Fixing a garden fence due to storm

gadget88

I had this fixed today they only removed one old post one person says that’s the wrong way to do it others say it’s better to keep old posts any advice before I go spending more money?

Farway

It must surely depend on the age of fence posts, how decayed, or not, they are and how deep your wallet is

If you are made of money, replace the lot, if cash is short, just replace the broken one

That is a decision that can only be made on site

Personally, if the rest of the fence is sound and not wobbling about, leave well alone

gadget88

So they put 5 new posts in removed one post and kept other 4 how can I fix this?

gadget88

Photo here any thoughts or advice?

gadget88

This may cover the area at my garden sofa it and I was planning on a summer house which could cover the top area? That way I can leave existing posts up

35har1old

gadget88 said:

Photo here any thoughts or advice?

 Was the fence taken down?
Just wandering how they managed to concrete the posts in if what's in front of them now was there at time of fitting?
Did they remove any boards to secure the post to the rails or have they used long screws to fix fence board and rail to the post?
As the post are flat topped it would be better to fix post caps to help prevent rot

gadget88

So only a bit of the fence was down the reason they gave was the entire fence would have to be flat and done for them to replace every post on same spot  

TELLIT01

The old posts would seem to be a structural part of the fence.  New posts have been installed but the old ones will continue to serve a purpose an help the rigidity of the fence.  I agree it doesn't look nice.

gadget88

TELLIT01 said:

The old posts would seem to be a structural part of the fence.  New posts have been installed but the old ones will continue to serve a purpose an help the rigidity of the fence.  I agree it doesn't look nice.

Hmm not much I can do. Fence is shared. I could cover it with some screening and a summer house or shed 

molerat

It looks like your 2 options were rip down and replace with a complete new fence or fit new posts and attach the old fence to them. The actual fence seems to be in not too bad condition but trying to remove the old posts would likely have trashed it.  Option 1 loads of £, option 2 not so much but not the prettiest.