Glenn Herbert wrote:The best way to get wood to rot (short of burying it) is to leave the bark on. If you soak the slabs with enough poisons to get through the bark, maybe it won't rot soon, but pine bark won't stick to the log long outdoors in any case.
So I'm guessing I should debark everything BEFORE treating and assembly? What about burying the smaller logs for posts? I've heard several different ways to slow decay. One is dig hole about 18-24" and big enough around to put pole in plus about 2", put gravel in bottom about 3 inches deep, put pole in HEAVY PLASTIC bag or visquuen etc big enough to make "pocket" for pole, insert into hole, fill with cement/quikcrete etc on OUTSIDE OF BAG. Leave about 6"-12" of bag sticking up to use for next 2 months. During those 2 months and the day of putting poles in, pour diesel into bag until it's ground level making sure to keep it contained inside bag. Only takes about 1-2 cups depending on several factors. Tie rope, string whatever around top of bag to hold it up. Do this religiously every 7 days for 8 weeks and post will have soaked in 1/2- 1 gallon of diesel, thus slowing the rotting process. After 8 weeks, cut bag off leaving about 2" sticking up, then mix quick Crete and make a "cone" around post about 3-4" up. And it's done.
Has anyone ever heard of anything like this?