Method of installing a post

A method of installing a post in a post hole comprising:

• a) providing a dry fast setting cementitious composition having a set time, the cementitious composition being in the form of finely divided particles, the cementitious composition comprising at least one cement binder;
• b) providing a post hole;
• c) locating a post in the post hole;
• d) providing a volume of water in the post hole;
• e) pouring an amount of dry cementitious composition into the volume of water without any type of physical mixing of the cementitious composition and water other than the mixing which occurs merely by applying the cementitious composition into the water,
• the major portion of the particles of the cementitious composition having approximately the same drop rate through the volume of water, and the water contacting the dry cementitious composition when poured into the volume of water to hydrate the particles of the dry cementitious composition, the particles of the cementitious composition dropping through the water to displace excess water and form the hydrated cementitious composition into a substantially non-segregated mass;
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• f) allowing the hydrated cementitious composition to set and cure to a solid mass for at least the set time.

A method of installing a post in a post hole comprising:

• a) providing a dry fast setting cementitious composition in a form of finely divided particles, the cementitious composition comprising at least one cement binder, the cementitious composition having a set time;
• b) providing a post hole;
• c) locating a post in the post hole;
• d) providing a volume of water in the post hole;
• e) pouring the dry cementitious composition into the volume of water, the water being in an amount more than that required to hydrate the amount of dry cementitious material poured therein,
• the major portion of the particles of the cementitious composition having approximately the same drop rate through the volume of water, so that the water contacting the particles of cementitious composition hydrates the particles as the particles drop through the water;
• f) allowing the cementitious composition to drop through the water displacing the excess water as a result of the dropping of the cementitious composition;
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• g) allowing the hydrated cementitious composition to form into a cured substantially non-segregated mass.