Postsavers - failed

[ARW]

Fence could be 7 years old, crap posts, tantalised by a firm we have heard don’t like dry posts as they absorb to much tantalise, so it’s no surprise, however we hoped the post saver would at least do 10 years.
Is there anybody else out there with this situation?

 

[tepapa]

Not good @ARW. Looked at a fence other day with 5 yr old proper crap posts and post savers and they weren't looking too bad.

 

[ARW]

Not good at all, we have put hundreds on over the years in good faith, you would think they would last longer than this

 

[tepapa]

I'm glad 90% of the timber I knock in is Creo. Although I have been using these on tan strainers as a guarantee.

 

[Kevtherev]

The post saver if put close to surface gets water in and holds it there
Seen it on boggy land waste of time.

 

[Drillman]

Most wood posts are crap nowadays. Clipex is the future I reckon,

 

[TripleSix]

We're making our own posts out of larch, soaking them in waste oil.
They're an ugly bunch but hard as hell.

Gotta be better than the crap that's on sale.

Got a fence to renew soon, that'll be clipex I reckon

 

[tepapa]

We're making our own posts out of larch, soaking them in waste oil.
They're an ugly bunch but hard as hell.

Gotta be better than the crap that's on sale.

Got a fence to renew soon, that'll be clipex I reckon

Be careful with waste oil, it's not a preservative more of a barrier. Don't be fooled by the colour just because it's black doesn't mean it's creosote or as good.

 

[TripleSix]

Be careful with waste oil, it's not a preservative more of a barrier. Don't be fooled by the colour just because it's black doesn't mean it's creosote or as good.

We reckon the larch will outlive the bought posts so any extension of life provided by the waste oil is a bonus,. A free bonus...

 

[Bongodog]

Unfortunately you've invalidated the warranty by putting a staple through the sleeve.

 

[Kevtherev]

We reckon the larch will outlive the bought posts so any extension of life provided by the waste oil is a bonus,. A free bonus...

Red larch will last a long time untreated

 

[Danllan]

Roll on decent supplies of acacia...

 

[ARW]

Unfortunately you've invalidated the warranty by putting a staple through the sleeve.

Yes I did notice that after I took the picture, there’s 100’s more to take pictures of that don’t have a staple through

 

[Paddington]

I needed to move a couple of posts which had postsavers fitted after two years or so. Nothing wrong with the posts but I was putting a gateway in. One post was starting to show rot and the other was pretty far gone although the sleeves were above soil level. We now use fully creosoted posts. I have a box full of postsavers somewhere in sizes 3-4", 4-5",5-6" but could never find anyone interested in them.

 

[Goweresque]

Plastic posts are the way to go:

 

[Pigken]

Plastic posts are the way to go:

Just out of interest where did you buy plastic posts from?, thanks

 

[hendrebc]

Plastic posts are the way to go:

Just out of interest where did you buy plastic posts from?, thanks

And how much were they if you don't mind me asking?

 

[roscoe erf]

And how much were they if you don't mind me asking?

plus 1

 

[Dave6170]

Surely is must be straight forward for a recycling company like solway to make plastic posts.

 

[Badshot]

I've some 60mm plastic posts to use for drain marking.
They're very, very wobbly , I reckon for them to be used for fencing it'd need a metal rod core in the post.