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SammyInnit
I'm after some scaffold board but I've seen stuff advertised as used, new and second grade. New price isn't really justified and second grade often seems to be too far to collect and is in bulk order only; wondering if anyone in or around the Midlands knows anywhere or the best way to buy it to replace fence panels? I've worked out I'll need 10ft and 13ft boards to fill the void most economically.
For anyone wondering why I'm using scaf boards; basically many many years ago my grandfather in all his wisdom decided to set the conc fence posts into a concrete plinth rather than hole-by-hole. In doing this, while the concrete was poured it was impossible to gauge the distance between posts and so it left hardly any, if at all, room for expansion during winter and contraction in summer and opposite effects on the concrete, so normal fence panels don't last longer than a few years.
After the amount of time these posts have been in situ, I wouldn't put faith in them to hold the weight of decorative gravel board top to bottom under a strong wind - such as we've had today. So I thought scaffold board cut to size and perhaps given a creosote bath before shoving them in.
For anyone wondering why I'm using scaf boards; basically many many years ago my grandfather in all his wisdom decided to set the conc fence posts into a concrete plinth rather than hole-by-hole. In doing this, while the concrete was poured it was impossible to gauge the distance between posts and so it left hardly any, if at all, room for expansion during winter and contraction in summer and opposite effects on the concrete, so normal fence panels don't last longer than a few years.
After the amount of time these posts have been in situ, I wouldn't put faith in them to hold the weight of decorative gravel board top to bottom under a strong wind - such as we've had today. So I thought scaffold board cut to size and perhaps given a creosote bath before shoving them in.