"The Medway Handyman" wrote in
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Doing a fencing job at the mo, and its being a right embuggerance.

Posts are rotten at ground level & seem to be embedded in a mixture
of
hardcore & dry mix sand/cement. The hardcore breaks out OK but the
crumbly
dry mix is a PITA.

Using a big breaker (hired) but whats happening is that the point
digs into
the crumbly stuff for about 2" then jams & has be pulled out. You
have to
hold the breaker back to stop the point sticking.

I'm guessing, but the section of fence causing the trouble is at the
bottom
of a fairly long slope and I reckon it gets very wet in bad weather.
I
suspect that the posts were inserted by packing hardcore around them
& then
using a dry mix of sand/cement like you would when pointing a patio.

Anyone come across this method of fence post fixing before?


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk



That's where the JCB 3CX comes in! Grab the old post in the 4 in1
bucket mouth, and pull it out like an old tooth. Had to do dozens like
that here. And the secret is to whack the concrete plug with a sledge
hammer while it's still up in the air and it all falls off leaving the
timber ready for re-use or burning.

AWEM