Fence post wobble

[singled5678]

Hi all,

I repleced a fence post on Saturday and a couple of panels.

I checked how it was last night and there is a fair bit of wobble, its a wooden post ahttp://www.wickes.co.uk/fence-post-100mmx100x27m/invt/548025/

I put a couple of feet under the ground level and used a dry mix with gravel. Since Saturday theres been a bit of rain and that has collected around the post which I guess unsettled things.

Any ideas on the nbest way to remedy? I have some postcrete and thought about digging a hole around the post and putting that in around it?

Cheers

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

You need to get it out and do it again with concrete, or postcrete at a push about 2-4 bags.

 

[singled5678]

Cheers, my thought was to leave some of the new mix in and just get a hole around the post and infill, would that be wise?

 

[JohnD]

is the post loose in the concrete, or the concrete loose in the ground?

 

[singled5678]

Looks like the post is loose in the concrete, but to be honest I need to investigate a bit further as I looked last night and it was dark and there was a bit of wter ofter all the rain.

 

[kbdiy]

Make sure you tamp the concrete down well around the post to compact it. Use the end of a piece of scrap timber.

If the surrounding earth is loose then you may well need to go deeper if it still doesn't set properly.

 

[singled5678]

Cheers, I did Tamp but think all the rain either loosened that or the earth around it, need to check. Make things worse with having really clay ground

 

[JohnD]

if the post is loose in the concrete, I expect wind moved it around before the concrete was set. The first 24 hours are most important.