5' fence posts, 6' panels..

krlyr

I never know whether to stick fence stuff in here or the gardening section!
The time has nearly come to replace the old, battered fence that came with the house with something newer, stronger and taller. The current fencing is 4' panels with 1' trellis - so 5' in total. We're looking to possibly put in 6' solid panels but the snag is the posts. Is there any way to save some money and make use of the current posts or will it be a case of replacing them all? They're concrete slotted posts so I don't think post extenders would work unfortunately, unless there's a design for this type that I haven't seen. Some relatives had said to just go ahead and put the panels in but I'm worried that the top part may get damaged in the wind and that it'll look silly too.

Ruski

Yes it will look silly, no it wont damage the panels.

HTH

Russ

liam8282

If it is the same panels I am thinking of, you can cut them down to the right size.

http://www.diy.com/nav/garden/fencing-paving-decking/fencing/single-fence-panels/Grange-Traditional-Lap-Panel-Brown-W-1-83m-x-H-1-8m-9276455

Time consuming and a bit of a pain though.

Or get 5ft panels?

http://www.diy.com/nav/garden/fencing-paving-decking/fencing/single-fence-panels/Grange-Traditional-Lap-Panel-Brown-W-1-83m-x-H-1-52m-9276453

krlyr

Thanks but we want 6' panels (got a very agile dog!), just wondered if there was any cheap fix e.g. a post extender that worked with the slot style posts

Ruski

If it really bothers you I would suggest filling in the 1' gap with some 4x3 or whetver gap you end up with ??

HTH

Russ