vine eyes on fences- query

mrs_baggins

my new garden is a total blank canvas-good in some respcts but not on cost!! I am having to replace most of the fence panels and as i want clematis, pyracantha, lonicera to hide the fences am going to put vine eyes up and tension wire at about 12" and say 24" on the fence panels. they slot into concrete godfathers. i was originally going to put vine eyes into godfathers but now think that as they are being drilled they may break. is this a possible? otherwise i may screw into the extra bits down the side of the panels.

I_have_spoken

I doubt they'd break but it would be lot of work drilling with a hammer drill/masonry bit then inserting plugs then screwing in the vine eyes compared to just screwing into the wood.

Badrick

I_have_spoken wrote: »

I doubt they'd break but it would be lot of work drilling with a hammer drill/masonry bit then inserting plugs then screwing in the vine eyes compared to just screwing into the wood.

The posts will also have steel reinforcing bars running through them and should you hit one, a normal masonry bit won't drill it.

DaftyDuck

The posts do shatter all too easily when you try to drill into them.... as I learned from experience. As Badrick points out, those metal bars are a nuisance - and it seems fairly unpredictable as to exactly where they are.

I don't have a better solution in my garden, so I've patched them up where I've damaged them... but I would try & find another way next time.

safestored4

I have vine eyes on a 6' West facing fence on which I train blackberries, loganberries etc. I affix full length 1" batons at each end of the fencing panels next to the concrete posts, screw the vine eyes into these and then tension the wires. This has worked well for over ten years.

Mojisola

If any of them are your neighbours' fences, you shouldn't fix anything to them.

safestored4

Fortunately we live in a very civilised neighbourhood and the neighbours are quite happy with the arrangement. They also get their share of the produce. Of course, if the fence belongs to the neighbour then the same point applies about damage caused to concrete fence posts by drilling.