I have some fence posts that have been rotting on their tops. I know you can get plastic roofs you nail on. Which i don't like. ( Rain water still coming through the nail hole ? )
So far I'm thinking of soaking in a coat of oil, one that doesn't go rancid and disintegrate; for instance Walnut Oil used in cooking.
Is this a reasonable idea or grateful for any suggestions.
When I had wooden posts, I enclosed the tops of them with Flashband. Warmed slightly, it sticks to the wood very well and waterproofs the tops.
I've never bothered with the tops, I've never had a treated post rot at the top. They do *eventually* fail, usually at the point where they enter the ground (this is after more than ten years though, I still have lots of twenty year old posts supporting my fences).
Are these posts "rotting on their tops" treated at all?
They do, however, pit there. Waterproofing the top stops that and, IMO, a Flashband cap looks better.
They do *eventually* fail, usually at the point where they
Flashband around the post there also helps, if you put it on from new.
Why not just paint them with several coats of a good quality wood preservative ? Or slope the tops and cap them with a cedar or other hardwood shingle cut slightly oversize, so that the rain runs off and doesn't soak in. Or both.
I think they all go eventually. Once rot has started its a bit late to fix it. Brian
I have reason to be considering replacing a wooden fence post in the near future - rotting at the point where it enters the ground, as usual.
I came across this similar commercial solution:
That seems to be a similar approach. Has anyone any experience of the efficacy of these in the long run?
Depending on cost etc, I might try either the postsaver solution, or Colin's Flashband idea. I do have a reasonable hot air gun...
J^n
Don't seem too bad a price (just over £2 ea) for a 4x4"
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