Easy Fence Post Repair - How to do it
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- Опубликовано: 7 окт 2024
- Easy, quick and low cost.
For wobbly rotten fence posts that are set in concrete that need re-enforcing.
Minimal standard equipment needed, no access needed to neighbouring side and less than 30 minutes!
2x heavy duty galvanised steel straps available from building/DIY stores (1000mmx30mmx5mm) per post
Club hammer, 60-65mm wood screws (16-20 per post), electric screwdriver (preferable), Safety gloves/goggles
Could someone please tell me where I would buy these straps? Thank you.
www.toolstation.com/heavy-duty-strap-flat/p50096
Thank you. I live in the USA and wonder what I would ask for at the local hardware store?
This looks similar!
www.homedepot.com/p/Simpson-Strong-Tie-MSTI-36-in-12-Gauge-Galvanized-Medium-Strap-Tie-MSTI36/205326023
@@fencehack5501 postbuddysystem.com/product/post-buddy-system/?gclid=CjwKCAjwpuXpBRAAEiwAyRRPgbZqR_duPMNLDMM0nkubHS-tmZeyROmgjaC2g8dWfx90VDwVOPNwcRoCeL0QAvD_BwE
I've used the post buddy straps and the simpson tie. I like the straps better, but there is a use for the simpson parts.
After watching this I bought the metal straps & fixed my rotten post holding up a trellis with a large shrub. Saved me cutting back this large & wide Winter Jasmine & getting old post out, which seemed nearly impossible & very heavy work. As some people say its a bodge & it flexes a bit, but I don't mind that,-it works pretty well,-Thanks!
Happy to see a fellow woman diy. Good woman yourself. Keep the videos coming 🇨🇦
I watched this great video today, bought the material and fixed two post in an hour. Many thanks, best £17.06 I have spent during lockdown. Happy wife, happy life :)
Wonderful job! Just shows you don't need an expensive Dewalt or Milwaukee drill to do repairs. Now I just need to get my wife to fix the fence.
🤣🤣
I have fixed 3 of my fence posts this way and they stood upto the recent storms. Brilliant method for a cheap fix, thanks for posting. :-)
You can buy them in Tool Station. Just got mine and followed the instructions in the video, which are very good. I am happy with the result and didn't take long to do.
Glad to hear it sorted your fence problem. 👍
No fuss...very clear demonstration....and finally addresses my problem....Great Work!!
Worked a treat for us. Wobbly fencepost sorted in half an hour. Many thanks!
Thanks for sharing, hope this is a cheaper alternative to the very similar Post Buddy
Edit - Just tried it with Toolstation's flat straps, pretty easy and seems to do the job! Galvanized so hopefully corrosion resistant, would recommend sharpening one end with an angle grinder or even a metal file.
Thanks for uploading, great money saving hack 👍👍
Just totally awesome young lady " if the rest of the wood is fine this is the way to do it". This temp repair Rocks. Love a woman that could get it together " Hat's off to you".
Thanks so much for sharing. I’ve been surfing RUclips for weeks trying to find an easier way to fix my Leaning fence. My search is over!
Glad it will help you fix your fence! Let us know how it goes...
Same here
shenna shearin did it work?
Good stuff .
Just watched about 20 man made international videos trying to repair fence posts.One guy used nails instead of screws or bolts.A few thought it was quick and easy to remove old posts and concrete..Good to see and hear clear simple instructions.Thank you.
Goggles, gloves and steel toecap slippers.
lmao
Thanks for this ,just goes to show we can all mend stuff without needing professional training
I have looked at several alternatives before I found your video. This is definitely the least expensive and appears to be the easiest vs post doctor, post buddy etc. Good job. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for your nice comment!
Extremely helpful way of fixing broken fence post. I had used an angle corner strap, but now will replace it with these. Thanks.
Wonderful job, to DIY women. I myself will be tackling a backyard fence. This video was very helpful because the post is very weak and I am going to be using what I've learned here today. Thank you for your video.
