Help Fixing a fence post - Wall in the way

[Danm1les]

The fence between us and the semi derelict house next door needs repairing, I beleive the post is totally rotten and its started to lean a little bit. As a short term fix to get through winter etc. I want to support the broken post, and there is an old brick wall a foot or so infront of the post. which makes access a pig, but could also help?

I was thinking to bolt through from the wall to the post with some form of metal bracket to help take the weight, until we can afford to replace the psot properly? Photo below, looking straight down at the ground over the fence.

I have seen the ground spikes you can get for repairs, but I think the weight of the fence will just pull it over?

[wolfracesonic]

A cheap bodge to get through winter, use a herringbone strut, fix it at ground level to the wall, the other end to the post, the tabs on the end are bendy (ish) so they’ll accommodate a steeper angle. You may have to enlarge the holes at the wall end to accept your chosen screws/plugs.

[JoshSm]

Posts and postcrete are dirt cheap and quick & trivial to install. Certainly for just doing the one!

You may as well just do it properly unless you're worried the panels will disintegrate when you disconnect them from the post?

[Danm1les]

JoshSm said:

Posts and postcrete are dirt cheap and quick & trivial to install. Certainly for just doing the one!

You may as well just do it properly unless you're worried the panels will disintegrate when you disconnect them from the post?

It’s a continual fence, not sure on the right name, but you can’t see the posts from our side, so getting the post out, is a bit of an ordeal as far as I am aware?

[Chumley.mouse]

Bit of 3x2 screwed to the post then 2 pieces fixed to it either side of the wall. No need to fix it to the wall. That will hold the post till you can fix it.



Bit like this

If its not quite tight enough against the wall just knock a packer in the make it solid.

[Scarletpimpofnel]

Most times I’ve seen someone attach fence panels to a wall, after the first storm the wall is cracked or on the floor.

[Panamax]

Danm1les said:

I have seen the ground spikes you can get for repairs, but I think the weight of the fence will just pull it over?

Get a long one and it'll be fine. Make sure you get one with proper post clamping like in this video, not the cheap rubbish.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRLJrMGd78U

[megaphone]

Can you get to the other side of the fence? Install a repair spur on the other side.

Edited by megaphone on Sunday 18th October 13:09

[Byker28i]

megaphone said:

Can you get to the other side of the fence? Install a repair spike on the other side.

This - see
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D1BTT7VV

although they've gone up a lot. Big heavy duty spikes, drive into the ground and bolt/screw to the post.

I had to do this after my neighbour decided to build up their beds, thinking the gravel board height was fair game, ignoring the slightly raised coned concrete we'd used to protect the posts from rot. Next time i'll be using steel posts like I have at the back of my garden.

Other places are available. I'm sure Temu sell them at a much lower cost

[B'stard Child]

Danm1les said:

It s a continual fence, not sure on the right name, but you can t see the posts from our side, so getting the post out, is a bit of an ordeal as far as I am aware?

It's called "Cant and Rail" fencing

You can strip off a few featherboards in both directions on your side, carefully remove the rails from the post and then you should be able to swing the fencing in towards your garden - enough to give you access to the post base.

It's probably failed due to the notching on the bottom rail or close to the ground. if the post has been installed with minimal postcrete you might have to dig out the lot - if it's been installed with a decent quantity of postcrete I've previously extracted the broken base from out of the concrete and dropped a new post into the hole but it's slow work with auger drills and a sharpened length of steel box section.

[Panamax]

The old post "should" be concreted at the sides and not underneath. The underneath should have been left open so that any dampness in the concrete socket can drain down and out. Often posts rot because there's concrete underneath which leaves the bottom of the post sitting in a bucket of water. They love to rot at ground level.

If your post was correctly installed it shouldn't be too hard to fish out the remains of the old post ready to insert your new metal spike. If there's some rotten post left in the socket or a thin amount of concrete at the bottom your metal spike should drive straight through it with sufficient grunt applied.

With a bit of care (and violence) you should be able to push the fence out of the way and then lift it into your new metal socket. If it suffers any damage there are various metal brackets you can buy to strengthen the rail attachments.

[darreni]

If the post has rotted at ground level, but good above ground, then have a look at these;

https://www.rslengineering.co.uk/fence-post-repair...

Ive used the concrete in versions to good effect over the last few years and they are extremely well made. Have a look at their other products to get an idea of the stuff they usually make.