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Making wooden posts for fencing - How do you preserve
Boris Boyka
#11 Posted : Tuesday, May 12, 2015 10:46:08 PM
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mmarto wrote:
Njung'e wrote:
I will prescribe a cheap ,easy and fun DIY way.

1. Get yourself wood preservative (Preferably Copper naphthenate).
2. Saw off the tops at an angle.This helps in keeping water off the tops.
3. Armed with protective rubber gloves,goggles (don't put on tribal goggles pleasesmile ), paint the lower 1/3 of the post and the angled top.Three coatings at intervals of about 2 hours will do.
4.On day two, coat the entire post with used oil and leave to dry.
5.You may spray the
post holes with a pesticide on the day of propping.I would suggest you kuse Gladiator.One litre will take you very far and i doubt it costs more than 3K a litre.k
6. DO NOT USE CONCRETE TO prop your POSTS!!!..Concrete retains water and sure,your posts will rot faster than where ordinary soil is used.

Besides saving, you'll agree this is a better way of spending your week-end than going to the par to kossip!!smile





Wow wow, @njunge and the rest thank you much. So informative...I plan a DIY, Will do it next . I suppose the posts should be dry before the processweek

Indeed the conrete rottens faster.One fence i did while demolishing, the part covered by conrete had rotten and was cut off.
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chiaroscuro
#12 Posted : Wednesday, May 13, 2015 3:14:02 PM
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Njung'e wrote:
I will prescribe a cheap ,easy and fun DIY way.

1. Get yourself wood preservative (Preferably Copper naphthenate).
2. Saw off the tops at an angle.This helps in keeping water off the tops.
3. Armed with protective rubber gloves,goggles (don't put on tribal goggles pleasesmile ), paint the lower 1/3 of the post and the angled top.Three coatings at intervals of about 2 hours will do.
4.On day two, coat the entire post with used oil and leave to dry.
5.You may spray the post holes with a pesticide on the day of propping.I would suggest you use Gladiator.One litre will take you very far and i doubt it costs more than 3K a litre.
6. DO NOT USE CONCRETE TO prop your POSTS!!!..Concrete retains water and sure,your posts will rot faster than where ordinary soil is used.

Besides saving, you'll agree this is a better way of spending your week-end than going to the par to kossip!!smile






This must be the reason why KPLC doesn't use concrete. But the holes are pretty deep and tight-fitting
mmarto
#13 Posted : Wednesday, June 03, 2015 8:47:28 AM
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Hi Guys. Your suggestions have been put into good use.
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jaggernaut
#14 Posted : Wednesday, June 03, 2015 8:54:20 AM
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mmarto wrote:
Hi Guys. Your suggestions have been put into good use.
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d'oh!
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mmarto
#15 Posted : Wednesday, June 03, 2015 8:58:56 AM
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Hi Guys. Your suggestions have been put into good use.
The only time you should be looking down on others is when you are helping them up.
Njung'e
#16 Posted : Wednesday, June 03, 2015 11:57:37 AM
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mmarto wrote:
Hi Guys. Your suggestions have been put into good use.


Applause Applause ...You got the seasoning arrangement right!...If only you can put a temporary canopy to avoid direct exposure to sunlight.You can use a polythrene paper or gunny bags.
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mmarto
#17 Posted : Thursday, June 04, 2015 5:26:25 PM
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Njung'e wrote:
mmarto wrote:
Hi Guys. Your suggestions have been put into good use.


Applause Applause ...You got the seasoning arrangement right!...If only you can put a temporary canopy to avoid direct exposure to sunlight.You can use a polythrene paper or gunny bags.

@njunge. Thanks. i already placed a canopy, old iron sheets. I let them dry 3 weeks. I hope that will be sufficient time.
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