Having just done 4 panels and 5 concrete posts in my own garden I definitely appreciate the hard graft it takes with fencing on your own 👍 I’m a broken man lol
This is really helpful, I have two sections of fencing and posts I need to fit in my garden and although I have a rough idea it is nice to see it being done by one person.
We all have our way fella andd I would normally do that my self but just not on this occasion. If you have any tips or tricks you think I may have missed please feel free to say.
Can I ask a question..I'm about to do a concrete posts fence job foe a friend. How many bags of postcrete is sufficient if I'm doing concrete gravel boards and 6 ft tall panels
Nice video mate, just a quick question though...did you put a concrete post right next to the wooden post you attached to the house? Or was it just wooden post to the house then gravel board?
Super neat job! how do you stop the gravel boards from slipping down in years to come? dont you put some kind of cement jammed into the post underneath the gravel board to stop it dropping
Omg the concrete gravel boards will sink over time making the whole fence look terrible you need a foundation to stop them sinking Plus i bet those posts wobble as you need more concrete around them
Just watched again and realised you dont use water in your mix ! Lol. Ive hard of this and i dont agree with the method. What if it doesnt rain for weeks but its windy. Do you ever get any callback ?
I use the end of my strømper bar to compact it so it holds it firm. If there are high winds I will water it in to make sure it does set. And no never been called back to a fence
@@lincsfencingandgardeningse9128 why dont you just top it with water in the first place it saves so much time and is so much better you should never dry set a conc post as it is very dangerous i really dont know why people do this coz it doesnt save anyone any money and it doesnt cost anymore or any less to use water so long story short mate stop bodging your jobs and stop trying to be different
Hi fella there was a massive block of concrete I couldn't break and the tape said I was 4" off so I chopped it down but really I didn't need to as you could see in video it was slightly short .time wise really not long properly twice as long as the time it took in vid as I did that at 2x speed .
@@EaterOfBaconSandwiches ok so you have to figure out what soil you are digging as I'd never tend to use this in a really soft soil as it to fine so od go for a mix of cement and 20mm ballast at a rate of five bags of sand to one cement. Wet mix I've only really ever used it if I want the mix to set really quick other wise pouring a dry mix in and stomping it down will give you a firm post that will set in a couple of days rather than minutes. Which in my opinion is better as it cures sets harder
I've just bought some fencing, some six inch gravel boards and a load of these posts. I have NO IDEA what I'm doing! My back is messed up and i hadn't realised how bloody heavy these things are, especially the corner one!! God damn! This job is gonna ruin me! I notice in most video's people use a wooden post to fasten it to the house. Is there still a way to fasten the post if its concrete? What's the string for? to keep it in line? Wouldn't be for keeping it level I guess... Speaking of keeping it level, are you/is he just kicking dirt under the gravel board until it's level or...? Any more tips for a complete beginner would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Lol welcome to my world 😂😂 OK so there are different types of concrete posts all using simlair moldes just some are compressed like the ones I'm using in vid which are the lightest ones and there are ones that are made from wet concrete which are really heavy. And yes corners are normally twice the weight as it's is basically two posts. You can level ground with a number of things. Bits of old concrete, bricks, dirt I wouldn't use wood as it will rot. The post on wall is because when you dig right nxt to a building you will reach footings way before you reach the right depth. You can bolt a concrete post to wall just measure it to the right hight and using the holes it all ready has bolt it using concrete screws. The string line is to keep it in a straight line and to make sure you end up in the right place when you get to the other end. As you are dealing with boundary lines and I've had to go back out to a fence and re install it over 45mm.
@@lincsfencingandgardeningse9128 Thanks very much for answering all my questions!! Very helpful. Seems I'll have to get a wood one for the house. There are no holes in the end posts, in fact there aren't actual end posts as the fence company told me "normal ones would do the job". So if it's too long to bury and has no holes, I guess that's my answer. Thanks again, very much.
@@wigg1yscott554 you can all ways drill holes into it. Justake sure you aim for the center toiss the steel running through middle. Post wise if using concrete they come in Intermediate post for a panel either side or your main posts. End post should be flat on three side andd a Grove one for your first or last post. Corner Post has two flat rear sides and the other two closest sides being groves for panels. The there's a 3 way back side is flat with the other three sides groves for panels. If you have a grinder buy your self a diamond blades to chop posts down. I do have a vid on cutting concrete if you look through vids
Up voted as I was literally needing to see if 1 man could lift a concrete gravel board (as I have some being delivered and will need to move them). Thanks!
trying not to judge but why did you put the postcrete in without water? ive been fencing for 7 years and i have never known someone to put it in dry maybe theres something im missing lol plz let me know
Hi dude, I want to install some concrete posts for fencing on a concrete surface, the gizmo at 0:06 - assuming I use the right bolts, are they suitable to hold up a big 6ft concrete post and 6ft panels? I looked through your videos but couldn't find anything on this.
