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Hi Kelly! Sorry for the super late response, we're better at setting posts than we are at responding to comments! We source our steel posts from local metal or fence supply companies. We recommend a schedule 40 steel, minimum 4" in diameter.

I agree! If you have ready-made sails that you bought online, 6 years is a good long life for those. They typically only last 3-4 years. At that point, it's not worth it to spend the time cleaning them. However, if you have purchased a more expensive sail with a 10-15 year life-span that can withstand a gentle power-washing, you may want to try the cleaning.

Thanks for watching!

We source our posts from local metal or fencing supply companies.

It sure is!

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@@wholesaleshade Diameter?

@@garya2223 We recommend at least 4" diameter for a shade sail post. I believe this post was 5" due to the extended height.

@@wholesaleshade Great. Thanks!

@@garya2223 You're welcome!

If you are going with the power-washer option, you definitely want to be very gentle!

I to, am a little bit breezy about using my pressure washer, because it's been in the Aussie sun for several year's. Its got a bit of mound, so think I'll s rub and rinse.

Good luck with your post replacement project! I hope this video has been helpful for you.

Thanks! That's a great tip. What kind of detergent did you use?

@@wholesaleshade Dishwashing detergent will do. Half.cup of bleach,half cup of detergent,& the rest water. Foam it on, & let it dwell for a few minutes, blast it off.

@@slim439 Thanks!

@@slim439 Thank you!

@@slim439 So every outback Aussie has a bathtub or two outside. Is there any reason we couldnt just put that dish soap & bleach in to a bathtub, top up with water and let the shade sail soak overnight before hosing the mix off (not pressure, just garden hose)? What about nappisan/oxyaction.. would that be an option? I mean to be honest when it's stinking hot I dont really care if they're grubby as long as they're doing they're job of shading, but when they first go back up it'd be nice to have them cleaner/clean-ish, yanno?

Hello! We use SketchUp for our designs. I believe that you can use SketchUp on a tablet.

You're so right Samuel! Even when you think you know what's under the ground when you are ready to dig, you can come upon a surprise pipe that a previous owner installed and the current owner didn't know about. We always try to be careful with the digger, but we did get lucky on this one. We've had other jobs where we weren't so lucky. Pro Tip: Always dig with caution!

Our custom shade sails are commercial grade and use some heavy-duty hardware. You could choose to stay with droopy sails, especially if you go with inexpensive sails that only last a few years, but commercial grade shade sails are not designed to move about in any kind of wind. They should be nice and tight when installed and should last 10-15 years. A shade sail that moves a lot means that hardware is rubbing at the corners. This can lead to a breakdown of the hardware and then the attachment point could come loose and then you have a corner of your sail with heavy hardware flapping about in the wind. This can be quite dangerous.

This job was a bit tricky. When we dug the hole, we couldn't go any deeper because the footing from the retaining wall was much wider than we thought. So we had to go with a shallower footing. To compensate, we made the footing wider and added rebar for extra support.

@@wholesaleshade Another option is to drill a hole in that concrete on the bottom the diameter of this big pipe, even if you get 6-10 inches, that would keep it there strong still and then pour the concrete into the big footing hole. Also, tilting it 5 degrees and maybe even putting opposite cables to the post to keep it tight.