Removing a post and wire fence

[Buh]

I've recently moved into a new build house and the back garden has one of those awful concrete post and wire fences in it. I don't know if they have a specific name but it looks a little bit like this:
http://www.ndpfencingcentre.co.uk/images/mai/concrete/1Row-One-E-Post-and-Wire.jpg

Does anyone here know how I can get rid of this easily? Or is it not worth the bother? How deep down do these things usually go?

 

[JohnD]

If it was put in by the builders they are quite likely to have lobbed in a barrowful of readimix for each post, so it will be a pig to get out.

Maybe you could use the posts and attach some wooden fencing to it? Or grow grape vines?

If you don't like the look of grey concrete posts you can paint them with dark brown masonry paint quite easily, I do this to tone with the wooden fencing. The paint has a life of about 15 years.

 

[oilman]

You could put some railway memorabilia next to it, to have it in its usual environment.

 

[Buh]

You could put some railway memorabilia next to it, to have it in its usual environment.

JohnD, I thought it might be easier to remove the wire and keep the posts in. But the middle ones are not straight - they are a fair bit wider at the bottom and this would make putting a wooden fence up a bit less straightforward than I'd like.
I just wish they hadn't bothered with the fence at all and left us to put one in of our choice, most other residents I've spoken to feel the same too.
Thanks for the advice!

 

[2scoops0406]

If they're anything like the one I removed, it'll be a pig of a job. But the way to do it is obvious, remove the wire, labouriously dig around the posts. As said though in all likelyhood there'll be load of concrete around the base. Coupled with the fact the the posts themselves have steel reinforcement in them makes this job a bit of a stinker.

 

[nelsy]

How about using some thatched screening on the existing wire fence. Comes on a roll - great natural covering and looks good as a background to plants and gives you privacy.

Woven brushwood Screen was available from our outlet in the following lengths 13' x 3'3",13' x 4'11'', 13' x 6'6''. I bought some last year to put on a similar fence and I am very pleased with the result. It is said to have a life expectancy outdoors of 5 years - but after one year still looks great. I bought mine off ebay from www.queenswood.co.uk.

My wire fencing was 5', so I bought the 13' x 4' 11'' - cost approx £20 per roll.

Hope this helps.

 

[Thermo]

dont see the problem if you want to remove it. cut thgrough the tensioning wires at the top and the bottom and pull them through. the chain link will then fall in a nice heap, thats as easy to pick up as juggling a bag of ferrets. If you are looking at putting any type of fence up then measure it out first. Keep any posts that fall where a new post will go and use these to face fix the new pot to (assuming youre using timber) As for the others, cut them off just below ground level with a stihl saw or similar (you can hire them for a day or morning) If you dig it out you will cause yourself a lot of work to get out the concrete. It also disturbs the ground for any new posts going in and means you end up using a shed load of concrete. A kango will quite happily allow you to cut a square pocket into any of the existing concrete you hit and you can sink new posts into that and concrete around them.

(i hate chainlink!)