The Brew Cabin

Posted: **Sat Mar 05, 2005 11:56 am**

Being a relative newby to this I was hoping to get some tips from the old hands on working with existing fencing.

I have just completed a job renewing some posts and panels on an existing fence. The new posts went in fine but I had some problems attaching the new panels to the old posts. The posts were solid enough but they were not all now vertical and I had some gaps to deal with. The existing posts were a mix of wood concreted direct into the ground and wood mounted on concrete godfathers.

Has anyone any advice on this? Is it good practice to renew all the posts anyway that you are attaching new panels to?

Thanks in anticipation

Posted: **Wed Mar 09, 2005 2:42 pm**

You can only judge each job on its merits. Some jobs are better when all the posts are replaced; some jobs just need the odd one or two posts replacing, and then some jobs are better starting afresh.

Panels, especially the thinner Waney Lap type panels, tend not to last as long as the more substantial posts, and most treated timber posts should be fine for 25 years whereas a panel might last on 10-12 years.

The Brew Cabin

Working with old fencing - Any tips