CONCRETE POSTS

[BDB123]

can anybody help ? when you run a fence up hill and have to step the gravel boards what do i need to use to lift the gravel board and hold it on the concrete fence post ie. there is already a lug there on the post for normal run fences i will have to raise this by 6 inches on each post,what will need to be put there please.

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[Thermo]

The gravel board should be level on the ground. This may mean digging it into the hillside at the highest point of the rise, so that the bottom of it is touching the ground at the lowest point. If it is so step that it dissapears below ground level at the hill end of the rise then you may need to use two boards. If the board is not touching ground level at the lowest point and is suspended in mid air then it will not be acheiving its purpose.

Thats on the assumption your using panels and concrete boards. If youre doing closeboard fencing with timber boards then you can follow the gradient of the slope. You need to make sure that the ground is levelled so that the board bears on it evenly. You can use centre pegs, which meet the lower arris rail and are normally placed in the middle. Just place one at each end as well.

Hope that makes sense and nice o see a thankyou in advance, makes a nice change!

 

[BDB123]

can i not place a wooden wedge on the lip of the post to raise the gravel board to level it ?

thankyou.

 

[JohnD]

If I understand it, you want to support the end of the gravel board, where the base of the slot in the post is well below ground level? It can be done, when you are setting the post in concrete, by raising the level of the concrete into a sort of shoulder round that side of the post, so it partially fills the slot and the board is standing on the poured concrete shoulder.

You need a good poured concrete pad under the end, if you just try to put a fillet in the slot it will probably crack and fall out after a while.