Worked a treat. I was about to buy some fence buddies but then realised I'd some angled straps in the garage. Cut of the bend, and Bob's your uncle. Oh, get some safety boots though, please.
Great video. I have done the same fix on 8 posts at a relatives home. That was about 5 years ago and it’s still holding and tight. I’m in Ontario Canada and I’m sure our winters are a bit harsher. My only suggestion is that if you can get them, use construction rated screws, (in Canada Home Depot stocks the Simpson brand). Conventional 3” screws have very little sheer strength and break easily with side pressure. Very detailed explanation. Good job!
Excellent service your idea can save lots of money god bless you
Thank you for your comment. It certainly worked for us. 🙂
Fence Hack, OMG Thanks for posting this, you've saved me ££££.
Brilliant thank you. I hope your repair went well.
As other comments
The strap start off easier with a section of post to use to sandwich the strap.
Pilot holes
Correct screwdriver size bit
Splay the screws all directions to reduce the risk of pull out in heavy winds
Good on the girl for giving it a shot 💥
Nice job 👍
A safe worker is a good worker 👍
Really useful video. I’m completely useless at DIY but this looks a great way to save my fence which got a battering last night. Many thanks 👍
Update... it worked a treat!
Excellent to hear that. Great 👍
Excellent demonstration
Thanks, I followed your instructions for the straps. The post is stronger but still leans a bit. I think there's a few factors involved: the condition of the post, the ground and the weight bearing on the post. Thanks it's still a lot stronger and won't blow over!
Glad it’s helped strengthen the post and fence. 👍 Yes I agree. We were lucky our concrete base was so stable and the post was not rotten where the metal strap was attached.
very nice job. I have just the post that needs these.
Wow, this was an amazing video. This is a much better alternative!
Thanks for your comment. I hope its solved your fence problem. Much easier than having to dig out a firmly set concrete base and replace it!
@@fencehack5501, I just finished the Project, worked wonderfully, thank you again for the idea!
Removing old concrete is incredibly easy. With an SDS drill and a breaker spike, you can pulverise it to rubble in about 30 seconds.
Thanks for this. Fence post repair spikes cost £30 each. This is a great cheap fix that will save me a lot of money. Just ordered the straps at approx £8 per post. Awesome!
Thank you, I'd never thought of this, will give it a go!
Drill some small pilot holes for the screws - will stop potential for the wood splitting and the screws will go in easier and less likely to strip the heads
Yes good tip, thanks. That certainly would have helped. I didn’t realise it would be so difficult to drill in to.
You just saved me a lot of work!! Thanks
Brilliant! I hope you were successful 👍
Good job!
thankyou, will try it over the weekend.
Well done for finding a very quick and easy solution! As a handy-man I'm always looking for efficient fixes. The only concern for me on a fence that high (with no wind penetration) is the act of wind eventually bending the metal over time and you may be back to square one. If this did happen I'd maybe consider building a brace from around a third to a half way up the post, connecting to the deck (creating a small triangle). This can be done from one end of deck to other to give extra strength. Can't go wrong with that method, very solid. You could also hide the ugliness by perhaps turning it into a feature (e.g. raised bed next to fence that hides/blends-in the braces).
Thanks for your comments. It’s unlikely to bend given these straps are used for “Heavy restraint straps meet requirements for lateral restraint of roof trusses, rafters and joists tied into masonry walls.”
Fence is still standing straight A’s of today to update everyone
@@fencehack5501 Good to hear!
Good job
Many thanks for this, brilliant. I had recently bought a 4"x4" x 8' treated gate post and it's been too cold and too wet to start digging out concrete. Just seen this repair a couple of days ago and went out and bought two straps from Toolstation. Today had a couple of hours of dry weather and in just 1/2 hour all was fixed, solid as a rock (by the way, I did use the appropriate safety goggles and gloves). One tip I'd pass on is that I made one end chiseled using a grindstone and this helped them just slide in. Anyone want to buy a gate post?
Its Brilliant to hear your success. Glad it worked well. 5 ⭐️stars for safety too!
Brilliant. Looks easy enough.
I like how you respond to the naysayers!
