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    Installing Gate Post Flush with Tarmac Path

    Maybe I should clarify some points - the large "chunky" post will be purely for aesthetics - there will not be a gate hanging off it. Its purpose is to mark the driveway entrance and the end of the front fence. As it stands now a small 75-100mm post just looks lost and unfinished. Concrete...
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    Installing Gate Post Flush with Tarmac Path

    A 200mm x 200mm treated wooden gate post? Over what duration? All the concrete posts on the rest of the fence are failing so they have a finite life too it seems.
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    Installing Gate Post Flush with Tarmac Path

    Not really, at least not from a DIY perspective. Quotes for doing such are not exatly cheap, plus matching the capping stone and brick isn't exactly easy too so you need to remove the other and rebuild to match, plus the orginal 1960s drive way width are very narrow so having wooden posts half...
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    Installing Gate Post Flush with Tarmac Path

    I want to remove an existing brick pier since the matching one is long gone. I'd like to install two 200mm x 200mm gate posts (wood) where the brick piers used to be. Is it possible to install them so they are flush with the existing tarmac path? So remove the old brick and concrete, dig a...
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