Laylandi timber question.

[Will C]

Does anyone know how durable Laylandi timber is buried in the ground?
Either just in soil or concreted in as a post?
The posts would in time by kept out of the weather - a customer wants to keep the poles to use for a shed corner posts, I wasn’t sure, so said I would ask for them.

 

cheers all.

[Dan Maynard]

I think medium durable, I've left leylandii stumps to nail fence rails to and they are still good after 7 years.

[Peasgood]

10 years max and that is optimistic but no worse than any untreated wood.

[Will C]

Your sometimes lucky to get much more out of treated fence posts 🤔

50 minutes ago, Peasgood said:

10 years max and that is optimistic but no worse than any untreated wood.

 

cheers guys, it would seem much as I thought. Maybe longer than 10 years if kept out of the weather inside the barn and make sure the water can’t pool around them at ground level.

[Squaredy]

1 hour ago, Will C said:

Your sometimes lucky to get much more out of treated fence posts 🤔

 

cheers guys, it would seem much as I thought. Maybe longer than 10 years if kept out of the weather inside the barn and make sure the water can’t pool around them at ground level.

You just wanted to get to your 1000th post didn't you...?!

[Will C]

1001

26 minutes ago, Squaredy said:

You just wanted to get to your 1000th post didn't you...?!

 actually 

[Conor Wright]

The fence around my property is of leylandii and maccie posts. The maccie are still good after 5 years, some of the leylandii are getting soft. Doubt it'll make the 10 year mark. All untreated and in fairly wet ground.

Upside is they cost me next to nothing and the hedge will be up in another year or two.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

As a fence post - no worse than many since the (rightful) demise of CCA. 
 

Got a row of 20+ Lawson to remove, mate is already keen for 20 gate posts, 20 strainers and 40ish fence posts 😂

 

Hate to think what he dips them in though. 

[daveatdave]

there is a product you can get for fence posts bit like heat shrink that you put on the post at soil level but i do not know how large you can get them 

[rapalaman]

Postsaver - can buy it on a roll and just cut to size. Easy to apply, just be careful heating with the blowtorch as can overheat and make holes in it