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  Brian www.mibservices.co.uk March 27, 2012 at 6:50pm

  http://www.hedgenursery.co.uk/product/wedge-grip-red-post-support-f...

  These are what you will need
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  phil smith yewtreelandscapes.com March 27, 2012 at 8:22pm

  i would agree with paul, it would be much easier and would look better if you used a diamond core drill, get one about 1/2 an inch larger than the posts and then there would be a small amount of pointing in to do around the timbers
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  Chrissy Spooner March 28, 2012 at 9:09am

  Thanks for your very sensible answer. Now you've said it, its obvious. But somebody should develop similar thing to the bolt on met post base for round posts!
  
  Paul @ PPCH Services said:

  Why not just cut into it with a stihl saw and breaker and concrete them in. If you want to complicate things then you could use a diamond core drill to make the holes.

  Eitheir would look neater imo than met post type products.
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  Fenlandphil March 30, 2012 at 1:23am

  The only problem I can foresee by concreting the posts in is wet rot.

  If you have smallist diameter timbers you could use KeeKlamp type sockets or for larger diameters have shoes made up from a section of steel pipe welded to a drilled base plate then galvanised, there would need to be a drainage hole on the bottom of the pipe. The names for steel pipe that isn't gas tube or water pipe is Circular Hollow Section, Cold drawn seemless (expensive) or for thinner wall thicknesses ERW tubing. To find the right diameter check the outer diameter and subtract the wall thickness x 2, ie 114.3 chs with a wall thickness of 6mm will have an inner diameter of 102mm approx, there will also be an internal welded seam to take into account. 
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  Phil Voice March 31, 2012 at 9:12am

  Something like this would do: http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/515218304/Round_Post_Base.html

  If it needs to be decorative then powder coated or stainless steel perhaps?
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  Chrissy Spooner March 31, 2012 at 9:31am

  Thanks for all your help - sorted!
  
  Phil Voice said:

  Something like this would do: http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/515218304/Round_Post_Base.html

  If it needs to be decorative then powder coated or stainless steel perhaps?
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  Clive Dearden April 1, 2012 at 10:06am

  I think we missed something in the OP Timber in the round is not the same as round timber!

  If you are sure of the quality  of the concrete, then drilling and placing treated or stainless steel bar concreted or epoxy resin in to place.

  Look at this thread for fixing options:

  http://www.landscapejuicenetwork.com/forum/topics/how-to-install-fl...

  clive

  www.thehandmadegarden.com
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  Nic Johnson April 1, 2012 at 12:48pm

  I wouldnt concrete timber into the ground i would fabricate some bracket myself to go into the timber post and keep the timber off the concrete. drill out the posts and fix the brackets to the posts and down to the concrete.
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  Clive Dearden April 1, 2012 at 9:11pm

  Timber in the round is timber that is de-limbed and selected for straightness and diameter, as apposed to machine rounded timber, machined to a uniform diameter. The former is the stronger 
  
  John www.acegardenservices.co.uk said:

  What is timber in the round ?,

  I can only think it can be round poles, but as I have never

  heard it before I may be mistaken.

  
  
  Clive Dearden said:

  I think we missed something in the OP Timber in the round is not the same as round timber!

  If you are sure of the quality  of the concrete, then drilling and placing treated or stainless steel bar concreted or epoxy resin in to place.

  Look at this thread for fixing options:

  http://www.landscapejuicenetwork.com/forum/topics/how-to-install-fl...

  clive

  www.thehandmadegarden.com
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  Chrissy Spooner April 2, 2012 at 9:35am

  Goodness, my simply querie seems to have started much discussion! Maybe I'm incorrect saying timber in the round, or maybe its just a quelocialism (not how its spelt I'm sure). Problems now solved so thanks for all the help.