Last year I replaced the front side fence between my neighbour’s house and my house, using 3” wooden posts and 4 foot overlap panels. It looks very neat.
Early this year some panels and posts in the rear fence with the same neighbour came down in high winds. So I need to replace them, and I will replace the whole fence. There are ten panels in total, each 6 foot tall and 6 foot wide. Most of the panels were supported by 3” wooden posts. A few had 4” wooden posts. The fence is at least 18 years old, and almost all of the 3” posts are solid, three 4” posts rotted.
I reckon I will have no chance in hell of doing concrete posts on my own, or putting in the panels on my own. So wood it is. I can lift 8 foot 4” posts, and 6 by 6 foot panels on my own. I will buy a two wheel cart to move them. I did the front posts in concrete, exposed to the air at the top and sloped downwards to ensure water drains. I will do the same at the rear.
The general advice I see everywhere is to use 4” posts. Has anyone here used 3” posts, what was the outcome? I am tempted to use 3”, my reasoning is that the posts outlast panels by a few years at best, and replacing a post is easy, and best done when a panel goes. Also, 4” are heavy and not easy to manage.
Early this year some panels and posts in the rear fence with the same neighbour came down in high winds. So I need to replace them, and I will replace the whole fence. There are ten panels in total, each 6 foot tall and 6 foot wide. Most of the panels were supported by 3” wooden posts. A few had 4” wooden posts. The fence is at least 18 years old, and almost all of the 3” posts are solid, three 4” posts rotted.
I reckon I will have no chance in hell of doing concrete posts on my own, or putting in the panels on my own. So wood it is. I can lift 8 foot 4” posts, and 6 by 6 foot panels on my own. I will buy a two wheel cart to move them. I did the front posts in concrete, exposed to the air at the top and sloped downwards to ensure water drains. I will do the same at the rear.
The general advice I see everywhere is to use 4” posts. Has anyone here used 3” posts, what was the outcome? I am tempted to use 3”, my reasoning is that the posts outlast panels by a few years at best, and replacing a post is easy, and best done when a panel goes. Also, 4” are heavy and not easy to manage.
