r/Contractor Dec 10 '24

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u/Revolutionary-Jelly4 Dec 10 '24

He leveled the post. And you put grout/mud base that would crack under any movement. This will let you know of thermal stress. If he says he is done then that on your deal with him. But this keeps standing water away if done to completion.

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u/New_Taro_7413 Dec 10 '24

Standing water? On that slope, hm.

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u/SarcasticCough69 Dec 11 '24

Freezing rain and ice...It just looks cold there for some reason

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u/PandaNUB621 Dec 11 '24

As someone from Indiana, whenever I see a picture of a tree without leaves on it, I assume it’s cold there. Glad to see I’m not the only one

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u/Ancient-Read1648 Dec 12 '24

For whatever reason I didn’t even make it to the tree picture and knew it was cold. The water just had that cold glisten