# Bollard installation guides

> How bollards go into the ground: core-drilled into existing concrete, embedded in a new footing, surface-mounted, and removable sleeves, from manufacturers’ install guides.

Canonical: https://safetybollards.ca/installation

How a bollard is mounted decides how much it can stop. These guides follow the manufacturers’ own install instructions, linked on each page.

## By mounting method

- [Installing bollards in existing concrete](https://safetybollards.ca/installation/core-drilled-bollards): Installing a steel pipe bollard in an existing slab: core the hole at least 2 in larger than the post, dig below frost, set it in concrete, fill the pipe, cure 2–3 days. From Reliance Foundry’s and McCue’s install guides.
- [Embedded and pour-in-place bollards](https://safetybollards.ca/installation/embedded-bollards): Setting bollards in new concrete or in their own footing: published embed depths (12 in to 36 in for non-rated posts, up to 1.7 m for a crash-rated retractable housing) and how pour-in-place posts work.
- [Surface-mount bollards](https://safetybollards.ca/installation/surface-mount-bollards): Bolt-down bollards for slabs you can’t dig into: base plate sizes, anchor holes, and where surface mounting is (and isn’t) enough. Plus how flexible bollards anchor to asphalt and concrete.
- [Installing removable bollard sleeves](https://safetybollards.ca/installation/removable-bollard-sleeves): How removable bollards are installed: a sleeve or ground fitting set in concrete, flush with the surface, that the post locks into. Published fitting depths for crash-rated removables, and winter tips.