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Well, just planning ahead as Im hopefully closing on a property Friday. Its 2.5 acres and needs a minimum of 700 ft of fence. Being that big, Im planning on something like post and rail fencing. Was hoping to do wrought iron until I realized Id need a 2nd job to pay for it.
So with any wood fence, rot is the enemy. There are some clever products out there but they are priced ridiculously.
Best idea I have found:
Post Shield:
Simple plastic tube with that prevents water from getting soaked into the base. SOB is $13 each. Downside is there is no cap. They want you to put some crushed stone in the bottom of the hole for drainage
There is another product very similar that does the same thing with a top cap. It allows easy changing of posts. It has the same plastic housing that drops into the ground and a sealing cap
$12 each
Next idea is using a 4x4 hanger for decking and attach it to a concrete base so the wood never even goes into the ground. Looks like this:
Cant find a true price...All the websites are showing $55-60 which I would hope is for 10
Then I was thinking of just using 5" or 6" pvc with a cap and filling the pvc with concrete and having it stick up 2" or so above the soil surface. 6" PVC runs $4/ft + $12/cap which is more expensive than I thought
Last solution is running 2 pieces of angle iron and bolting the cedar post the the angle. Set the angle 2' into the ground, keep it 4" above (which would be great for weed eating around fence posts to not damage the posts. I dont know current steel prices but I know they have come down. Realistically though each post would need 5' of angle (2.5' x 2 per post). For me that ends up at 350' of steel + a lot of time cutting and drilling holes.
Anyone have other suggestions? I figure if Im gonna dump that much money into a fence, I might as well try and prevent it from rotting away.
So with any wood fence, rot is the enemy. There are some clever products out there but they are priced ridiculously.
Best idea I have found:
Post Shield:
Simple plastic tube with that prevents water from getting soaked into the base. SOB is $13 each. Downside is there is no cap. They want you to put some crushed stone in the bottom of the hole for drainage
There is another product very similar that does the same thing with a top cap. It allows easy changing of posts. It has the same plastic housing that drops into the ground and a sealing cap
$12 each Next idea is using a 4x4 hanger for decking and attach it to a concrete base so the wood never even goes into the ground. Looks like this:
Cant find a true price...All the websites are showing $55-60 which I would hope is for 10
Then I was thinking of just using 5" or 6" pvc with a cap and filling the pvc with concrete and having it stick up 2" or so above the soil surface. 6" PVC runs $4/ft + $12/cap which is more expensive than I thought
Last solution is running 2 pieces of angle iron and bolting the cedar post the the angle. Set the angle 2' into the ground, keep it 4" above (which would be great for weed eating around fence posts to not damage the posts. I dont know current steel prices but I know they have come down. Realistically though each post would need 5' of angle (2.5' x 2 per post). For me that ends up at 350' of steel + a lot of time cutting and drilling holes.
Anyone have other suggestions? I figure if Im gonna dump that much money into a fence, I might as well try and prevent it from rotting away.
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