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hi Ricard i do not know what products you produce but the thing with timber nowadays is the product that it is treated with and the way its treated and the maintainance (or lack of it) that it gets every year i used to paint a fence with proper creasote that was 15 years old and got compleatley overtoped from the river that flooded at least twice a year
adding things to wooden posts at a cost plus the post starts bringing it into line with concreat posts they are ok if you are replacing a odd post because there is no option because of the size difference
Hi David, Postsaver make dual-layer barrier sleeves which prevent ground line decay and guaranntee a post lifespan of 20-years, provided the criteria such as use of a UC4 post are fulfilled. They start at £1.22 a sleeve.
Like you say it's the modern methods of treatment and often fast grown spruce timber that is to blame for early failures. We've even heard reports of fence post failures before the 5-year mark.
Interesting to hear your feedback!
I work in an area of high rainfall. Most "pressure treatment" is totally inadequate. I always soak the posts in preserative before use & either fit a cap or treat the top as a lot of rot is cause by water ingress from the open grain at the top.
Another factor is to ensure that the post hole can drain.
Current pressure treatments are not what they used to be and even a UC4 post offers little protection. Have you ever had to replace posts you have fitted yourself or do you find your methods are successful? Curious to see what sort of time scales people are replacing posts on. I have spoken to some contractors who had call backs to replace posts after ony 5 years!
6 years on a 100mmx100mm section tanalized post. Only holding a four foot panel, quite sheltered, soil also sandy and dry. Post cut to length at the 'top' and post cap fitted.
That's shocking really isn't it. The part that concerns us the most is how damaging this can be to someones reputation despite the post being installed correctly. It's worth checking out Pro-Sleeves if you find your self installing more posts: https://www.postsaver.com/products/pro-sleeve-fence-post-protection/
Any advice on getting water out of a hole before using Pro-Set foam? I contemplated pouring in cat litter granules and then scooping them out.
(In the end I went and bought some postfix, and I'll save the Pro-set sachets for another time).
Hi Tim, one option for water logged holes is to place the post in a plastic bag with stones in the bottom to displace the water, and then pour the expanding foam into the bag - hope this helps for next time.
You can get a plastic tubular sumption pump from halfords for around £7.00 , simple device for draining fluids from radiators , holes , sumps etc which may do the trick .
I've actually used Postsavers - they are simple to fit and the seal really inspires confidence for longevity.
I decided to use them after removing a very sorry affair with every post rotted out along ground line the,and then fitted then on all subsequent jobs.
Given what they are supposed to do - I do not expect to know the result until I am under the aforementioned ground line - however,I have no reason to suspect they would not work as advertised - for the price and time,cheap as chips ( actually CHEAPER than chips!!) for a bit of piece of mind.
I am not sponsored by Postsaver ( cough cough)
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