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Fixing a fence (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter VA703
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Dig that up too and patch it so your drain doesn't fill with silt. You can just wrap the hole it in with filter fabric.
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Bromigo
a few serious things here first when you mount that post make sure that you have someone help you and make it so that the field of the fence will actually fit and be able to fit between the post that is already up and the one you are resetting if it is too tight you will have to cut down the field of the fence which is doable but a pain but if you are too wide then you will have to rig something up and it will probably look dumb take that to the bank
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Bromigo
second when i do posts i try to get down to frost here in scanny which is roughly 3 to 4 feet i actually use an old ice fishing auger it looks like a big corkscrew and it is a thing to get it started but once you are going it actually works pretty good its a 12 incher and that will normally take two bags of quick crete to surround a 6x6 post i just fill up the hole around the post with quick crete and then just use a hose to put water in the dry powder in the hole and get it all wet and poke around in there with a piece of rebar to make sure there are no dry pockets and it all gets mixed up take that to the bank
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Bromigo
finally have some wooden posts you can pound in and attach supports to to keep the newly set post level while the quickcrete dries and check the distance between the two like about fifteen times to make sure the fence field you are going to reinstall will fit keep that in mind all the time let it dry for two days before you remount that baby and have help when you do and also looking at those pictures do a better job of toenailing in the cross supports than whoeever put it up did those nails didnt have a hell of lot of wood they were through think about using an air gun to drive the nails if you can youd need a framing nailer but a lot of dudes have those and if you have buds just hit them up take that to the bank brohan and best of luck
VA703
Footballguy
=Smackdown=
Footballguy
Ditch the witches - this will require 13-15 Valks. Make sure to funnel correctly.
Yeah, you just need to repair any holes or tears in the wrap. Don't worry about the pipe, they'll take care of themselves.
The Commish
Footballguy
Do you happen to live somewhere close to Otis....I think some contractors are having fun with my fellow FFA brethren.
VA703
Footballguy
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Bromigo
brohan i did not know you were that close to the house that black tubing is probably helping to take water away from your foundation and you sure do not want to stop it from doing that with a mess of quickcrete i would not mess with it move the post inward away from the house and fill that hole in making sure the hose was repaired first and make sure that after i filled it in i graded to maintain positive drainage away from the house look i am out on this one now i did not know we were that close to a structure just be careful brohan take that to the bank
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NutterButter
Footballguy
just attach the fence to the brick. drill some holes and attach some brackets with expanding anchor bolts then attach rails to brackets.
The Commish
Footballguy
Haven't followed closely, but have you hit your french drain yet? There has to be SOMETHING down there, that close to the house. I'd dig until I got to it, pour a bag of quickcrete around the post and attach it to the house and be done with it. No way you're going to get down far enough, that close to the house without hitting your underground drain system.
VA703
Footballguy
ill look into that next time. im guessing that will make it easier for replacing posts down the road.
I ended up putting in a post 3 feet from the house
House|| (Original post that fell down) 3 feet (NEW POST) 3 feet (POSTGATEPOST) 6 feet (post/corner)
drawing: |---|---|X|------|
dug the new post about 20 some inches deep, original post was put there for cosmetic mainly, I sealed up the French drain with filter fabric and more rocks then cemented the post next to it
I attached simpson ties instead of toenailing the crossboards.
Quoted $779
Total spent $40
Price of beer $20
Total time 1 1/2 hours
squidrope
Footballguy
Sorry.
Deck supports shouldn't be in the concrete, and should be on the linked item.
I would think that wooden fence posts should be on, and surrounded by a compacted course gravel that has good drainage qualities.
