Securing 16ft 3 by 3 post

[opps]

Hi all

A friend's front garden is pretty wide- double fronted house plus side access to the old coach hose.

He wants to train his wisteria to run from one side of the garden to the other.

The plan is to fit a 3 by 3 post at one and then run a cable to the oak tree at the other end of the garden. The post will be next to a very old and slightly lopsided 9 inch wall. I suggested setting the post in postcrete and then using threaded rods, resin fix and nuts/washers to secure it to the wall which is about 5 ft tall.

I am not convinced that it will be possible to fit the rods first though unless the hole in the ground is made substantially deeper/wider.

If the holes have to be drilled after the post is installed does anyone sell extra long mixing nozzles that will pass through the timber post and into the holes in the wall?nx

T

 

[Tigercubrider]

If the post is secured to the wall, why does it need to be in the ground?
Normally a post has 25% in the ground compared to above so that's a bloody deep hole!

You could drill through the post to the wall, remove the post and epoxy the studs in.

 

[lostinthelight]

Hi all

A friend's front garden is pretty wide- double fronted house plus side access to the old coach hose.
Do you have access to the other side of the wall so it could be drilled right through so the post could be secured with some of those threaded bars, washers and nuts,.
I presume you suggested concreting in to take some of the strain off the wall?...will there be intermediate posts as well as wisteria can get quite heavy
He wants to train his wisteria to run from one side of the garden to the other.

The plan is to fit a 3 by 3 post at one and then run a cable to the oak tree at the other end of the garden. The post will be next to a very old and slightly lopsided 9 inch wall. I suggested setting the post in postcrete and then using threaded rods, resin fix and nuts/washers to secure it to the wall which is about 5 ft tall.

I am not convinced that it will be possible to fit the rods first though unless the hole in the ground is made substantially deeper/wider.

If the holes have to be drilled after the post is installed does anyone sell extra long mixing nozzles that will pass through the timber post and into the holes in the wall?nx

T

If there is access to both sides of the wall,could it be drilled right through and the post secured to it with threaded bar, washers and nuts

https://www.toolstation.com/threade...kb8X4Z7sEi1a54WIwtQKnmHk3f4Vj0T8aAro1EALw_wcB

 

[opps]

If there is access to both sides of the wall,could it be drilled right through and the post secured to it with threaded bar, washers and nuts

https://www.toolstation.com/threade...kb8X4Z7sEi1a54WIwtQKnmHk3f4Vj0T8aAro1EALw_wcB

Thanks for the tip. Yep I drill through the wall in the end.

All seems good thus far.