OK, bear with me. This site has enabled me to do things that would have otherwise required a string of pros so I thought I would ask about this one!
Some new houses were built at the end of the garden and the land they are built on is 1-2 feet above our garden, which is level.
The fence at the end of the garden is a heavy one and tall. It sits on the land of the new house, but the posts go into our garden.
The result is there is 1-2 foot of exposed post backing onto ... packed down foundation for the new properties ... with the result that the portion of the post that is not underground is liable to movement.
In short: how do I support those posts without completely replacing the fence? - which is fairly new and otherwise in good condition.
Should I make small brick pods around each post and fill with concrete - but then how are the posts removed if need be? How big should they be?
Or would it be easier to just wall in and fill the entire last foot of the garden? (edit: doesn't sound very easy, would mean tons of filler! BTW the garden is the long narrow sort so no more than 10 metres wide at the end, probably more like 6 meters...)
Any comments much appreciated!
Cheers.
ps. yes the recent storms did loosen it!
Some new houses were built at the end of the garden and the land they are built on is 1-2 feet above our garden, which is level.
The fence at the end of the garden is a heavy one and tall. It sits on the land of the new house, but the posts go into our garden.
The result is there is 1-2 foot of exposed post backing onto ... packed down foundation for the new properties ... with the result that the portion of the post that is not underground is liable to movement.
In short: how do I support those posts without completely replacing the fence? - which is fairly new and otherwise in good condition.
Should I make small brick pods around each post and fill with concrete - but then how are the posts removed if need be? How big should they be?
Or would it be easier to just wall in and fill the entire last foot of the garden? (edit: doesn't sound very easy, would mean tons of filler! BTW the garden is the long narrow sort so no more than 10 metres wide at the end, probably more like 6 meters...)
Any comments much appreciated!
Cheers.
ps. yes the recent storms did loosen it!