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[mybeautifulecho]

I agree Rover. Chestnut on its own or raise it off the ground

[jamesfwpurdy]

If it works the hornbeam will be off the ground anyway, probably on some Oak blocks (have some spare) so it was just the longevity of hb exposed to the elements I was trying to get an idea of.

 

Great insight into concreting posts! Thanks Rover. I always guessed they held water around the posts but the pH and tannin info was new to me.

[timberluver]

dip the ends - up to a few inches above ground level - of the posts in pitch or tar before you set them in either concrete or clay. stops water ingress and should out last you lifetime. in years gone by that was the only wood preseravtive available and we still have old sheds with pitch coated pine roof tops that were erected by my Grandfather in the 1920s/30s.

[Ashes_Firewood]

Fence posts on those metal post mounts that have a spike on the end and you drive them in to the ground. Keeps the post out the ground.

[farmer rod]

Nonsense.

Cementing in posts of just about any material other than concrete shortens it's lifespan.[/quote

 

I agree, rammed soil every time

[jamesfwpurdy]

Prototype number one. Dad made this one in the woods to see if it worked and if it was suitably rustic enough for mum to allow it up near the house.

 

[Scottie]

If you ever pull an old fence post out of the ground, the only part of it that is rotten is at just above the soil level. The post under ground is rotten very little. Hard packed soil for me. The met posts are rubbish in my numble opinion as well because you can never get the clamp tight enough, and when the wind catches the fence/post it creates movement which gets larger as the year goes on, so the the post wears away.

[Daniël Bos]

Prototype number one. Dad made this one in the woods to see if it worked and if it was suitably rustic enough for mum to allow it up near the house.

 

Looks rustic allright:thumbup1:, could look really nice if you have a few stacks like that lined up, and all the ends of the horizontals are cut to the same length.

 

Question is, how do you get the wood out again, do you have to dismantle it as you use?

[jamesfwpurdy]

The ones up by the house will be 2.5m square on the outside, giving atleast 2cu m internal. As for getting it out the front wall will only be half height.

 

I spent yesterday cutting the lengths neatly and square to keep it tidy. We'll (I say "we" but this is dads department I just fell/cross cut/lift heavy stuff!!!) line them up in size and start with the bigger stuff at the bottom.

 

Depending on how the walls fare up it will be dismantled and burnt in time and replaced.

 

Clever my dad, isn't he. All this to get rid of the tarpaulin/plastic crap "A" frame monstrosity.

Edited February 26, 2012 by jamesfwpurdy