ABA ZMAX Galvanized Adjustable Standoff Post Base for 6x6 Nominal Lumber

Standoff is sturdy, no issues with its strength. Be aware that these fit nominal 6X6 (5.5" X 5.5") posts like a glove. Maybe not the most visually pleasing compared to decorative standoffs, but substantially lower in price. Plan to cover standoff with custom trim at a later date.

The bracket securely holds a 6 x 6 post about 1" above the concrete support pier. This will extend the life of the wood post by holding it out of contact with the concrete and any water accumulation. In my area, municipal inspectors are requiring this method of post installation as opposed to a buried and set in concrete installation. I recently had to retrofit 3 posts that had rotted at ground level due to that method of installation 20 years ago.

6x6 post rotted out - dug out hole and used cylinder form, concrete and this to create a 'pylon' out of concrete with this embedded in the concrete

Creates a solid base for posts.

Worked fine, on one post had to shave some wood then fit great the others. Pounded steel sides and tight as others.

Fit the 6"x6" posts perfectly. Has elongated hole for adjusting position when installing post. Also has pre drilled holes to attach post to the base. Strong and rust resistant.

Did what it's supposed to do.

These post base are the best I've ever used. The 1" standoff is perfect to discourage rot at the end of 6x6 post.

worked perfectly..we used under 4-6x6 posts

I attached this post base to my concrete porch using two "#10 1-1/2 in. External Hex Flange Hex-Head Structural-Connector Screw," which I purchased along with the base. It should be noted that the "6x6" in the name is industry standard for a 5-3/4" x 5-3/4" column; it will not fit a 6" x 6" column (if you're buying a column at your local Home Depot, just bring the post base to wherever the column is, and place it as you would onto the post you intend on purchasing, to make sure it fits). The only "adjustable" part that I can see is the large slot at the bottom of the post base, enabling some degree of side-to-side (or back-to-back) movement, in case the initial drill point for the slot was not centered where the post should be. But, it would have required drilling a much larger hole into my porch, for which I did not have the equipment, so I used a lot of measurements, including plumbs and t-squares, to ensure that the holes (on either side of the slot) were as accurate as possible, which, fortunately, they were! You could also use a smaller hole, such as with the aformentioned bolts, but, then you would need a very wide and strong washer or simiiar to keep it secured to the slot. Once I got the column post onto the post base, I used a mallet and scrap wood to fully seat the post (the scrap wood went between the post and mallet to avoid damaging the post from direct blows of the mallet). After that, I screwed two of the aforementioned bolts through each side "ear" (the uprights, if you will) of the post base into the post. I am fairly certain that nothing short of lumberjack's saw, sinkhole, or elephant, can knock the post off the post base! Plus, it keeps the wood column post off the ground, protecting it from the rain, irrigation water, snow, dirt, mud, etc., which helps prolong its life (the base of my original, 60-year old, column post, on my front porch, had rotted due to the proximity of an irrigation pop-up, which soaked the base, as well as having eroded the soil beneath the porch, thus lowering the porch enough to expose the bottom of the column post, which was connected to the concrete porch only by gravity. I have taken steps to mitigate the irrigation problem, and, hopefully, between the pressure-treated column post and this post base, the new column should last at least as long as the original, which, for the record, was not pressure-treated.