Fencing and a raised bed with sleepers.

[Charles Hey Arborist]

Trying to help a friend with this.

Where's the best place to buy fence posts and panels at the best prices?

3" or 4" timber posts with 6'x6' panels?

 

Is it acceptable to lay untreated oak sleepers direct onto flat/firm soil or is a base needed?

 

Thanks

[sloth]

Not sure how far you'd travel (or far they deliver) but Cox Landscapes at Plains Farm on Ipswich Rd, Colchester are very good. Happy to advise on materials and methods too. A Google search brings up their website and price list

[Luckyeleven]

Always go 4" posts on 6x6 panels, those 3's just aren't man enough

[Mortimer Firewood]

Don't bother putting wooden posts in use concrete

 

How high you going with the sleepers

[s.varty]

Don't bother putting wooden posts in use concrete

 

How high you going with the sleepers

 

Totally agree, but there are two ways of looking at it 1. concrete posts last forever, wooden posts last at the most 5 years, but with a bit of luck you have to replace them again.

[dig-dug-dan]

Totally agree, but there are two ways of looking at it 1. concrete posts last forever, wooden posts last at the most 5 years, but with a bit of luck you have to replace them again.

 

Yes, and next time they ask for concrete:001_smile: