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On Thu, 19 May 2005 10:52:49 +0100, Victoria Clare
wrote: Janet's Metpost thread reminded me that I really need to put a couple of gateposts in myself. Thought I'd start a new thread for it rather than hijacking hers. My soil is even more stony than Janet's (or I suspect, anyone's!) and I am fairly sure that the bottom of the hole actually needs to be below the point where the gravel starts to join up into large chunks and may even count as bedrock. The stone is cacky splintery stuff, but no way can you get a spade in more than one spade's depth, and that is horrible enough. Is my only option to hire a pneumatic drill? Can they be operated by normal people or do I need to hire a man wearing earmuffs too? Victoria -- gardening on a north-facing hill in South-East Cornwall I'd be thinking about concrete posts in that situation. They don't need to be set as deep - you can make the holes wide rather than deep and the stones and rock join with the concrete you use for the post base. My substantial close-boarded fence is now on its 3rd incarnation on concrete posts which have not moved in about 35 years. They're not slotted, but drilled for the arris rails to be bolted to them. When we had it replaced about 10 years ago the contractors wanted to remove the concrete posts and use wooden because the bolts had rusted in. I refused to let them. No way would wooden posts last like concrete. .. |
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Jupiter wrote in
news On Thu, 19 May 2005 10:52:49 +0100, Victoria Clare wrote: Janet's Metpost thread reminded me that I really need to put a couple of gateposts in myself. Thought I'd start a new thread for it rather than hijacking hers. My soil is even more stony than Janet's I'd be thinking about concrete posts in that situation. They don't need to be set as deep - you can make the holes wide rather than deep and the stones and rock join with the concrete you use for the post base. Oh, that's an intriguing idea - very cunning! I really only need two posts though, which seems like rather a small job to get a fencing contractor in for. They are for a gateway in an informal hedge to which I need to fit a decent height gate - 6 foot or so. Can you buy concrete posts and get them delivered? Would they be portable by only 2 people? Victoria |
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In message . 23,
Victoria Clare writes Jupiter wrote in news On Thu, 19 May 2005 10:52:49 +0100, Victoria Clare wrote: Janet's Metpost thread reminded me that I really need to put a couple of gateposts in myself. Thought I'd start a new thread for it rather than hijacking hers. My soil is even more stony than Janet's I'd be thinking about concrete posts in that situation. They don't need to be set as deep - you can make the holes wide rather than deep and the stones and rock join with the concrete you use for the post base. Oh, that's an intriguing idea - very cunning! I really only need two posts though, which seems like rather a small job to get a fencing contractor in for. They are for a gateway in an informal hedge to which I need to fit a decent height gate - 6 foot or so. Can you buy concrete posts and get them delivered? Yes, try a local builders merchants, delivery may well be free, or local fencing etc. suppliers. Would they be portable by only 2 people? Yeah, The chap that did the fence behind our old house did by himself (6 foot fence). Ok he was used to doing this, but two should manage it ok. If you do want to brake up the rock under the soil I would look to using a electric breaker rather than pneumatic drill -- Chris French and Helen Johnson, |
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The message . 23
from Victoria Clare contains these words: Can you buy concrete posts and get them delivered? Would they be portable by only 2 people? You can make them easily enough with four boards, some reinforcement and a bag of cement and some aggregate. Make the posts in-situ so that the form part of the surround/support. Arrange for fixing bolts by drilling holes in the boards and passing a dowel right through - before you tip the concrete in. Screw the boards together rather than nail them, or you could break the concrete if you take them off before it's cured. Or you could mix with polymer instead of water, and it'll be hard enough to hang a gate on in half an hour. -- Rusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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"Jupiter" wrote in message news On Thu, 19 May 2005 10:52:49 +0100, Victoria Clare wrote: Janet's Metpost thread reminded me that I really need to put a couple of gateposts in myself. Thought I'd start a new thread for it rather than hijacking hers. My soil is even more stony than Janet's (or I suspect, anyone's!) and I am fairly sure that the bottom of the hole actually needs to be below the point where the gravel starts to join up into large chunks and may even count as bedrock. The stone is cacky splintery stuff, but no way can you get a spade in more than one spade's depth, and that is horrible enough. Is my only option to hire a pneumatic drill? Can they be operated by normal people or do I need to hire a man wearing earmuffs too? Victoria *********** STOP! BEWARE! on no account use a pneumatic drill. Especially if you are a 'female lady of the opposite sex'. Only a trained hefty man should operate one. Thirty years ago I broke up a pavement at my daughter's house, using such a drill. When the job was almost completed I unfortunately lifted the drill with my finger still on the trigger. It nearly shuddered my head off. I was in bed for three days. I still get twinges sometimes in my neck. Doug. ********** -- gardening on a north-facing hill in South-East Cornwall I'd be thinking about concrete posts in that situation. They don't need to be set as deep - you can make the holes wide rather than deep and the stones and rock join with the concrete you use for the post base. My substantial close-boarded fence is now on its 3rd incarnation on concrete posts which have not moved in about 35 years. They're not slotted, but drilled for the arris rails to be bolted to them. When we had it replaced about 10 years ago the contractors wanted to remove the concrete posts and use wooden because the bolts had rusted in. I refused to let them. No way would wooden posts last like concrete. . |
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On Thu, 19 May 2005 11:31:14 +0100, Jupiter
wrote: On Thu, 19 May 2005 10:52:49 +0100, Victoria Clare wrote: Janet's Metpost thread reminded me that I really need to put a couple of gateposts in myself. Thought I'd start a new thread for it rather than hijacking hers. My soil is even more stony than Janet's (or I suspect, anyone's!) and I am fairly sure that the bottom of the hole actually needs to be below the point where the gravel starts to join up into large chunks and may even count as bedrock. The stone is cacky splintery stuff, but no way can you get a spade in more than one spade's depth, and that is horrible enough. Is my only option to hire a pneumatic drill? Can they be operated by normal people or do I need to hire a man wearing earmuffs too? Victoria -- gardening on a north-facing hill in South-East Cornwall I'd be thinking about concrete posts in that situation. They don't need to be set as deep - you can make the holes wide rather than deep and the stones and rock join with the concrete you use for the post base. My substantial close-boarded fence is now on its 3rd incarnation on concrete posts which have not moved in about 35 years. They're not slotted, but drilled for the arris rails to be bolted to them. When we had it replaced about 10 years ago the contractors wanted to remove the concrete posts and use wooden because the bolts had rusted in. I refused to let them. No way would wooden posts last like concrete. The other day Lidl had these amazing screw-in metal posts. Never seen them before. They were specifically for mounting washing lines, but could have been used for many other purposes. They came with a bar to turn and thus screw them in, like an auger, and were about two feet long with a tapered thread. MM |
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The other day Lidl had these amazing screw-in metal posts. Never seen
them before. They were specifically for mounting washing lines, but could have been used for many other purposes. They came with a bar to turn and thus screw them in, like an auger, and were about two feet long with a tapered thread. MM My whirly gig has stood up to tremendous winds through the winter whilst mounted into one of these - cannot recommend them highly enough -- Sue Begg Remove my clothes to reply Do not mess in the affairs of dragons - for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup! |
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