with concrete and bolt these brackets into it. That'll make future replacement of the posts super easy, even if that's not going to be necessary for another 30 years, I'm pretty sure these post anchors will be solid as the day I put them in. The only fear here is that they may be too solid (mailbox posts are supposed to yield and move or break if an automobile hits them).I don't know about the supplied fasteners, I didn't even take that close of a look at them, as I always use own. But the anchors themselves are heavy duty and built to last.
R. Moheban
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2025
The four post-base pieces are really heavy hunks of steel. You will not have problems with them ever getting dented, bent or the like, as they are built like tanks. The manufacturing quality is excellent, with a super durable powder coat finish (inside and out) and having no apparent seams. Four by four posts slip into these bases and get held nice and firm.Thirty-two wood screws are provided, of reasonable quality, to hold the posts in, but you could probably get away with not even screwing in the posts. They aren't going anywhere being held quite firmly just by the nature and depth of the bases.The brass wedge anchors to attach the bases to concrete are of decent quality. Not heavy in diameter but probably heavy enough since there are four anchor bolts per post base. A drill bit is included for the wedge anchors and driver bits are included to complete screwing the assembly.In sum, with 4 units priced at thirty dollars currently, it comes to $7.50 apiece. For these hunky, uncompromising bases, as well as all hardware needed to create a solid four post project, this is an excellent product at a reasonable value. I cannot say I would change anything about this product, except to say that for some situations some people *may* wish to use heavier anchor bolts. Wedge anchors such as the brass ones provided can do the job, but if pouring fresh concrete then embedding J bolts in the wet cement would be ideal rather than wedge anchors.This is a great product at a reasonable price to enable a quite solid four post base for whatever project you have in mind.
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