Fence post top caps

[tomlad]

We've a outer fence , strainers are tely wag poles, tops cut flat ,some showing signs of rot in centre.
Im thinking they want a cap to turn the water, options please
Presumably lead flashing any other options please??

 

[Fendt516profi]

Chainsaw cut them on a slant

 

[Kidds]

Nail a plastic bucket lid on top is local favourite

 

[Suffolksucklers]

We have started cutting mineral lick tub lids to size and nailing on top.

I'd have thought lead would only last five mins once a certain community sees it

 

[tomlad]

Unlikely to be knicked were it is but absolutely get ur piont, id sooner weight in my lead tbh
Whats that plastic flashing like , never handled any
Possibly 20 posts, quess , i don't have cattle.

 

[HatsOff]

Plastic is OK but perishes in the sunlight. Best is if we've got some rubber sheet type material.

Other option is cutting the top at an angle so the water sheds off but you need to do that at installation.

 

[organicguy]

We use aluminium panels off a caravan, cut a circle, slice fillets and nail around post.

 

[Goweresque]

We use aluminium panels off a caravan, cut a circle, slice fillets and nail around post.

Must be a Wiltshire thing

 

[Tonym]

paint with bitumen roof sealer.

 

[Bury the Trash]

Plastic is OK but perishes in the sunlight. Best is if we've got some rubber sheet type material.

Other option is cutting the top at an angle so the water sheds off but you need to do that at installation.

Stokboard doesnt perish in sunlight.
One sheet will make 32 1' x1' caps.
6mm thichness will do , secured by 1 galv nail right in the centre.

 

[organicguy]

Stokboard doesnt perish in sunlight.
One sheet will make 32 1' x1' caps.
6mm thichness will do , secured by 1 galv nail right in the centre.

Expensive!
water will ingress the nail hole!

 

[michael N123]

I’ve never seen a post Rot off from the top

 

[organicguy]

I’ve never seen a post Rot off from the top

Telegraph poles will rot through the top where they are not treated in the middle and the hinges then pull out.
I have fence posts which were treated just after the ban , so I dipped them in oil and creo. They are sound at the bottom but the staples are falling out of the top where they are rotting in the untreated part, dip tank was not deep enough.

 

[Agrivator]

If you cap the strainer, how will sitka spruce mange to get a foothold in the top when it rots a bit.?

 

[Bury the Trash]

Expensive!
water will ingress the nail hole!

abut a pound each if from a sheet as above.
ally or even a bit of tin is cheaper if using scrap ,granted.
and no it doesn't.
https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gatepost-capping.331418/post-7237594

 

[manhill]

DPC tacked on.

 

[Nort o the Galt]

We've a outer fence , strainers are tely wag poles, tops cut flat ,some showing signs of rot in centre.
Im thinking they want a cap to turn the water, options please
Presumably lead flashing any other options please??

If you have cattle and they can get to the lead they will lick it and get poisoned!

 

[tomlad]

Interesting no cattle in that one

 

[egbert]

whatever capping you use... I'd try not to nail/screw into the top/end grain.
fasten into the side if you can

 

[Tubbylew]

We've a outer fence , strainers are tely wag poles, tops cut flat ,some showing signs of rot in centre.
Im thinking they want a cap to turn the water, options please
Presumably lead flashing any other options please??

It's likely the reason they were taken down in the first place, I just tip a bit of creosote on the top, they'll still outlast the food colouring treated tanashit posts.