New Fence ideas

20' is only 3.3 bay's so 4 posts.

Those post work out at £21odd ea, I pay £9.60 for them from my fencing supplier, try your local fencing suppliers.

For a 6' fence you need 8' posts going just under 2' in the ground, leaving them a couple of " above the panels, set them in a dry ballast and cement mix well compacting it in 6" layers.

Have you considered using morticed post and Arris rails these are 10' so only 2 bays needed, still have concrete gravel boards.

 

Don't think the morticed post comes in a light weight version.

Have used the slotted post and light weight gravel boards, in fact I have them here at home.

 

The one comment - why are they only guaranteed for 16 months ??

I would expect a good 20 years out of concrete posts. So what you may find is there is no metal bar in them which could make them very brittle.

 

There are reinforced with steel or should I say my are, though mine are a different company.

 

Normally find they are, it is just the ones on the link have a 16 month guarantee. Such an odd number, as if they don't expect them to last.

Mind you the full thickness, rebated concrete posts can be a real so and so getting them spot on, especially getting them when using the concrete gravel boards

 

Better to use quailty posts, & concrete gravel boards, not much fun having to dig out a well concreted post, if it fails.

PS: Machine Mart only offer a 12 month warrenty for same post as Homebase, plus they are up to 45% lighter than existing concrete post,doesn't inpire confidence in them.
Looking at photo, I've seen better posts.

https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/for...GS-140617472&gclid=CNekgbrins8CFfMW0wodnOIOAA

 

Concrete posts look horrid IMO. Had some nice fencing built at my previous house, 5"x5" posts, arris rails slotted and doweled into the posts, wooden gravel boards, everything done by hand. Made with the right wood and treated they lasted fine and looked so much nicer.

 

Can paint the posts, can get coloured ones I think are still available.

 

I had a picture stored somewhere of concrete posts, low run of gabions with a feather edge fence on top of the gabions. It did look stunning with a lot of contrast between the posts, gabions and timber

 

You can achieve some great effect using gabions & timber.

 

Never get the options to use gabions at all

One of the things I have been thinking of producing in my workshop is ornamental fencing, gates and specialist garden furniture. A lot less hassle than some of the other jobs I have been doing recently

 

Look on Pintrest, some great ideas there.

Been looking for some wrought iron fencing for the front here,even second hand they make silly money, annoying thing I use to do a lot of metalwork, the bow top gates I made at last place, took them with me & fitted them here, then when I moved here I got rid of my anvil, scroll formers,etc, just didn't have the space to keep it all, now regreting selling it.

 

Is it to replace an existing fence or brand new?

What I have done in some repair situations in the past, where the upright concrete post wasnt deemed to be pretty enough, was to put in concrete spur repair posts, then bolt wood to each side of the post, then fixed cant rails to the repair spur post, then the featheredge to the rails.

Effective result, concrete posts in the ground to avoid rot, all wooden uprights above ground and then put the featheredge over the concrete post to hide them

Got a photo somewhere, will find it and post to show the idea better than words

 

Can still have concrete posts, but showing neighbour's side, & you can still bolt arris rail to them.

 

I have a select of stuff from all over the place(magazines, web - pinterest etc.) and was going to make up some specimens over the winter. Then get my daughter to go and hawk them round the country fairs etc. The costs to produce the items below aren't that much, its just the set up time

I have been looking at the wrought iron work especially to put into gates and tables. There are lots of people doing wrought iron fencing down here. but mainly by using the pre-made items. Very few actually twist their own bars most cut the bar, put in a collar and then place a section with a twist (or basket) in the middle. I saw one guy assembling a "wrought iron" fence where he didn't actually weld anything it was either bolted or bonded !

 

No money in wrought iron work today, too many doing it.
Today everything can be bought ready made, like railheads,rosettes,flowers,even complete panels,etc,etc.
All my scrolls I hand made for my gate, today you can buy them pre made for pennies.

http://e-wroughtiron.co.uk/epages/w...ps/www_e_wroughtiron_co_uk/Categories/Scrolls

Japanese timber bridges use to be popular, helped a old joiner many years ago make a couple for some big house, along with some fence panels like those below for their wall garden.

 

Geometric fence panels was the word eluding me.