We push them in with the knocker or sledge hammer, or lump hammer.how do you knock in clipex fencing posts? they look awkward to get in straight being so thin?
did you use there strainers?
and how does it work price wise to standard wood post?
tia
I knocked them in with a £30 clipex man killer (15kg)how do you knock in clipex fencing posts? they look awkward to get in straight being so thin?
did you use there strainers?
and how does it work price wise to standard wood post?
tia
Why do you need more wooden posts than clipex for same wire and distance?I knocked them in with a £30 clipex man killer (15kg)
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Araldited the level bubble on and was getting the posts pretty square.
Also used creosoted redwood for strainers.
Per 20m stretch stabs (wooden posts 3"x3" square 5'6" class 4 kiln dried and pressure treated at 10 foot spacing) is 7 of @ £3.53ea = £24 .64
For 20m clipex, 4 standard and 1 "beefy" stake,4x£5.20 + £7.70=£28.50
Wire is the same if you use the X form net and 2 plain. You could save £3 per 20m using cheaper net.
Clipex insulators aren't cheap @60p each, but seen like they'll last, but that's another £3 per 20m if the hence has a top hotwire.
All in then, wood about 50p per meter dearer for an electric top wire fence. (Wood £24.64 per 20m, clipex £34.50 per 20m plus wire plus strainers).
Clipex far quicker to put up. Pull net abs plain wire to middle, the X form net will stand up.
Then put in stakes. Don't put then in before pulling up wire or the net will chop onto the wrong position when it stands up.
Class 4 treated wood should be good for 15+ years.
Clipex should be good for 30+ years, but it does look awful compared to wood
Wooden posts are in ground about 16 inches, clipex must be nearer 22 inch. Presumably being deeper they won't get bent over as much by cattle when the barsteward electric goes off?Why do you need more wooden posts than clipex for same wire and distance?
So using 6' wooden posts then less will do.Wooden posts are in ground about 16 inches, clipex must be nearer 22 inch. Presumably being deeper they won't get bent over as much by cattle when the barsteward electric goes off?
My concern was hitting stone on my shallow soil land, but the metal stakes seemed to shatter the sand stone quite easily.
If you've ground that'll take then, then go for itSo using 6' wooden posts then less will do.
Was just wondering why you calculated for different numbers of posts that's all. Some on here are great at adjusting numbers slightly to make their point look better.If you've ground that'll take then, then go for it
Are they creosoted posts? Don't see how saving a few pence a meter in materials now is a saving over the life of the fence if the fence lasts double the lifetime for those few pence?
PracticeAlso, i've been tying my latest fence because i can't afford gripples right now, i'm getting better but how does one tie pig netting, the video guide i watched he was doing individual stranded wires with plenty of gap between, when you get down to the bottom two gaps on pig netting it's bloody tight for space!