Metposts

Just have a look at http://www.metpost.co.uk/mp_prod_selection.html and look
at how much of the post is actually 'gripped' and how much support the
actual metpost is giving. Any Engineer will agree that the support of the
post on a 'lever action' from the top, and the Metpost acting as a
'fulcrum', it might as well be a Chocolate Teapot when used in a straight,
long, wind catching fence :-((

A couple of panels to hide the shed/greenhouse/garage,neighbours washing,
......... yes
Boundary fence, ...... no.

Mike


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"'Mike'" wrote in message
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"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 9/9/07 10:37, in article ,
"Klara"
wrote:
snip
We had thought of a trellis before the
noise thing reared its ugly head, but under the circumstances a fence
would be better. It could form part of a walled-off service area for the
compost daleks, shreddings, and other materials waiting to be composted,
with the trellis on the nearside.....
Just be sure it's not going to be hit by strong winds. I put up a fence
in
a previous garden, a third of the way up the lawn and to shield part of
this
walled in garden. It was correctly inserted into those metastake
thingies
etc. and not in what I had ever considered to be a windy area. We had
one
really good gale one night and the whole thing snapped off and blew over
precisely where it went into the metastakes. It snapped off like
matchsticks. The same could happen with any kind of fixing unless you
can
brace the fence from the side opposite the prevailing wind. If you don't
have a windy garden, then you're probably safe to try this. But if it
goes
wrong, it's an expensive experiment!

Sacha

Now that is a coincidence that Sacha should poo poo my idea of a fence
with trellis AND then quote those dreadful metal socket things. Within
FEET of the Concrete posts I recommended, these are the ones 8 feet long
with 2 feet concreted into the ground and the panel slid into the grooves
giving the panel protection up its entire side, within FEET, were, please
note WERE 3 panels put into these metal sockets and they have long since
gone. Sockets there! Fence panels blown out. Life of that fence was about
a couple of years 'roughly'. The concrete posts and panels? They were
there when I moved into this house in September 1986

If you want a cheap quick fix. Metal Sockets and posts set in them.

Proper job which will last. Concrete posts with grooves.

Mike


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