Why 5-6 inch .? They don’t last longer
Unfortunately not £75 for delivery to here - but still cheaper than Mc VP 10 mins from here
I replaced a 45 year old fence recently, net & barbed shot, posts fine. I bought them direct from Forestry Commission out of Beddgelert Forest. The new ones are from Glasfryn Fencing, a local specialist supplier. Be interesting to see how well they last. I have Clipex Ecos at the ready, to life extend it if necessary.
Sorry if I missed where from, but where were they? Is that their 35-40yr guarantee?Put some 3-4" kiln dried redwood creosoted post in recently "35-40" year life £4.25 excluding vat Now if I can do the same length of fencing every year then in by 2050 I should be able to enjoy a couple of years without chasing escaped sheep
Funny enough there isn’t any guarantee. But I shall screen shot the claim and demand a full refund if they fall over in less than 30years.. failing that I will take it up with trading standards as being unfit for purpose for which they where sold..
TFM are the resellers but I don’t know where the posts originate
Need more detail. Treated redwood or is this a new brand.
Think what they call redwood today is actually red pine a bit slower growing and harder than white pine, not the true redwood as in Sequoia of North America or is this what you meant?
I'll be honest I've no idea, just saw at mole valley, deals on bundles looked reasonable.
as above
Most fence posts will be either red wood, i.e. Scots pine, larch or white wood i.e. spruce. If dried red woods will take treatment better so are preferable for fencing. Other wood options will be natural i.e. chestnut or oak.
when I went on my own 1996, put in a line of creosoted stakes, alternate round/split, the rounds lasted about 10 yrs, the splits, we still use for patching, still sound. Strainers, gateposts, we use cut/pointed gpo poles, from dorset fencing, as tight, only use seconds, £6 each collected, totally fed up with tanalised ones, sheep fenced the farm, early 2000's, those stakes never lasted. Chesnut stakes, dorset fencing stock them, tempted, but not tried, £2.65, I think.
Supposedly the best but they push in shite the same as all the others and when approached about it they just shrug their shoulders and quote British standard. Wouldn't touch the machined round stuff, treatment's too variable. I'd use the stuff from Meirion Davies or Corwen farmers by choice over scampole.
Get a few knocked in and let us all know what you reckon