Nice job!...I'd probably reinforce it by attaching 90 degree brace onto the deck floor itself. That would help brace it so the wind doesn't eventually rock it back and forth and loosen the one meter steel braces.
FYI still standing after storm Ciara!
Still going!
A good fixe i haven't seen you using a spirit level.
thanks for showing me. I have the same problem with a wobbly post and got quoted alot to fix it so may try this thanks
Thank you so much for this just checked toolstation and they have plenty in stock gonna collect tomorrow and put them on my posts I hope it works as well as yours did. 👍
Wow,good job young lady!!
Great idea amiga👍
Very inspiring video! Thank you so much.
Glad you liked the video. Hopefully it will work for your fence too.
Good idea and job thanks
Great tutorial!! Works perfectly, you have saved me a lot of money Fence Hack!
Thank you !
More videos to come ?
👍🏻🇨🇦👍🏻
wow, thank you so much for this
No problems, good luck with yours
Thank you.
Love the safety footwear😂
Great help. Thank you
You will find driving the screw easier with a pozi bit the one in the drill was a Phillips much more likely to cam out of the screw head damaging the bit or the screw
Also using impact driver will give her more torque power for sure, not regular drivers
it's painful isn't it?
Buy your self a impact driver they are amazing.
Great video steel toe cap boots would have been sensible 😀 glad it's still standing, job well done.
Nice video and explanation. For home projects I prefer T25 Hex screws The catch, bite and hold better than Phillips head screws.
Great video ! Its a good option for someone on a budget. I just made a similar video with a similar product. Its so easy !!
Good alternative to the more expensive post buddy? I might give these a try for my 6ft fence which has some broken posts. Thanks for uploading the vid and the link for the straps.
Thank for sharing your hack tip, I will use your hack on storm Jorge, but please keep your feet away from that sledge hammer always think health and safety..
Outstanding video
Thanks for your feedback. I hope it sorts out your wobbly fence.
Great job,
But please wear some work boots.
I've just been down to toolstation and bought the metal post supports.👍
Yes, thank you for boots advice! I hope you had success with your fence repair.
Gonna try this as recent wind broke a post
Very helpful !! Thank you
Get yourself some work boots. ASAP!
You show the screws are pozi screws, but used a Philips bit in the driver. This can lead to damaged bits and rounded screw heads!
i like the safety footwear
Are those steel toe capped slip ons 🤣 you being a safety first kinda person ..great video btw . Are these a cheaper alternative to Post Buddy (about £15 a pair )
Yes they are. It’s still standing btw
Millworker here. Put some wax on the threads or predrill and you have to follow the screw in a straight line with the driver or you'll chew the bit and the head up.
I would suggest that this repair will last a lot longer than some comments have said.
The post always rots at ground level and very often the wood encased in the concrete below ground is in perfect condition.
So driving down between the wood and concrete should give a firm fix.
The strap to side of the post will be doing the majority of the work stopping the post moving back and forward, the metal is very “unbendable” in that plane.
And of course the fence panels themselves stop any post left/right movement.
I have some old oak fencing rotted at ground level, (a job I have been putting off for a while) I think I will try your method, thank you.
Perhaps some icing on the cake would be to Hammerite the tops of the straps where the galvanising is damaged and all your burred screwheads!
Lovely to see the fairer gender getting involved in this type of work. Sincerely Jim.
Thanks for your comment. You know your stuff! Yes it was a first attempt and not perfect by any means but it’s worked for us. It’s still strong! I hope it works for you. 😁
Nice job... I did worry about your feet !!!
Or use an SDS on kango setting and old socket......drives it with no swinging off hammer 👍
Fair play for trying 😆, 50mm galvanized screws would have been better , wont rust , a gust of wind will send that on it's way 😆🤦♂️🤦♂️
personally i would have taken advantage of the decking and used a couple of L brackets ( galvanized) and fixed to that , But hey , everyone to their own , thanks for the vid though , cheered me up 👍 . now , could ya pop round and fit these bloody doors for me 🤞🤞
Still standing and not rusted after 1 year. Its the UK we dont have extreme weather very often. We like to think we do and talk about it all the time!
