"John" wrote in message
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John wrote:
Just a thought as I have just had a new fence.....

Concrete posts sometimes seem to fail due to the steel reinforcing rods
corroding. Is there any point in trying to reduce moisture getting into
the
concrete by using some sort of paint or sealant? Or isn't this
corrosion
much of an issue on new posts?

Don't be so bloody daft. They are only a tenner or so to replace. They
should easily last a couple of decades.

Start saving up now. Thats 50 pence a post per annum. Can you afford a
penny a week?

As funny as that response was, the question perhaps in these greener
times is.
Does the enviromental impact of the method of longevity outweigh that of
the well known high enviromental impact of producing yet more concrete.

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Mike W


Thanks to both of you - I thought I might be wasting my time - but the
environmental one is an interesting one and I feel we (generally) don't do
enough maintenance as replacement is always more fun - eg. Councils allow
buildings to suffer lack of basic maintenance (gutters cleared, woodwork
painted, etc) then lo and behold the place has to be demolished as it will
cost too much to repair.

Councils usually do that to get around Laws protecting listed buildings.
They turn a blind eye to people getting inside them and make sure they fall
in to such a state that they have to be demolished - which was previously
refused. Then you get a load of tiny flats built on the land handed out to
smackheads and people that travel through many different countries to take
advantage of our benefit system and drain the country.