Jonnyboy
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Fencing tips.I have posts, d rail, wire, nails, cement and am hiring a spinny thing to dig the holes.
So, 6ft spacings on the uprights, use a string line and mark holes for digging with marker paint.
Dig holes, put in end posts, level and vertical. make string line between end posts. Put in inbetweeny posts making sure level and upright.
Mark levels on posts from top down, fit d-rail, make sure level. Nail wire fencing to back to keep chooks in.
What have I missed, what can go wrong, what will make my life easier?
I start at 8am tomorrow. cheers.
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Northern_Lad
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Thrust, pary, block, thrust. Don't forget to move your feet.
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dpack
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speed agession surprise
or use a pistol
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Penny
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Re: Fencing tips. | Jonnyboy wrote: | | ... a spinny thing to dig the holes. |
Technical stuff 
Wife to provide endless cups of tea/coffee/other drink of choice and to wipe your sweating brow when required?
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bernie-woman
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Re: Fencing tips. | Penny wrote: | | Wife to provide endless cups of tea/coffee/other drink of choice and to wipe your sweating brow when required? |
Penny!!!! - the flask has been invented you know  
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Northern_Lad
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Re: Fencing tips. | bernie-woman wrote: | | Penny wrote: | | Wife to provide endless cups of tea/coffee/other drink of choice and to wipe your sweating brow when required? |
Penny!!!! - the flask has been invented you know |
Have you ever tried wiping a sweating brow with a flask? 
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bernie-woman
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Re: Fencing tips. | Northern_Lad wrote: | | bernie-woman wrote: | | Penny wrote: | | Wife to provide endless cups of tea/coffee/other drink of choice and to wipe your sweating brow when required? |
Penny!!!! - the flask has been invented you know |
Have you ever tried wiping a sweating brow with a flask? |
Thought that was what sleeves or t-shirt bottoms were for
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Northern_Lad
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Re: Fencing tips. | bernie-woman wrote: | | Thought that was what sleeves or t-shirt bottoms were for |
How many bottoms do your t-shirts have?
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bernie-woman
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Re: Fencing tips. | Northern_Lad wrote: | | bernie-woman wrote: | | Thought that was what sleeves or t-shirt bottoms were for |
How many bottoms do your t-shirts have? |
I don't sweat - I am a girl
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Jonnyboy
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Thanks folks, looks like it should be a doddle. Or a disaster. But at least I'll have a clean face, be well hydrated and able to defend myself against sudden attacks.
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Northern_Lad
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No problem; we're here to help.
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Blacksmith
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Get someone to help you hold the "spinney thing" post hole borer's have a tendancy to tear your arms out of their sockets. 
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Penny
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Ah - a sensible person 
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Jonnyboy
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| Blacksmith wrote: | | Get someone to help you hold the "spinney thing" post hole borer's have a tendancy to tear your arms out of their sockets. |
I've hired a wookie?
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Northern_Lad
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If you know exactly where you need to start and stop (ie you can't guarentee that all the gaps will be 6') may I suggest building these complete (hole, post, concrete) before doing the rest. then you can put a sting along the top, middle and bottom along the length. It'll help you get them vertical and level.
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Northern_Lad
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| Jonnyboy wrote: | | Blacksmith wrote: | | Get someone to help you hold the "spinney thing" post hole borer's have a tendancy to tear your arms out of their sockets. |
I've hired a wookie? |
You're thinking of a porcupine. Wookies are fluffy, not spinney.
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tahir
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| Jonnyboy wrote: | | able to defend myself against sudden attacks. |
Not if they're eplieptic, or asthmatic, or....
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Penny
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| Northern_Lad wrote: | | Jonnyboy wrote: | | Blacksmith wrote: | | Get someone to help you hold the "spinney thing" post hole borer's have a tendancy to tear your arms out of their sockets. |
I've hired a wookie? |
You're thinking of a porcupine. Wookies are fluffy, not spinney. |
No - Wookies tear your arms out if you don't let them win games
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gil
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Concreting-in your strainers ? Why ?
If you weren't using concrete, a useful tip to get your fence looking really good once it's been up for a bit is to put the endposts in leaning slightly outwards. That way, after you tighten the line wires, the posts move to a vertical position, i.e. not leaning inwards, (which they will if you start them from vertical, and then your fence wires will sag and look carp). All depends what your ground's like.
To apply net to a fence, unroll alongside the fence and get someone to help you raise and staple it up, each of you working from the middle outwards. If you are joining nets.... Probably the subject of another post or an article, with photos...
Getting your stobs in level. NL's suggestion is good, but not so easy on undulating / hilly terrain. If you have to cut the tops of your fenceposts off afterwards to get them level, make sure you have a tin of wood protector to paint the cut/untreated tops (or put old pan lids on them like my neighbour does). Otherwise the stob will start to rot from the top and down the interior.
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Jonnyboy
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No strainers. It's ranch fencing with D-rail and chicken wire behind it to keep the varmints in.
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Gervase
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Ah, the last post explained it. Six foot is very tight spacing for posts. Standard DEFRA spacing is three metres, but if you've got rails rather than wire, they'd be a bit bendy at that length.
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Jonnyboy
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Auger was double booked so I don't get it until three. bum.
All marked out and ready to go however. Does anyone have the mix ratios for post mix?
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Northern_Lad
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| Jonnyboy wrote: | | Auger was double booked so I don't get it until three. bum. |
What about the Wookie?
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RichardW
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Post mix?
Concrete?
Post hole borer?
WHY?
For what you are doing a thumper (hand held or tractor mounted)would be more suited. Just hammer the posts in after a small pilot hole is made with a heavy bar to push the stones aside. Concrete will make the post rot much quicker.
If you do go with the hole maker make sure ALL what comes out goes back in. It will just tamp it down well.
Justme
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Gervase
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justme is right - a post knocker is far faster and more efficient, and will not encourage the posts to rot.
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Jonnyboy
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They only work with round posts don't they?
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RichardW
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| Jonnyboy wrote: | | They only work with round posts don't they? |
Nope, We use one to put in 1/4 & 1/2 split posts.
Justme
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Jonnyboy
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These are 4"x4" with angle tops and flat bottoms, I don't think there's anyway of knocking them in without ruining them. They are for the front garden along the lane.
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