Broken Fencing

Canny_Geordie

Well once again the British weather has blown over my fence. The other night there was an almighty crack and when I looked out two of my fence panels had blown off completely, including the post, and two other panels were leaning at 45 degrees. It was 0215Hrs, so when it was light I had a look at the damage and was happy to replace the post that had completely snapped, it was rotten at the base anyway, but the infuriating thing was the panels that were leaning over, the ones replaced lat year, the post snapped in the wind about half way up.

SO my question is do you think this can be repaired, or am I better off digging it out and putting in a new one!

Lorian

Replace the post, its not worth the effort repairing.

When you go get the replacement post, pick a few up and get the heaviest one. Look at the end too, you are looking for one with a nice "quater grain" to be the strongest.

Like shown here (this happens to be balsa, but the principle still applies)

david69_2

I have the same problem with my fence I've been outside all day digging out the old concrete and fitting new posts

OddjobKIA

Jsut a tip


If your post is 4x4 for example use two 4x2 glued and screwed together they are less likely to break in wind as one flexes against the other..


( do not use in building as the stresses are different and they will snap like matchsticks)

Lorian

And lay the concrete at a slight slope on the top, and add a waterproofer to the concrete to help reduce rot. and don't forget to put a cap on the post to stop the end-grain supping up the rain.

Canny_Geordie

Thanks everyone for the advice. Hopefully the wind will have died down in Newcastle tomorrow so that I can do a thorough eveluation and salvage what fence panels are still there, I should be able to salvage the two newish ones (attached to the broken post), and I think I can repair the other two fence panels. So fingers crossed just two posts to sort out..........until the next wind....hahaha!