Do it Yourself: Re: [DIY] Vinyl fence post question

02 October 2012

Re: [DIY] Vinyl fence post question

Thank you for the great suggestions.

Joyce

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From: OOWONBS@Netscape.net
To: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [DIY] Vinyl fence post question
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 21:58:37 -0400 (EDT)

Cpl ideas. Locate the Mfr, maybe online, and look at the 
  kit parts. See if you want them or not.
  
  For strength, galvanized pipe is cemented in front of some garage 
  water heaters and furnaces to protect them from cars. Additionally, 
  these are filled with cement.
  
  You could put a cement base, with a piece of rebar. 
  Later, place the post over the rebar and fill with some cement. 
  You need not fill the post totally, but may, It WILL impede the 
  addition of screws, later, however. So order of you doing things 
  or timing, before the cement hardens, can be important.
  
  I do not know the size exactly, but much 2x2 is 1 1/2" and 
  1 1/2 X 2 = 3. Alternately, there are round poles about 3". 
  You could fill the top with expanding foam to make them 
  secure. This foam tends to act like a glue as well as a filler.
  
  IF YOU SELECT to use foam this way, we must talk further 
  of the caveats of application.
  
  BillSF9c
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  Vinyl fence post question      Posted by: "snaffles@essex1  Even though I measured wrong yesterday...  I am still going to plan on cutting some 4 x 4's down to fit  inside some of the 3 x 3 vinyl fence. It really shocks me that  any manufacturer would make a vinyl post that small.    The lady I purchased the used vinyl fence from used it for her  horse lot. She did not give me the end posts. I am assuming that  those were seated in cement. The rest of the posts were tamped in  dirt and they never moved.  Joyce      On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 11:09 AM, David Cox <dcwired@att.net  <mailto:dcwired@att.net> > wrote:    May I suggest an alternative to a new, longer post?  Dig a 3'  deep      hole and fill it with concrete up to 1' below the  ground level (the      depth your posts will extend down to).   Insert some type of rod or      pipe in the center extending a  foot or so above ground.  Drill a      hole the size of the rod  or pipe (say 1 1/4" diameter or so) into      the bottom of the  post and slide the post down onto the rod or pipe      for  support.