@@fencehack5501 well i am a londoner so i know about our s**t weather :).............. And you proved me wrong 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🎁😊
Concrete spurs would be my choice of a fix. These strips just seem a bit tacky and not as strong IMO.
Good diy video
Hi ..... You are BEAUTIFUL AND AMAZING !!!!! .....THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS .....
I will try this, I'll let you know if it works for me.
Great job! One suggestion invest in an impact driver, much easier for long screws than standard cordless drills.
Thanks for your feedback. We just used what we had available and managed to do it. But yes the right tools for the right job and all that...!
Thanks!
Great tip...thank u! 🤘
Very cool. Thank you!
thanks I was thinking I would need a man for this job but now I know I do not
You ma'am are a badass!
After repairing, is the post automatically 90 degree upright?
Yes!
Fence Hack, is this still working?
Yes!
I like the fake push test at the end cause i seen it still moving all over the place
if you put some soap on them screws they go in a lot easer
The first metal piece you pounded in was a waste. Two on the sides would have been better. The stringers and the fence pickets keep the fence from racking. Replacing the post and wrapping the part that interfaces with the ground with a galvanized sheet metal would have been better and easier. Your fence construction makes post replacement easy because the stringers can be detached from the post using a sawzaw. All in all it was a good repair though. I merely want to point out to others some better options.
Thanks for your comments but disagree with some of it. The repair is quick (30min for amateurs) , cheap(£7-8) And hassle free. You are right in that this is not a fence replacement video. This is a fix and is still standing upright!
Best wishes
@@fencehack5501 Surely it is not winds blowing alongside the fence which are the problem ? My east-west fence was broken by a northerly gale which of course hits it head on. I have two of these straps on order and BOTH will be placed on the northern face of the post where the extra strenghth is needed.
Was this post rotten at the base as that is my problem with my post? Wanted to try this or post buddy?
Thanks for this, very useful, will do mine next weekend. Any reason you didn't put one on the other side as well?
two seems enough for us. We do not have any plants or things on the fence so its mainly just to hold it up.
I needed this. Thank you? Question: Would it be safe to reinforce base with concrete?
Don’t see why not
@@fencehack5501 Thanks
I would think the chances of banging that rod into the ground vertical pretty remote unless you are on very soft soil and if you hit a big stone on the way down it is going to either stop or tilt off sideways.
Our posts are set in concrete. So you a driving the metal strap between the concrete and wood, so we did not have the problem you mention.
Bravo.
Those thin straps of metal won't support those posts. You would need something with a right angle to fit across the corner (rigid) and at least 5mm thick.
Well done ....very good job 👍
can I buy this ant home depot or lowes and what are they called? thank you and great job
We are in UK and used this
www.toolstation.com/heavy-duty-strap-flat/p50096?store=U2&gclid=Cj0KCQiA1pyCBhCtARIsAHaY_5fHAvMkrzvbJ-JGrZ0GlHnnNMo47oZ-C1CjY1YcC5edx1InbCoqq-saAqQEEALw_wcB
This looks similar In Home Depot
www.homedepot.com/p/Simpson-Strong-Tie-LSTA-1-1-4-in-x-24-in-20-Gauge-Galvanized-Strap-Tie-LSTA24/100375306
@@fencehack5501 ok thank u:)
Good work, well done on the first post👍. But how did you manage with the other post, behind the shed ? as it looks like your neighbour's conservatory could severely restrict access too. The Steel support straps used seem a great temporary idea.
But I think eventually the wooden posts will need replacing (as they will continue to rot) and for a more permanent, secure solution and they only cost about £5 or £6 each and a 20kg bag of post concrete is about the same cost. Just a thought..👍 Good luck anyway..
A small person can squeeze into that gap!. This method does not require any digging, lifting, leveling just a bit of hammering and screwing. So far so good still standing.
@@fencehack5501 ha ha do you mean like a child ?? Don't believe there's enough room to safely use a power tool...🤭😉
Once you use torque head screws that's all you'll use for everything