Creosote Fencing Posts

[shavey]

Moorland timber in Newton abbot is your answer. Run by a chap called Jeremy cleverden and have been supplying creosote treated fencing for several years now. Very helpful chap.

 

hello iam not to far from okehampton didnt realise there was somebody as close who supplied them perfect you havent got a telephone number have you:thumbup:

cheers

andrew

[woody paul]

If It's trainer's you want Telegraph poles take some time to rot. Need to find good second hand ones with life left in them.

[caledonian bob]

if you want good strainer posts then use yew will never rot or ask for HD4 treated posts have a garaentee for 15 years ifi am right better than normal posts better still a good hedge laid will outlast any posts

 

UC4 - 15year guarantee

HC4 - 30year guarantee

[carpenter1]

how long will sweet chestnut last?

could i dip them to make them even better? say dip and leave in creosote for say 2 weeks?

[scotspine1]

not sure if this has been mentioned but B&Q, Homebase etc stopped selling creosote because it made garden sheds and fences last far too long.

 

The weak creosote substitute stuff they sell to the public today is about as good as coating your garden shed in diluted water.

[woody paul]

how long will sweet chestnut last?

could i dip them to make them even better? say dip and leave in creosote for say 2 weeks?

 

Need to be dry and then leave for at least 2 months. If the ground has a high acid content they will rot quicker that's what we have found.

If you are putting them in with tractor mounted thump they split more than soft wood.

[NI Tree]

not sure if this has been mentioned but B&Q, Homebase etc stopped selling creosote because it made garden sheds and fences last far too long.

 

The weak creosote substitute stuff they sell to the public today is about as good as coating your garden shed in diluted water.

 

creosote is only aloud for indrustral use now, and thats why builders cant get it as well but farmers and railways, power compines, bt and factories are aloud to get it.

[Matthew Storrs]

Need to be dry and then leave for at least 2 months. If the ground has a high acid content they will rot quicker that's what we have found.

If you are putting them in with tractor mounted thump they split more than soft wood.

 

This is true, I got some large chestnut strainer posts but found they can split down the middle if you try and bang them in with a hydraulic knocker so bow I use telegraph poles for the strainers and SC for the intermediates.

I worry soon that everyone seems to be using chestnut for fencing there won't be enough coppice to cope with the demand?

[carpenter1]

would it be better, if i bought sweet chestnut stakes, left in a shed for 2-3 months, then dip the whole bundles in creosote, and leave it in it for 1 week, then lift out with merlo, and leave to dry above the tank to not loss any.

 

how long would the stake last then?

[Matthew Storrs]

i have been using this stuff for a while easy to use and looks to be working a treat

 

How to Stop Rotten Fences

 

That looks like it could work - they always snap at ground level anyway. I once made the mistake of buying Post saver posts which were meant to last as they had a sleeve shrink wrapped around the bottom of the post- I found them to be hopeless- the sleeve just traps water against the post as the wood shrinks and expands and if anything they rot quicker then standard post.