Hi yes they are meta bolt down post pots from memory you can get them from toolstation cheap enough. They will do the job but won't be as stable as putting it in the ground
Hi really depends on a few things Do you really need it 6.6 as 7 ft would be easier if you have really hard ground 6ft is standerd hight of a fence Taller the fence the more things to go wrong as its like a massive sale in the wind so more likely to be pushed over As posts come in set lengths you be better going for either 6 or 7ft as anything in between you will either have to dig deeper or chop the bottoms of posts Or you could do close boarding which will allow you to have a 6.6 fence buy adding 1.8mtr boards instead of 1.56
@@lincsfencingandgardeningse9128 Thanks. Installing an arris rail fence / featheredge. Thinking 9ft posts, 6'' gravel board and 6' featheredge. Gives 2.5' of post in the ground. I'm interpreting your answer that most people go for a 6' high fence, including the gravel board. The fence in the video seems 6' total height (12'' gravel board and 5' panel), assuming you're quite tall!
@@shedlife1783 yup your right on both its only 6ft tall and I'm just over that 😁 Sound like a plan what your doing. I proffer to install what I call close boarding as there's less posts to install 😁
On this one both side match I. E good of side panel and good side of gravel board facing the same way. I used resessed gravel boards so they are flat one side and patterned other
Hard one to answer really. I would place one section in andd see how much it has on the next. I all ways try and keep things as level as possible but if you do have to drop or raise them I try and do it in equal amounts or do so many and one hight and then start again. Hope it helps if not I will explain it in a video andd post it for you
@@lincsfencingandgardeningse9128 If you had time to do a video that would be great! Struggling to find any decent videos on fencing on a slope using panels. Thank you for your time!
Which way all depends on what customer wants or weather its a safety aspect. As this one opened up to a court yard that was open and the rails can act like a ladder it's easier for people to climb over. Plus we're I live it's like an unwritten rule that if the posts or bad side is in your garden it's your responsibility. Hope that helps
Been in the trade 25 year and never seen postcrete added to a hole without water!? Not sure I would rely on moisture alone in the hole to do its job. Good job overall though
Need to put water in your postcrete buddy, your relying on capillary action or the rain neither are worth relying on and cannot be guaranteed to contain enough moisture to set postcrete also one bag of postcrete to a six foot fence personally for me I use postcrete to hold fence and then mix up half a barrow of concrete to go round post as well, but each to our own ways👍
Hi I do use water just didn't show it and that's way excesses for this ground as its heavy clay and limestone. Andd it's not moved to this day in fact they have called me back to do back fence for them
@@lincsfencingandgardeningse9128 why would u not show it when ur video is to show people how to diy plus id say u didnt do it cos ur on a timelapse and there was not pause from u loading the bag to kicking the mud in so im gonna say u didnt add water
@@dannyrees3324 wasn't a how too as such just a vid of me putting a fence up.and I did water them in before leaving .just because you don't see me do it doesn't mean it didn't happen .and to.this day the fence hasn't moved
I don't see the obsession with all this concrete. It looks dreadful after a few years. It's a nightmare to remove too. Oh you also need to invest in an electric saw. I was sweating just watching you.
Lol I've got plenty of different saws including electric but profer manual tools as I feel people tend to depend on electric tools so when it comes to it and there's no electric or your petrol breaker it's t working. You've still got the energy and skill to finish the job as you not relied on the other tools for muscle
@@lincsfencingandgardeningse9128 Haha after many years on the tools and struggling as an apprentice. im nore then happier to make life easier. keep up good work.
Why do you attach a concrete post to the wall? They’re dry cast posts by the look of it? We never use those as you can’t hand a gate off them without it flexing. Absolutely rubbish lol
I’ve never seen someone fit a fence and spend so long on their knees... use wooden fencing packers to level the gravel boards, put your spoil in buckets, your string line looks slack and definitely make sure you put concrete under the channels otherwise they will move.... you’ll be long gone but the customer will suffer. I mix the cement and ballast and put in 25l buckets rather than bags when u use it put your spoil in the empty buckets ...your spoil is easier to spread along the fence line and keeps it neat and tidy rather than spreading it all over.
Mate this is all wrong 1 the fencing isn't even level and at the same height 2 you put postcreate in and no water?? That's holding nothing 3 it seems you have put in 8ft posts as it looks like you have 12" gravel boards and 5 ft pannels so you have dug 2 ft down I hope but you only added the 1 postcreate this is also insufficient you would need at least 2 bags to a 8ft post
