Anyone know who sells these garden post spikes mail order and cheaper than B&Q or Wicks.
I have bought them in the past from www.cpc.co.uk but they no longer seem to stock them.
Cheers.
Fence post spikes
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Anyone know who sells these garden post spikes mail order and cheaper than B&Q or Wicks.
I have bought them in the past from www.cpc.co.uk but they no longer seem to stock them.
Cheers.
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Builders merchants do generic ones. The Metpost branded ones are pretty much the same price everywhere and are the most expensive.
What will you be using them for?*
They don't work quite as easily as the marketing bumph would suggest.
* a fence probably, but what type, size etc
What will you be using them for?*
They don't work quite as easily as the marketing bumph would suggest.
* a fence probably, but what type, size etc
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Thanks for the info Deluks
My next door nieghbour is removing his 25 year old seven foot tall pine hedge but will be leaving the stumps cut down to ground level.
It will be replaced with a 4ft fence.
As the ground will be more than a bit rootbound, I though that the easiest way to drive in fenceposts would be with the use of the metal spikes.
Cheers.
Until your metpost hits a root!
We intended to make a pilot hole with a long pinchbar.
Cheers
I'm not one the metpost haters, but there's no advantage using them here. As the roots decay the ground will become looser and the posts will lose what little support they had.
7ft high isn't likely to have an unmanageable root system, invest in a mattock or sharpen an old spade with an angle grinder and you'll fly through the ground. Or were the trees reduced to 7ft from a greater height?
7ft high isn't likely to have an unmanageable root system, invest in a mattock or sharpen an old spade with an angle grinder and you'll fly through the ground. Or were the trees reduced to 7ft from a greater height?
Thanks guys.
I'm begining to go off the idea of using Metposts.
I did use them when I built the fence at the front of my garden about five years ago. I've just had a look at them and the posts are in very good condition and rock solid.
Cheers.
I'm begining to go off the idea of using Metposts.
I did use them when I built the fence at the front of my garden about five years ago. I've just had a look at them and the posts are in very good condition and rock solid.
Cheers.
R
roberta1000
Not a pro like Thermo but I've used metposts quite a bit with good results. I alwys use the 30" long 4" pukka metposts (the bolt-up ones are NBG) and I've found that they don't loosen over time and the posts don't rot. Just need a bit of care to get them in square (a bu**er when they rotate going down!).
Anyone know who sells these garden post spikes mail order and cheaper than B&Q or Wicks.
I have bought them in the past from www.cpc.co.uk but they no longer seem to stock them.
Cheers.
In my experience those things are a complete waste of time and money - Concrete Godfathers or replacement posts are the only way to go for broken wooden posts.
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