Remove very old concrete posts

bretts

Hi

This is a pic

http://postimg.org/image/4tdjrxqsh/
I cant dig all the way around due to garden on the other side which is overgrown with stinging nettles and hedge, but if i have to I will have no option but to go there too.

getmore4less

Definitely forget digging them out.

Use them as spurs to hold up a new posts/fence.

You could do it without removing any of the existing rubbish attached as it is all on the other side and only lose a few CM on your side.

once finished will look something like

bretts

Does this fence come just next to the existing posts or to the front of the existing posts.

The reason I ask is not just a loose a few cms of space I do not want the neighbour to think he can now take that fence out and put a new one and therefore claim my land too.

dominoman

Do what getmoreforless said.

You owned the previous posts so you still own them. Your neighbour has no right to touch them. He could put up his own fence on his side if he wants (so there are two fences with a gap) but that would be a bit silly.

getmore4less

Depends how you do it you have 4 sides to bolt the new post to the spur(existing post)

if you could getaway with bolting to the back edge, if a few CM is a problem for the them as much as it is for you that mnay be an issue, the new fence would be to the back edge of the existing posts then you decide how to hide the posts

if you did them to the side the boards could be flush to the the front edge of the existing posts and still hide the posts.

That would lose the thickness of the boards in front of the existing post.

You could go between the posts and only have flush boards where the posts are to hide the posts.

Or just do the fencing between the posts if you don't mind seeing the posts

the other side of this type of fence looks like this with arris rails.



Think about the fence options, close boarding, panels, do you want to see the posts etc.

try drilling a bolt hole through the existing posts, strapping may be an option if they are mega hard posts, can't tell from the image but there may be holes already whcih may dictate the simpler option.

get google images on the case try "fencing spurs"

bretts

http://postimg.org/image/ho4pmqkrl/

Unfortunately there are no holes so either will have to make them or just put a new fence in front of these posts, I cant go beyond these posts as that is my neighbour's land which is not owned by him but its the council who owns it, so his permission would not mean a lot and more over these ugly looking posts would still be showing up on my side, so I think my only option is either to remove them which is very hard job or put new one's in front of this fence.

To remove them there are two options either hire a breaker or hire a post puller out of which none of them is easy.
I think in this case I might just have to go with placing the fence before the spurs.

phil24_7

You have 3 options as far as I can see.

1: Cut the current posts off below ground level and install new posts. If using ready made panels the start 3ft in from the first post, then every 6ft (as long as you will miss all the current posts with the new ones). If making your own panels then you can put all your posts centrally in the gap between 2 existing posts so only the first and last posts will be the only ones that need sorting.

2: Hire a Kango/breaker to break up the current posts for easy removal.

3: Use the existing posts and bolt new posts to them.

getmore4less

Bolt to the side of existing posts

have the fence run just in front you will see nothing of the posts.

those old post look like the sort that will be tough to drill through

wealdroam

bretts wrote: »

http://postimg.org/image/ho4pmqkrl/

Unfortunately there are no holes...

Are you sure there are no holes?
Traditionally, with that type of chainlink fencing the posts had holes in them running parallel with the fence.

Difficult to describe, but can be seen here:


Prise of the wood seen either side of your posts to see if there are holes parallel to the run of the fence.
Indeed, how are those slats in your picture fixed to the posts?

I suspect those holes could be used to bolt a wooden post to the side of the concrete post to form the basis of your new fence.

getmore4less

Whatever you plan to do you will need to clear the area of all material on your side, maybe just leaving the posts and the chain link.

I would get on with that while thinking about the next step having cleared it may become more obvious what the options are.