How to slot fencing in??

[Kurtcat]

Really feel a bit stupid asking but i will anyway.... I embarked on a project of replacing some fence panels in the garden that had seen better days. They were slotted into concrete posts. I managed to find a local supplier who has made up some really good feather edge panels to replace them with.

I've ripped out one fence panel but what is the easiest method of slotting the new panel in, i thought it would be easy lifting and tilting in until the realisation that a 6x6 fence panel weighs a bloody lot

Any ideas??

 

[Inky Pete]

Bloody hard work on your own, especially if the wind is blowing - as it was the one time I attempted it solo.

Phone a mate and promise to buy him a pint or three. Dead easy with two pairs of hands.

 

[Kurtcat]

Bloody hard work on your own, especially if the wind is blowing - as it was the one time I attempted it solo.

Phone a mate and promise to buy him a pint or three. Dead easy with two pairs of hands.

Solo!!! I can imagine the scene

Would it be easier on steps??

 

[merlin50]

if you are 12 feet tall you will not need a step ladder but if you are shorter then its a must

 

[Inky Pete]

Two pairs of steps and with two people just lift the thing straight up and drop it in. Depending on how accurately your posts were set out the new panel might need a bit of jiggling or even persuasion with a mallet to drop all the way in.

If your two people are tall enough you can often do it quite easily without the steps.

 

[Kurtcat]

Thanks for the replies... Sadly not 12ft tall and no local basketball team i can ask so it looks like its going to be steps (err.. not the group that is)

 

[jdpjamesp]

Actually, they might be perfect... "Reach for the stars..."

 

[Kurtcat]

Actually, they might be perfect... "Reach for the stars..."

That was S Club7.... not that i knew that... i was told - HONESTLY

 

[jdpjamesp]

Actually, they might be perfect... "Reach for the stars..."

That was S Club7.... not that i knew that... i was told - HONESTLY

Deliberate mistake...

 

[Kurtcat]

Project finished with aid of H and Lisa from Steps, some of S Club7 and 2 Harlem Globetrotters who happened to be passing. Thanks for all the advice peeps