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<blockquote data-quote="egbert" data-source="post: 6371986" data-attributes="member: 9965"><p>Sweet Chestnut, or oak. (s'long as the oak is ordinary english - welsh/1- and not some ornamental bollix) </p><p>The oak will have quite big sapwood, which will fail quickly and might leave posts wobbly in holes. </p><p>The rest mentioned will all fail in very short order....do not waste any time on em.</p><p>(yes willow might well sprout again....but is that the way you want to put up fencing?)</p><p> </p><p>'pine' covers a broad church, but generally takes treatment as well as anything - find a pressure treatment provider and there's potential....but if it's tanalising rather than creosote, still only good for a few years.</p><p>Leylandii heartwood is pretty durable with no treatment - its a hybrid twixt 2 very useful durable softwoods.</p><p>But the sapwood isn't unless treated.</p><p>I've just done a batch of 3"x3" sawn Lawsons stakes, (a cousin to Leylandii), tantalised em to help the sap, but the heartwood should be good for years anyway. </p><p>I notice my fencer interspersed them with creo just in case......</p><p></p><p>Be aware that unless you're very well set up, the labour will kill any saving stone dead against creosote posts at £4!</p><p>(unless you like handling timber and working saws for nought, in the which case I have a full time job for you starting immediately)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="egbert, post: 6371986, member: 9965"] Sweet Chestnut, or oak. (s'long as the oak is ordinary english - welsh/1- and not some ornamental bollix) The oak will have quite big sapwood, which will fail quickly and might leave posts wobbly in holes. The rest mentioned will all fail in very short order....do not waste any time on em. (yes willow might well sprout again....but is that the way you want to put up fencing?) 'pine' covers a broad church, but generally takes treatment as well as anything - find a pressure treatment provider and there's potential....but if it's tanalising rather than creosote, still only good for a few years. Leylandii heartwood is pretty durable with no treatment - its a hybrid twixt 2 very useful durable softwoods. But the sapwood isn't unless treated. I've just done a batch of 3"x3" sawn Lawsons stakes, (a cousin to Leylandii), tantalised em to help the sap, but the heartwood should be good for years anyway. I notice my fencer interspersed them with creo just in case...... Be aware that unless you're very well set up, the labour will kill any saving stone dead against creosote posts at £4! (unless you like handling timber and working saws for nought, in the which case I have a full time job for you starting immediately) [/QUOTE]
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