We need to replace our redwood fences. One neighbor claims that untreated
redwood is more rot reistant than treated wood.

Can anyone tell me what fence post is more resistant to rot and insects:
pressure treated posts or untreated redwood?

Is the brown pressure treated wood better than the green treated wood?

Is there some website that you can direct me to that shows this information.

thanks in advance

RR wrote:
We need to replace our redwood fences. One neighbor claims that
untreated redwood is more rot reistant than treated wood.

Can anyone tell me what fence post is more resistant to rot and
insects: pressure treated posts or untreated redwood?

Is the brown pressure treated wood better than the green treated wood?

Is there some website that you can direct me to that shows this
information.
thanks in advance

You want a rot-resistant post?

Steel posts in a concrete base with wood 4x4 bolted to the post.

Correct! I have a 30 year old redwood fence that is doing fine. The key to wood longevity is to avoid moisture, so I did NOT sink the redwood 4X4's into the ground. I dug post holes, filled them with concrete, and sunk Simpson heavy duty galvanized post bases into the wet concrete. The post bases elevate the wooden posts above grade by a half inch or so. Every year or two I spray the bottom of the 4X4's with wood preservative and they are doing fine---=no termites and no rot. Now, after 30 + years, some of the Simpson galvanized bases are rusted out, but I have a fix for that, too. Home Depot has inexpensive and rugged stainless steel shelf brackets that look like triangles with pre-drilled holes. Attach one of these to either side of the 4X4 post and, using tap con screws, secure it to the concrete surrounding the rusted post base. It will last longer than you will.

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On Jan 24, 11:05*pm, "RR" wrote:
We need to replace our redwood fences. One neighbor claims that untreated
redwood is more rot reistant than treated wood.

Can anyone tell me what fence post is more resistant to rot and insects:
pressure treated posts or untreated redwood?

Is the brown pressure treated wood better than the green treated wood?

Is there some website that you can direct me to that shows this information.

On Jan 24, 11:05*pm, "RR" wrote:
We need to replace our redwood fences. One neighbor claims that untreated
redwood is more rot reistant than treated wood.

Can anyone tell me what fence post is more resistant to rot and insects:
pressure treated posts or untreated redwood?

Is the brown pressure treated wood better than the green treated wood?

Is there some website that you can direct me to that shows this information.

RR wrote:
We need to replace our redwood fences. One neighbor claims that untreated
redwood is more rot reistant than treated wood.

Can anyone tell me what fence post is more resistant to rot and insects:
pressure treated posts or untreated redwood?

Is the brown pressure treated wood better than the green treated wood?

Is there some website that you can direct me to that shows this information.

thanks in advance


Answers to some of your questions depend, in part, upon where the
fence posts are locate.

Are the in southern Louisiana, Mississippi or Alabama, Florida?

Are the posts in Alaska? High desert country in the Great Basin?

All different sets of bugs, different precipitation and ground water issues,
different teperrature cycles and different freeze / thaw issues
regarding ground water.

Also, of course different soil types with different watrer retention issues.

All of these have a bearing on wood post longevity.

Can you tell us more about the climate, soil type and geographical
location?

Universaly, the plastic / ? PVC ? posts will hold up well, but it
doesn't sound
like that will fit in with your CC&Rs.

Thanks.

In article ,
"RR" wrote:

We need to replace our redwood fences. One neighbor claims that untreated
redwood is more rot reistant than treated wood.

Can anyone tell me what fence post is more resistant to rot and insects:
pressure treated posts or untreated redwood?

If you can get it, plain locust heartwood will last 50 years :0

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nick hull wrote:
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"RR" wrote:

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Can anyone tell me what fence post is more resistant to rot and insects:
pressure treated posts or untreated redwood?

If you can get it, plain locust heartwood will last 50 years :0

black locust, that is...

So will Osage orange...

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On Jan 24, 9:05*pm, "RR" wrote:
We need to replace our redwood fences. One neighbor claims that untreated
redwood is more rot reistant than treated wood.

Can anyone tell me what fence post is more resistant to rot and insects:
pressure treated posts or untreated redwood?

Is the brown pressure treated wood better than the green treated wood?

Is there some website that you can direct me to that shows this information.

Just had my fence built. Heartwood redwood fence with the brown treated post and a six inch 2x6 kicker of treated wood. And there are some corrosive material in the treated wood. So the framing was done with coated screws. Make sure they mix your concrete and not just dump and add water at hole. And last, make sure the concrete is mounded around post, not to hold water. Hope this helps, DK , CA

replying to RR, Jim wrote:
I used treated posts one time. I had to replace every post I planted. They
all warped and/or twisted. I'll never use treated again. I used cedar
usually and they lasted 20+years. Our local home depot just ran out of the
cedar posts, so I used red wood because I heard the same about redwood. I
know many decks which used redwood last long.

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On Friday, January 25, 2008 at 12:05:07 AM UTC-5, RR wrote:
We need to replace our redwood fences. One neighbor claims that untreated
redwood is more rot reistant than treated wood.

Can anyone tell me what fence post is more resistant to rot and insects:
pressure treated posts or untreated redwood?

Is the brown pressure treated wood better than the green treated wood?

Is there some website that you can direct me to that shows this information.

thanks in advance

On Friday, January 25, 2008 at 12:05:07 AM UTC-5, RR wrote:
We need to replace our redwood fences. One neighbor claims that untreated
redwood is more rot reistant than treated wood.

Can anyone tell me what fence post is more resistant to rot and insects:
pressure treated posts or untreated redwood?

Is the brown pressure treated wood better than the green treated wood?

Is there some website that you can direct me to that shows this information.

thanks in advance