Recent content by silly_savage

I think this has to be the best result for least effort. Possibly using 300 high gravel boards as the flags, should be able to set the bottom part within the slab as a haunch.

Is this not what the RC toe was is?

Would be a bit of a death trap I think, and not particularly long lasting, that spot gets about 0.5hrs of sun a day and I'm in the UK's wettest city!

Not especially, gravel might work. The drainage is less of a concern though, that can be dealt with easily, the main issue is how to retain my neighbours garden without losing to much width.

I'm digging out for a concrete path down the side of my house. Ground was up to the DPC in places so it's getting dropped 150mm +100mm slab and 100mm sub base. Issue I have is my neighbour's house is about 1m higher than mine. Her fence (yes it is hers according to the deed plans) already has a...

Managed to set a whole one post today. Though I'm hoping it should speed up a bit now I know what I'm doing. I did end up cutting the post by 100mm in order that they match up with the one my gate is going to close onto when I move it, that's a 1.8m post that will be surface mounted. Have the...

Finally found the time and energy to clear out the holes. Turns out the slots are only 500mm deep so I'll have to trim the 2.4m posts down slightly or have a 1.9m fence. Borrowed the 4yr old's trowel to get the spoil out from the hole.

Aye, it's more though of getting it into the channels and behind the post that fills me with dread. The Durapost is an I section and I aim to get this encased as much as possible to avoid voids and bond it to the wall. Thinking a plan of attack might go something like this: Mix up a fairly...

That's just it, getting concrete into a 25mm gap will... Interesting.

Well the old fence came out without a fight. No concrete, no bolts or shoes, just semi compacted sub-base. The holes are only about 350mm down so need digging down a bit, and probably enlarging cross section in the process. I think I have a plan to dig the holes deeper (or a list of things to...

Explained already, that's my neighbour's side, it's a boundary wall.

Thanks for your thoughts. Maybe I'm naive, but I think they might not be too badly rotted, just possibly not secured very well (haven't found any concrete yet) in which case I'm hoping they come out relatively cleanly.

Sleeping on this, I'm more certain that I'll just use the Durapost steel posts. This should allow a good inch around most of the post and fully bond it to the wall if I can do it right. Most videos I see show the post in place and then concrete/post-crete poured around it. However in the recess...

I should add that I'm strongly leaning towards some kind of hit & miss panelling to reduce wind pressure on the wall, and like I say, it's in a pretty sheltered spot anyway.

Sorry for the confusion, the pic with the wall, that's from my neighbour's side, just to demonstrate the height of it. My path is roughly 100mm from the top of the wall. That's about the size of it except the holes will be 3x3, or probably more like 3x5 or so by the time I've wiggled the posts...