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Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 1:25 am
by liamlomond9
I've completed making and erecting a ranch type fence, approx 200 ft long. It looks good and all posts well and truly concreted in. I was able to spread the work over a period of time and to some degree choose the good days, for weather. I have a week off and want to do the other side of the garden and sod being the law it will probably p down. Any ideas regarding the concrete and it's setting. I want to prepare. What's the best thing to do, I'm mixing the concrete myself, gravel, sand and cement. I don't want the concrete to turn to mush and be watered down so to speak.
Cheers all for any ideas. :;):
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:00 pm
by lutonlagerlout
well if you are fencing you should be using minimal water anyway,just enough to get the crete to set,try and keep your ballast dry (also best to keep cats off of it) and use polythene to cover the postholes when they are filled
TBH i have never regarded rain as an impediment to fencing,if you said wind i could understand
cheers LLL
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 10:05 pm
by Dave_L
Semi dry concrete rocks! :p
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 10:54 pm
by Ted
I try and avoid fencing in wet conditions as I find it is easy to make a bit of a mess of someone's nice lawn. But if you aren't working in some posh garden, then it isn't a huge problem. If you use a dryish mix, as you should, a bit of rain isn't a problem.
You could use Lafarge's "Postcrete" which goes off in about five minutes but I seldom use it as it costs too much. I sometimes use it if just doing a repair to a fence and am just replacing one or so posts as by the time you have bought a bag of dust and some ballast it makes no difference pricewise. But on an average-sized fencing job, using Postcrete eats into you profit too much.
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 6:54 pm
by liamlomond9
Thanks guys that's a great help. 