On Wed, 4 Apr 2012 15:34:17 +0100, "TheScullster"
wrote:


So, rather than breaking out the newly Postcreted hole, I've read it's
acceptable to (carefully) drill / plug these concrete posts and
therefore maybe fit 3 of the little 'U' section metal fence panel
'clips' and use them on the alley fence post on one side and the std
'inline' post slot on the end of the party fence line?



Some concrete posts have a couple of decent size holes in them already.

As these do but unfortunately in the wrong plane. ie, they go through
the post in the slots rather than across the post in the plain faces
(well, so it seems anyway).

For hanging a gate on, I used bolts throught these holes to secure a wooden
post up against the installed concrete one.

Yes, this is how the back gate is hung ... on wooden 'post's (they are
actually nearly 4x4"!) coach bolted to / though the concrete posts. In
fact on the fence-side post, the coach bolts went through wood,
concrete, wood and when I took one wood off to use the slot in the
concrete I cut the seized nuts off the bolts with a cutting disk on
the mini angle grinder through the post then put a 10mm thread on them
to suit the new shorter role g).

Do your posts have holes already and if so can you use this method to help
with the junction?

I was thinking that rather than drilling holes in the posts I could
use another of my favourite d-i-y things and glue (bond?) the U
brackets with the full-fat Gripfill or CT1?

Cheers, T i m