The Fencing Picture Thread

[Willie adie]

Delighted with this run of posts

 

[Fendt516profi]

Delighted with this run of posts
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You've left a few sticking out abit

 

[DrDunc]

Delighted with this run of posts
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It'll probably look fine once you've been along with the big Mel and got them level

Seriously though, do those 5" rounds last longer than class 4 treated squares?

Been repairing rotten stuff with 3"squares, but anything new erected here I've used clipex and creo strainers. Rounds would be cheaper for patching if they're any good?

 

[Willie adie]

It'll probably look fine once you've been along with the big Mel and got them level

Seriously though, do those 5" rounds last longer than class 4 treated squares?

Been repairing rotten stuff with 3"squares, but anything new erected here I've used clipex and creo strainers. Rounds would be cheaper for patching if they're any good?

Well these were supplied by customer, I saw a bit of bark still on one and I think they are spruce!! So that doesn't bode well, they are great to put in , and the grain is tight on them time will tell.
As for the maul, yes a few to sort out

 

[Willie adie]

You've left a few sticking out abit

Aye I sort out the one that are out once I get a top wire on

 

[Willie adie]

It'll probably look fine once you've been along with the big Mel and got them level

Seriously though, do those 5" rounds last longer than class 4 treated squares?

Been repairing rotten stuff with 3"squares, but anything new erected here I've used clipex and creo strainers. Rounds would be cheaper for patching if they're any good?

Thr square posts are more inclined to break at knotty bits,
And as we know up here along dykesides squares are a bugger,
Ive always wondered why it's only Scotland that uses square posts ,

 

[Macsky]

Thr square posts are more inclined to break at knotty bits,
And as we know up here along dykesides squares are a bugger,
Ive always wondered why it's only Scotland that uses square posts ,

In my experience up until buying creo posts, rounds were just crap, they rotted in no time at all. I wondered if the fact that squares obviously being cut, exposing the grain, allowed more treatment into the timber.

Using scanpole creo stuff now, wouldn’t go back, too much effort and money involved to be doing it all over again in 15 years.

 

[Willie adie]

Mmm, I'd say these are sitka spruce ,

 

[DrDunc]

Mmm, I'd say these are sitka spruce ,
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[Willie adie]

 

[Macsky]

Out with the old, in with the new, great spell of weather we’re having.

3.15HT ground wire, R8/80/22 netting w/2.5mmHT top wire & 2x 2mm HT barb on top

A few post tops poking this way and that, but as long as the bottoms are in line I’m happy, chap them in with the Bryce and first you know of them going wayward is when you lift the post cap off and they spring squint , they’re in that solid it really isn’t worth trying to pull them out and try again, gives it a more natural look I say.

 

[Dave6170]

Out with the old, in with the new, great spell of weather we’re having.


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3.15HT ground wire, R8/80/22 netting w/2.5mmHT top wire & 2x 2mm HT barb on top
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A few post tops poking this way and that, but as long as the bottoms are in line I’m happy, chap them in with the Bryce and first you know of them going wayward is when you lift the post cap off and they spring squint , they’re in that solid it really isn’t worth trying to pull them out and try again, gives it a more natural look I say.
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We ve been using round creosote posts, that’s what they do, spring back. A green square would of just snapped!

 

[Goggles]

Creosote timber 50mm staples, but do as I said not as I do, I only have a pneumatic gun so can only run 40mm staples atm. Some brands of staple I've had in the past seem to rust quicker than others also. All fences need a bit of maintenence from time to time, a few staples are easier to replace than a few stakes

Just splashed out on a Milwaukee gun to replace a cordless Stockade gun, which just sh!t itself. The new gun can fire 50 mm staples which will suit us now as we are using mainly creo.

 

[Macsky]

Just splashed out on a Milwaukee gun to replace a cordless Stockade gun, which just sh!t itself. The new gun can fire 50 mm staples which will suit us now as we are using mainly creo.

How necessary is 50mm over 40mm? I struggle to see the benefit. If anything you could be compromising the lifespan of your fence by penetrating the post further and allowing an access point for rot as the post ages, dries and splits, also more chance of penetrating further than the treatment.

 

[tepapa]

How necessary is 50mm over 40mm? I struggle to see the benefit. If anything you could be compromising the lifespan of your fence by penetrating the post further and allowing an access point for rot as the post ages, dries and splits, also more chance of penetrating further than the treatment.

50mm's hold a lot better in creo over 40mm's . I don't use 40's at all.

 

[Macsky]

50mm's hold a lot better in creo over 40mm's . I don't use 40's at all.

There’s plenty of fences I’ve taken down that were put up with 30mm staples, with very little wrong with them, and I’m talking 40 year+ old.

Do you try to put the staples in angled slightly diagonally to avoid puting a split up the post?

 

[tepapa]

There’s plenty of fences I’ve taken down that were put up with 30mm staples, with very little wrong with them, and I’m talking 40 year+ old.

Do you try to put the staples in angled slightly diagonally to avoid puting a split up the post?

Into what timber though and what treatment?

Creo has an oily feel and staples can slide out far too easily.

Yes put all staples in at an angle.

And were they 30mm staples when they were put in? the ends will rust away inside the timber especially if put in when the timber treatment was still wet and the galv reacts with the copper in the treatment.

 

[Macsky]

Into what timber though and what treatment?

Creo has an oily feel and staples can slide out far too easily.

Yes put all staples in at an angle.

And were they 30mm staples when they were put in? the ends will rust away inside the timber especially if put in when the timber treatment was still wet and the galv reacts with the copper in the treatment.

Aye definitely 30mm, still intact. A lot of the posts look like untreated larch, really tight rings in them, some of the older ones are quite likely home grown too, anything in peat ground still looks brands new below the surface.

 

[Goggles]

How necessary is 50mm over 40mm? I struggle to see the benefit. If anything you could be compromising the lifespan of your fence by penetrating the post further and allowing an access point for rot as the post ages, dries and splits, also more chance of penetrating further than the treatment.

I find that if there is stock pressure from both sides the 40 mm can give a little. The creosote acts like a lubricant.
on the plus side, I can strain netting round two or three turners using creosote posts as the creosote allows the wire to pull round the posts nicely.
I don’t normally strain round more than one uc4 turning post.

 

[Macsky]

I find that if there is stock pressure from both sides the 40 mm can give a little. The creosote acts like a lubricant.
on the plus side, I can strain netting round two or three turners using creosote posts as the creosote allows the wire to pull round the posts nicely.
I don’t normally strain round more than one uc4 turning post.

Even if they’re barbed?