Patio String Lights

>>1142989
Get a tree and whittle.

>>1142990
I thought about a tree but I'd be paranoid of it rotting or some asshole cutting it down, so I was thinking steel pipe.

My biggest question is how to plant the posts. Along the outer perimeter of the patio is a bunch of mulch and shrubbery. Would you get a plastic bucket and fill it with concrete?

>>1143018

You don't even need the plastic bucket. You could just dig a hole, fill it with concrete, put post in and let it cure. Metal post would probably look trashy/hokey versus a treated wood post, but it's really all about what type of look you're going for.

>>1143020
>treated wood is classier than metal.

>>1143018
>Would you get a plastic bucket and fill it with concrete?
yeah

Get a 4x4x12/16.

Dig a 3 foot hole.

Full with concrete.

Make a loop with the string light

Kill yourself

>>1143020
Wooden post would definitely look better, especially since it's in a rural area. What sort of treatment other than staining it?

>>1143078
make sure its pressure treated, suitable for burying - proceed as >>1143057 - whereby, Id def. use 16, more out the way, the better - def should be above handsgrip height, also, leaves space for some loop/slack on the wire. Id also string a steel rope bewteen the poles and attach the wire to that at intervals, not that more expensive and stops people eating glass suddenly, but, w/e.
>>1143022
treated wood is classier than metal poles, if you got an outdoor area of a restaurant with excited kids running around and shit (parties, etc.). And drunk adults. They tend to survive bouncing off wooden poles better than metal, all keeps the customers coming back.

>>1142989
ttt <

>>1143081

Even pressure treated wood isn't exactly rot free. Put a little mound of concrete around the base so it doesn't sit in a puddle.

Do you think I'll need a construction/building permit to do this?

>>1143572
I wouldn't think so

>>1143018
Filling a plastic bucket with cement seems like an unnecessary step when you can pour the concrete directly into the whole you dug.

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