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Thanks for the input here. I think I will go the laminated post route. With treated the bottom 8 or so feet and untreated the rest of the way up. Thanks again.

Thanks for your response. A few motivations... 1. If I decide to go a little higher than 12', it's hard to find 6x6s longer than 16'. So if I need to take the middle posts higher to reach the higher parts of the rafters, "coupling" posts would be a way to get them taller. How else to people...

Howdy, I'll be starting a 24x36 simple gable structure soon. For the posts, I had initially planned to buy one single treated post for each (6"x6"), but am now considering just the treated portion for the 4' in ground plus another 4' above ground (8') and then stacking an untreated post (also...