Opinions on this product please?

Argyll · Post by **Argyll** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 4:24 pm

I used to soak my posts in old engine oil but have recently used a bitumen paint. I saw this product and wondered if anyone has used them? It's not terribly expensive so maybe worth a punt.

https://www.postsaver.com/Postsaver-jou ... .html.html

Someone-Else · Post by **Someone-Else** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 4:31 pm

Heat shrink sleeving for posts, sounds novel.

Rorschach · Post by **Rorschach** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 5:16 pm

Apparently it works quite well. Why not do both and soak in oil and then use the postsaver. I use old engine oil on woodwork and it seems to do a very good job but it isn't a total cure for rot.

ahfix · Post by **ahfix** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 5:21 pm

I'm sure i saw these (or something similar) at Blair Drummond Safari park on fences around enclosures.

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Chippo1 · Post by **Chippo1** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 5:48 pm

Is there not a danger of water getting in the top as the timber shrinks with age !

Concrete fence post are the only real solution long term

dewaltdisney · Post by **dewaltdisney** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 5:56 pm

I agree, concrete posts are best. I found that as good as the protection was underground the bloody post would always snap at ground level. The stump would be quite sound when I pulled it out. I hate wooden posts with a passion but not as much as Metpost fixing that are effing useless.

DWD

Chippo1 · Post by **Chippo1** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 6:01 pm

I think it’s funny putting timber treatment on fences , when the bit treated above ground never rots.

As DWD says it is the bit at ground level always damp and in nice oxygen rich air that rots regardless , do fence treatment a waste of time , money and effort

dewaltdisney · Post by **dewaltdisney** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 6:42 pm

Yep, I have never painted a fence panel in my life.

DWD

Dave54 · Post by **Dave54** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 6:51 pm

dewaltdisney wrote: ↑Sat Jun 20, 2020 6:42 pm Yep, I have never painted a fence panel in my life.

DWD

Do you know, I don't think I have either.
And wooden fence posts always rot off. . .

Chippo1 · Post by **Chippo1** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 6:59 pm

On a number of occasions I have been asked why I haven’t treated my fence ! I have to explain and I just get odd looks like I have just got out of the funny farm ( maybe I have mmm )

big-all · Post by **big-all** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 9:21 pm

wood rots at about 19% moisture more or less or constantly fluctuating it wont rot thats why fence posts' sheds at ground level and sheltered wood rot because it hovers around the 19% level for too long

Argyll · Post by **Argyll** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 10:10 pm

dewaltdisney wrote: ↑Sat Jun 20, 2020 5:56 pm I agree, concrete posts are best. I found that as good as the protection was underground the bloody post would always snap at ground level. The stump would be quite sound when I pulled it out. I hate wooden posts with a passion but not as much as Metpost fixing that are effing useless.

DWD

If you read the blurb it states "Ground line rot and decay in the upper 150mm or 6” of the ground is the number one cause of Fence & Gate post failure". They claim this product eradicates this.

dewaltdisney · Post by **dewaltdisney** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 10:35 pm

Worth a try then. I accept that it is a major job to replace a run with concrete posts but they are usually fit once and forget.

DWD

Toria · Post by **Toria** » Mon Jun 22, 2020 12:52 am

Tops of fence posts rot too if they're flat and catch water - got a few that have hollowed out.