Rotten wood repair?

[spistols]

Have some treated wood holding up a berm of dirt. The upright posts have some top rot in them (where water sits), but the rest of the posts are great. Would anyone recommend using the chemical treatment they use to brush on boat transoms to help stop the rot?, or is there any other idea of what to use for these posts?

I was thinking of pouring in outdoor deck sealer to fill in the hole, but not sure if this will last long.

 

[atljetmech]

Rot is there and is what it is at this point.
Maybe cap top of posts with tin to prevent further water intrusion

 

[DADI03]

They make a product to fill in this type of stuff with. I'm not sure how it holds up to the elements though. Once wood starts to rot it typically is over for that piece of wood. You have to dig out past the rot to get to the good part. I have found that most of the time there just isn't enough left to save or worth saving. You might be able to sister it up if it's structural.

 

[rbstern]

Best thing you can do is shape the ground to get the water away from them.

Not sure what kind of room you have to work with, but if you can dig some space down around the post where it goes into the ground, pour a few inches of gravel at the bottom, and then some concrete on top of that, with the top of the concrete finished to slope away from the post, you might get some additional years out of it.

Some kind of paint-on rot treatment before the concrete can help kill the organisms currently eating the post, but if you don't solve the water problem, it will come back.

 

[Bellman2]

Go to cherry tree toys. The advertise a product that fills rotted wood. Eve if it works. I would then cover with a metal top. www.cherrytreetoys.com. This is where I get most of my wood working tools and special woods.

 

[GAGunguy]

Penetrating epoxy

then cap the posts with something to shed the water like a pvc cap.

 

[GAGunguy]

RotFix

Part of our EndRot system, RotFix is an epoxy sealer, primer, and consolidant for the repair and restoration of rotted, deteriorated, dried out or spongy wood.

www.systemthree.com

 

[spistols]

Here is an example of what I have.

 

[JBWJr]

The older you get, rotten or not, it's all you have, so you just learn to live with it.

 

[palmettomoon]

If you cannot cut the top down (with a chamfer) I'd look at a polyester filler and once set up, use metal flashing cut to shape and tacked in place to shed water.