"bnd777" wrote in message
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Its also recomended that you stand the base of all fence posts in a bucket
of creosote for 48 hrs before putting them in concrete and drill a hole
above soil level at an angle downwards into which periodically you can add
creosote and fill with a cork
"Anne Wheeldon" wrote in message
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Interesting; I have had ideas along this line myself ( drilling a top-up
hole ) but never
tried it out. I remember seeing a neighbours old fence post which was
rotten. It split in
half when he got to grips with it, even though it looked reasonable on the
outside. The
entire inner part had rotted away, leaving only a shell about 1/10 inch
thick. It appeared
the beasties had eaten everything except the nasty tasting impregnated wood
on the outside!
My advice is therefore to also drench any holes you may drill in a
fence post with
preservative, lest you provide rot with a way into the centre of the post,
bypassing the
preservative.


Andy.