- Location
- Carmarthenshire, West Wales
you are still part of the UK, why can't you just import them from here? Or am I missing something?
What are the options for fencing posts now?
- Thread starter johnspeehs
- Start date
Nearly
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- Location
- North of York
Proper wooden railway sleepers £30.
Got about 100 round the (small) farm.
Got about 100 round the (small) farm.
- Location
- Co antrim
Its something to do with us being kinda part of europe
- Location
- Co antrim
What do they look like? Watched a video about clipex erecting and the strainers look complicated. I take it with clipex the posts have to be dead level or the wire will be up and down. How do you cope in stoney places?
- Location
- Carmarthenshire, West Wales
I thought it might be, sort of semi detached to both Europe and UK
- Location
- Northumberland
Pretty stoney here but never had much of a problem getting posts in approximately where they’re wanted (just move them along a bit if you hit too big a stone). They seem to work their way in around stones, although that does mean they can sometimes turn a bit, which is annoying.
Never tried the strainers.
Y Fan Wen
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- Location
- N W Snowdonia
If you are put off by the Clipex standard strainers, there is also the Eco strainer which is not so well known. I have changed over to them 'cos they are much easier to erect if you are a one man band oldie!
Clipex® Eco Strainer
Simple and cheaper to install end/corner strainer All steel design Guaranteed for 30 years Quicker, longer lasting, and easier to install than wooden alternatives
mcveighparker.com
- Location
- Co antrim
So what does posts and strainers cost roughly
organicguy
Member
- Location
- North East of the south west
You need to dip tops, ones I did your way the tops have rotted and let staples out. Ground level is good 10+ years on.
- Location
- Northumberland
Ah ok- never had that happen before. Had to replace a 400m run of fence a few years ago at 6 years of age due to most of the posts rotting off at ground level and the fence falling over. Only use creosoted posts/clipex for main runs of fencing these days, with some ‘treated’ posts for end fences/bits n bobs.
Working my way through an entire pallet of 6ft 3x4 posts at the moment, but only dipping the first few feet.
- Location
- Minehead,Somerset
As mentioned above , just finished last week 26000m of HLS fencing and 64 gates ( 5 artic loads)and used Robinia from Jack Down (www. robiniatimber .com) . Got on very well with both the product and Jack is very good to deal with, would recommend .
Only downside to Robinia is that they do vary in size and no two stakes are the same !!! Would not suit a smart posh entrance or paddock but is very hard and perfectly good to hold up wire or hang a gate too. You will need a staple gun though as can t get staples in by hammer , they squash half way in . Also doing rails by gates etc , can get 4 inch nails in , 5 inch 50/50 but 6 inch , less than 2 % !!!
Any questions, feel free to ask or message me .
Only downside to Robinia is that they do vary in size and no two stakes are the same !!! Would not suit a smart posh entrance or paddock but is very hard and perfectly good to hold up wire or hang a gate too. You will need a staple gun though as can t get staples in by hammer , they squash half way in . Also doing rails by gates etc , can get 4 inch nails in , 5 inch 50/50 but 6 inch , less than 2 % !!!
Any questions, feel free to ask or message me .
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Is there a warranty with the timber ?
JohnGalway
Member
- Location
- Connemara, Ireland
I bought some plastic stakes this year, 40 year guarantee on them. Expensive, but if they last....
Hilly
Member
- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Can you hammer staples into them ok ?
Are they still not grantable?
JohnGalway
Member
- Location
- Connemara, Ireland
Only use concrete strainers here now, it's not hard to replace a few posts if the wire is tight.
- Location
- Minehead,Somerset
No .
- Location
- Co antrim
I hate them, cant get them proped and tied as tight as wooden, if they put 4 strips of black stuff in them itd be alot better, at over 50 quid a strainer id think they could afford to do that
Yes I've been battling with them about the strips but might as well talk to the wall
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