Just put the posts in for a panel fence,concreted in,anything else i can do to make sure its super strong.?

Question

Just put the posts in for a panel fence,concreted in,anything else i can do to make sure its super strong.?

Answer 1

Those fence panels are so flimsy that if you make the posts strong, then a good wind will break the panels or the posts where they come out of the ground.  I woudl always use the metal posts as the wood will rot in the ground eventually.  If you did not use preservative beforew concreting, that will be soon.

Answer 2

The posts are concrete themselves I think, do they have a metwal core? If so then you don't need to do much else.

Answer 3

if its a six foot or a four foot panel ..the post should be a minimum of 2 feet (600mm) into the ground ..you should have put aprox a wheelbarrow full of concrete per  hole ...hope you have rammed the concrete

Answer 4

I know you have said that the posts are in.

But if you are doing more posts then --

into the end of the posts that will go in the concrete

hammer in some 6 inch nails so that about 3inches of nail stick out

about 4 nails on each face of the post last 12 inches of the post

they grip into the concrtete

Answer 5

well big mistake there . wood will rot when set in concrete as concrete absorbs water and post rot faster . should have put them in metal post stakes then drove into the ground then concrete around the metal stakes . better still use concrete post and concrete these into the ground , then set fence panels on a concrete plinth to keep out of the soil should last for around 20 years plus on the wood side and the concrete well 50 years i would hope

you did ask for advise