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I use those those sleeves, used then about five years. I haven't seen any posts fail with them on, they claim they will exstend the life of a post too 25 years, time will tell. They're only around a couple of quid each and take ten minutes to fit. I've seen other people use plastic dpc stapled on and if your vat registered you can still buy creosote.
Thank HB for that. I will see what the prices are like once on a trader acc. I normally use concrete if I can but sometimes it has to be timber & if it's an extra brownie point, for a cpl ££.
I remember my brother in law built his own raised decking a few years ago, their not local so hadn't asked for advice or anything. It was a shit job tbh & he had looked on the etherweb for advice. He had put a plastic bag around the base of each post. F**king idiot, all that's going to do is hold water & rot quicker!!!
Isn't it a pity they don't make these things brown rather than black............ would look so much more attactive and seems like commonsense really.
Wouldn't have to use them if the EU hadn't band the the original preservative.
I wonder what's more harmful to the environment. Using a proper treated wooden post thats good for 25years or having to replace a modern wooden post in a year because it's rotten at ground level, then replacing it with concrete or a new wooden post rapped in plastic and tar.
Ive used them.... but only a year or so ago - so no idea if they actually make a big difference. The client was very impressed with the idea - which was probably worth more, as they have come back with loads more other work.
I dont do that much fencing, but when I do, I always recommend them
Yep, I always recommend them. There is another way you cap the top of the concrete with a 1:3 muck, slightly above the soil level at a slant, just got to keep the soil away from the posts. I don't know about others, I always do my posts with rubble in the bottom and sides then capped with concrete.
I do you odd bit of fencing, love doing picket fences.
Replaced a post on close board last week, was done 2yrs ago by some guy who put in 2.1m post instead of 2.4m🙄 got two more todo there next week and another eight some where else on a panel fence.
I've been painting posts with black bitumen paint for many years, works very well and same principle as the post sleeves product.
An observation though would be that either paint or sleeves, both being bitumen work better I think on rough sawn wood as opposed to CLS type timber
I treated several lengths of tanalised timber 18 years ago with a couple of coats of creosote to contain some soil filled steps in a wet area and its still viable . no insect damage either .
I always used to treat the bottom of my fence posts the same way and stock fencing posts i did over 10 years ago are still standing .
I am going to give those post sleeves a try I will probably prepare in advance and use a heat gun as not covered by P.L to use a blow torch on site .
John some material suppliers will sell the posts ready wrapped (for an additional cost for doing so), there is a supplier in the South The Fencing Centre which has several outlets depending on where you are. This avoids doing all the preparation and the blowtorch aspect which could be a benefit on a long run of fence posts, but they are making some money that way so sometimes worth doing it yourself for small numbers. As an example the 100mm post wrap is £2.10 singley, fitted total £7.00. The price a little less for 75mm and more on a 125
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