I have a 2m high close boarded fence that is boarded in the outside of my land but it has blown down 4 times in 10 years snapping the posts off at ground level. If I board it so I have the good side facing me will that stop the wind? Thanks for any advice you can give me
Fence keeps blowing down
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Get 9' concrete posts, 6'6" above the ground and the rest concreted into the ground.
Andy
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I did a fence a few years ago with 4" treated posts and theyve snapped
I think since CCA preservative was banned posts dont last
If you want to use timber then Id say use a post saver boot
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or even better choose concrete posts...although they are proper heavy!
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Hit and miss fence
Concrete posts + hit and miss fence. Or install them better. Something doesn't add up. I wouldn't waste time with post savers, 20 year guarantee Pfft!
Wooden posts in the ground will rot.
Rotten posts will break.
Changing the design of the fence might alter the strength of wind needed to break them.
Concrete posts, or spurs, which are lighter, do not rot.
You can bolt wooden posts to concrete spurs, after cutting off the rotten part, and placing them so they do not touch the ground. This enables you to re-use existing posts, which may save cost. I live in a coastal area and use stainless nuts and bolts, or studding, as ordinary steel rusts and breaks.
Digging out old posts that are set in concrete is a hard job. If you do it once, you will (if you have any sense) resolve never to put wooden posts in the ground again.
Many professionals dig new holes to save them the effort of removing the old lump. They have no objection to householders paying them again every time the posts rot. If you use concrete posts or spurs they will never rot and you will save yourself the cost and effort of periodic replacement.
Rotten posts will break.
Changing the design of the fence might alter the strength of wind needed to break them.
Concrete posts, or spurs, which are lighter, do not rot.
You can bolt wooden posts to concrete spurs, after cutting off the rotten part, and placing them so they do not touch the ground. This enables you to re-use existing posts, which may save cost. I live in a coastal area and use stainless nuts and bolts, or studding, as ordinary steel rusts and breaks.
Digging out old posts that are set in concrete is a hard job. If you do it once, you will (if you have any sense) resolve never to put wooden posts in the ground again.
Many professionals dig new holes to save them the effort of removing the old lump. They have no objection to householders paying them again every time the posts rot. If you use concrete posts or spurs they will never rot and you will save yourself the cost and effort of periodic replacement.
Posts rot at the soil interface, bring your concrete surround a couple of inches above GL. Use wood to make formwork or old Cadbury chocolates tubs with bottom cut off and slid over posts, then cut away when concrete has set, slope surface of concrete to shed water away
They rot where the wetness, below ground, meets the air, from above ground, at the point where there is the ideal combination of air and water.
Adding a collar can move the height of this point up, but with one end of the post wet, and the other end dry, there will, always be an ideally moist section where they meet.
Adding a collar can move the height of this point up, but with one end of the post wet, and the other end dry, there will, always be an ideally moist section where they meet.
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Fence design will play a major role in how the fence will fair in windy conditions. Open designs like hit and miss work best. Heavy duty posts should be used, can get them in 125mm x 125mm at Jacksons. You got to install them deep into the ground for best support. I'd go for wooden posts so you can screw the post to the panel stopping rattling and any damage to the post. Good installation is crucial here so use a highly recommended installer. Good website here - https://www.fenceinfo.co.uk/2025/01/windproof-fencing.html
Different situation but put in some clothes post in 30 years ago and one was concrete at GL one with raised concrete surround, one lasted about 10 years before it rotted and collapsed other one showing no sign of rot, both tanalised.repaired broken one with raised concrete and still going strong
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