Renewing wood panel fencing

AlCapone

Member
I have been asked by a local gentleman to help with renewing wood panel fencing outside his mother in law’s bungalow
Mother in law is not well so she is going into care home so the bungalow is going to be sold to pay for her accommodation
So the guy wants to do job as cheap as possible
3x3 posts in 6 inch diameter holes filled with post Crete will do the job according to the gentleman
I am not so sure about this also the job needs to look good to prospective buyers
 
Location
Suffolk
The smallest hole is only as small as your chad. I’d suggest a 450mm depth and a 9”x9” hole. 1/2 a bag of postcrete will hold a 3”x3” post ok IMO
Anything smaller will blow down this winter😁
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Location
Suffolk
He, who pays the piper...
There’s doing a job to a reasonable standard and then there’s doing a sh1t job for peanuts.
I know which one I would do and when this property is sold on the open market the OP certainly will not be the beneficiary🤣🤣🤣

The ‘local gentleman’ is metaphorically having his pants down🥲
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AlCapone

Member
If we look around a property we try and check out the quality of the last job to be done.
That sets the feel for the whole property.
The fence will just look cheap and feel cheap if it wobbles.
Do it right.
6 concrete posts and 5 gravel boards cost me £150 last week, dig holes and concrete them in with a wet mix, not postcrete, so not dear
Timber posts, and panels sitting on ground will look crap, cheap and nasty,

He will more than like be putting his mother in a cheap care home aswell
I had thought about that
Yes I had
The fence will be the first thing a prospective buyer will see
 

Ffermer Bach

Member
Livestock Farmer
6 concrete posts and 5 gravel boards cost me £150 last week, dig holes and concrete them in with a wet mix, not postcrete, so not dear
Timber posts, and panels sitting on ground will look crap, cheap and nasty,

He will more than like be putting his mother in a cheap care home aswell
I watched a youtube clip comparing the strength of a wet mix and postcrete, the wet mix was far stronger, having said that is concreting in timber a good idea? I much prefer the idea of concreting in concrete posts, they will last if not forever, certainly a working lifetime if done right.
 

Pennine Ploughing

Member
Mixed Farmer
I watched a youtube clip comparing the strength of a wet mix and postcrete, the wet mix was far stronger, having said that is concreting in timber a good idea? I much prefer the idea of concreting in concrete posts, they will last if not forever, certainly a working lifetime if done right.
Nah not wood posts with concrete dry or wet.
It won't be much difference between wood and concrete posts, a concrete post will a gravel board, will not only keep the panels off the ground, but stop weed growing through, and panels are just dropped in, so easy to lift out to treat them.

Just look at the threads on here about this modern day new fangled treatment, 5 years and there firewood
 
Location
Suffolk
Nah not wood posts with concrete dry or wet.
It won't be much difference between wood and concrete posts, a concrete post will a gravel board, will not only keep the panels off the ground, but stop weed growing through, and panels are just dropped in, so easy to lift out to treat them.

Just look at the threads on here about this modern day new fangled treatment, 5 years and there firewood
Then the decision is to whether one should fit 6’ or 2.0m wide panels.
Which IMO is the best job.
Plus using proper concrete, 4:1 so its initial set is PDQ, and you have done a job that will last 25++ years. If a panel rots/falls apart, simply slot in another…..
Whether a prospective buyer would even notice the fence done this way?

Here at work I had Polish digging out the old lumps of postcrete and then put the posts in to 500mm depth, rammed earth only so no bl**dy lumps! This should support a 1200mm fence and last for at least a decade.
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Lincs Lass

Member
Location
north lincs
I refuse to use wood posts , they don't last in concrete .
Do it once ,do it right and it'll last for years
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Then the decision is to whether one should fit 6’ or 2.0m wide panels.
Which IMO is the best job.
Plus using proper concrete, 4:1 so its initial set is PDQ, and you have done a job that will last 25++ years. If a panel rots/falls apart, simply slot in another…..
Whether a prospective buyer would even notice the fence done this way?

Here at work I had Polish digging out the old lumps of postcrete and then put the posts in to 500mm depth, rammed earth only so no bl**dy lumps! This should support a 1200mm fence and last for at least a decade.
SS
Use a dry mix conc but with enough moisture so you can pack it in round the posts and they'll stay put while it goes off. Postcrete is an expensive way to put posts in imho unless you have nowhere to set mixer up.
 

Lincs Lass

Member
Location
north lincs
Use a dry mix conc but with enough moisture so you can pack it in round the posts and they'll stay put while it goes off. Postcrete is an expensive way to put posts in imho unless you have nowhere to set mixer up.
Post fix is cheap in comparison to the time spent mixing and barrowing.
Bought in bulk ,you can get it for £5 a bag , 2 per post and solid in minutes .
I used to mix and then got onto post fix ,,game changer , picture above was 15 posts a day ,,couldn't do that if I was mixing .
 

Exfarmer

Member
Location
Bury St Edmunds
It will be a crap job , but at least it is easier digging out a 3 inch rotten post than a larger one.
wooden posts set in concrete are a complete no no with todays tanalising.
if that is what the gentleman wants the customer is always right, but get the money up front and attach a note of your concerns to the invoice
 
Location
Suffolk
Use a dry mix conc but with enough moisture so you can pack it in round the posts and they'll stay put while it goes off. Postcrete is an expensive way to put posts in imho unless you have nowhere to set mixer up.
I don’t have a mixer when I’m at work. So it’s Postcrete or rammed earth. I opted for rammed earth.
Polish de-nailed all the usable boards and bought a few new ones to fill in the gaps.
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