In this video I describe how I set posts for a pole barn or post frame building. For the foundation I use a 12 inch pre-cast concrete post footer (cookie) and set the post on top of that. I attached an uplift cleat to the post before we set it in the hole. The post gets back filled with the spoils from augering the hole. I do not fill the hole with concrete. The post is set back from the marker string 1 1/2". This allows for a 2x4 purlin to match the outside dimensions of the building. Keep the post plumb as you backfill and tamp down the fill as you go.

Sorry for the over exposure on the video. I had the camera settings wrong, but the info was still worth posting I think.

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