Hello,

So I'm building my first deck and all is going well so far - minus the rain we're having of course!

I poured my concrete, set my anchor bolts into the concrete and then bolted my Simpson post base to the bolt / sonotube. I got a really nice palm nailer thats pretty high powered, so I nailed my posts to the post bases and they moved slightly. It's not an issue getting them into square or anything, but they shift about on the bolt. They aren't wobbly or anything, just able to be twisted around and shifted on the anchor bolt. One was really loose, so I peeled the post base off (heck of a job) and then set a new post base and tightened it down really well - to where it started to bend the metal of the post base. Do I need to do that to the other loose posts, or will the weight of the deck squish them down enough where they wont move? This is a ground level deck and the posts are only about - on average 13-15" above the concrete.

Thank you!!