Onoff
In the land of the unfinished project I am King!
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Our frontage consists of concrete posts, put in using a tractor PTO and lashings of concrete. Then homemade panels, to SWMBO's design, o/of 2"x1" nailed together with a collated nailer on a jig.
Two things didn't happen. There are no gravel boards as SWMBO was insistent on keeping access for "all the liccle animals"
I knew that would come back to haunt me.
The other thing is I never applied a waterproofer to the concrete posts. Did a 100' of fence elsewhere 30 years ago, painted the concrete with Thompson's, and they're still like new.
Thus I've noticed a post that has blown. I don't really want to dig it out and put a new one in tbh.
I'm hoping that the fence frame has swollen and just snapped the return off but gut feel this will be water having gotten in and rusted the steel. Maybe shutter and recast a bit on?
Any thoughts?
Two things didn't happen. There are no gravel boards as SWMBO was insistent on keeping access for "all the liccle animals"
The other thing is I never applied a waterproofer to the concrete posts. Did a 100' of fence elsewhere 30 years ago, painted the concrete with Thompson's, and they're still like new.
Thus I've noticed a post that has blown. I don't really want to dig it out and put a new one in tbh.
I'm hoping that the fence frame has swollen and just snapped the return off but gut feel this will be water having gotten in and rusted the steel. Maybe shutter and recast a bit on?
Any thoughts?