Concrete fence posts

Try specialist fencing suppliers who mainly supply to commercial contractors. I found some good ones in this way.

Alas they all seem like that. You can get uPVC posts & panels that don't rot or fade apparently - might be worth a Google.

One thing about concrete posts - they are unbelievably heavy - two man job to install.

Other option would be to drive a metspike into the ground and then fit a wooden post to that. Makes it easy to change posts later if required.

"have you got any that are not crap?"

Find a specialist fencing place. Our local one makes their own posts and gravel boards etc to a very high quality.

Concrete posts are incredibly heavy and a real pain to install. Might be worth looking at something like the Jackson fence range (or local equiv - I just know about Jacksons as they are up the road).

Darren

They aren't. I was given two posts and they are smooth and amazingly dense. I have no idea where he got them except that they were from an online supplier. The supplier does them with one, two (straight and angle), three or four groove versions too.

One man and a woman can do it but I wouldn't do it again.

Have you considered making your own?

Plastic pipe for the outer profile

NT

Pressure treated wood should last 25 years. I always set them into gravel rather than comcrete. That way any water can drain away rather than sitting in a concrete cup full of wood post.

John

How do you get the post rigid enough to withstand a high wind?

I have actually installed 9' concrete posts by myself - mind you I'm a strapping lad - ex weightlifter - and I struggled with them.

Bollocks. You are a magician. A wave of your magic wand and they lifted themselves into place ;-)

Adam

Just like that? ;-)

As long as it is gravel with nice sharp edges, I expect that would hold it rather well.

Gravel compacts well as long as it isn't pebbles, crushed stone chippings works well IME. Also use a post hole digger and avoid disturbing too much surrounding soil. Works with telephone poles so fences shouldn't be a problem.

They went down his trouser leg.

Doesn't bear thinking about.

I use a post hole borer to get a deep hole with vertical sides and use sharp gravel to fill the gap around the post. I've built my gazeebo that way and it'll probably out last me. Aim to get a good deep hole about 2 to 3 ft deep. It should be fairly close to the size of the post and vertical. That's the difficult bit. If you get the angle wrong, shave a bit off the side with a post hole digger. The aim is to rely on the already compacted earth to hold the post in place. There's a lot of information on this site

John

I wish they had!

The old magic wand isn't as good as it was - especially after lifting those posts!

You can get tablets for that...

FWIW Supreme now do a range of lightweight concrete posts.