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Kram
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I'd guess it fast grown timber that is common these days. Better grade posts and proper creosote would be my choice but you wont get the light coloured wood look.The client wanted the wooden fence look but was unhappy about the lifespan, I am not sure what it is that’s eating anything wood buried in the ground on this site but it makes very short work of the posts. It’s way too expensive to keep replacing this so I eliminated the problem with the spurs, doesn’t look too shabby
Bob
What's known as the dew point exists just below the ground and for nine inches or so above , it's where the humidity in the air condenses into dew almost every morning and evening . Posts don't last long if untreated every few years .Even the tanalized post rerelast over 9 years if not re treated.The client wanted the wooden fence look but was unhappy about the lifespan, I am not sure what it is that’s eating anything wood buried in the ground on this site but it makes very short work of the posts. It’s way too expensive to keep replacing this so I eliminated the problem with the spurs, doesn’t look too shabby
Bob
BT had a programme of every seven years we dug out three inches of soil/tarmac at the base of the pole and painted the poles from the bottom of the hole 10 inches up the pole in proper creosote then nailed on a new pole reference number .
The poles used to be pickled in creosote for six week or more at a pole pickling farm .
I've climbed poles which were over 100 years old with wooden finials on the top , left in place when open wiring was removed and underground street cable became the norm ,the poles only distributing to the thirty or so properties close to the pole .
Timber that is kiln dried and impregnated with preservative under vacuum tend to have the wood cells greatly expanded and they stay open after drying in the kiln , moisture seeps in easily and brings in rot /mould spored quite deeply when the poles boards get wet .
Verandah decking is a perfect example of this , if my log cabin office is anything to go by , treated kiln dried pine decking rarely seems to last 12 years or more if exposed to the elements . In the areas that get the weather hits and along the dew point round the edges several beams & decking boards have got a dry rot looking appearances . Some boards have collapsed entirely . A new mancupboard is in progress for this reason .... age of the treated pine wood log cabin ,,,,,17 years and everything was triple preserved before erection and twice retreated externally with double treatments since.
