How to repair wood fence without digging or using concrete. Grip Rite
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- Опубліковано 14 лис 2016
- DIY . Repairing a 6' tall wood fence using metal posts without digging or using any concrete. Using fence post driver to set metal posts.
Grip Rite brackets used.
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Hello for everyone who is skeptical about the strength of the this type of fence its stronger than you think my personal fence at home is built similar and still standing strong after 7 years no issues. Would a pole with concrete feel stronger? Yes it would but that doesn't mean this type of fence wont work this fence is designed for people on a BUDGET. To build a fence with with poles concreted the traditional way you will spend at least 3 times as much money/time after labor and materials. I have built plenty of fences with and without concrete and they are all still standing any who doubts me is welcome to come see this exact fence in the video located in Casper WY which has brutal winters and high wind and see that it has absolutely no issues. That being said if you have no budget restrictions then a tradition fence with concrete might make more sense for you.
Great idea, but a metal post could also be used as an anchor. For example if a hole is drilled in the broken post, so that it would go over the metal post anchor and then use lag screw or bolt to secure the wooden post to the metal post anchor.
Also adding a stiffern placed (like a section of short pipe is one of many options) in or even over the metal post anchor would strengthen it at the connection point. And it could eliminate the deformation of the metal post anchor when its driven in the ground, so it wouldn't have be cut off to place the wooden post over it. So it would be advisable.
While its a little more complex.. U do end up with a more original look to it and it should end up being cheaper too.
what are the materials needed for this repair please?
Great attitude, stand behind your work and do it by example. Too many people on the internet can just type negative things in a few moments to those like you who are creative and working hard to help those in the real world. Excellent tips - 100% free video, I rate this A+++.
Thank you for sharing.
My question is: does the rainy weather inflence posts' sturdiness in any way? i mean these metallic posts mounted this way by beating them. and when the ground gets lots of water from rain. thanks!
Brother, everything you did was a good idea. Had you removed all the old pickets and put up new ones, no one could tell it wasn't all new. I like the idea for encasing the metal post with the pickets.
Like you said, whatever is in their budget. ✌🏽🥳
Thank you for this video. I’ve priced fence installation and looking at $60 to $70 per feet of fence plus a permit required so my property tax is going up. I’m going to repair my fence myself. It’s in the back so not that concerned about aesthetics. Great idea using galvanized metal poles. One thing though, our ground here is really hard clay so I plan to use a hand drill auger to start the holes then drive the poles into the ground. Thanks again.
Thank you! Metal just makes more sense than wood which rots so easily.
Excellent video. I have watched several videos on how to fix a broken fence and I like this method the most.
Today I took your ideas and fixed my sagging fence. Zero digging or concrete and completed 3 posts in about 2 hours. Super strong and once I box the poles it will look good. Thanks for the video, it REALLY HELPED!!!!
Awesome glad the video helped
Life sucks and then there's this! Thankyou for sharing your intelligence!
I can watch people working for hours
I like the part about putting a box around the pole. Makes for a more aesthetically pleasing fence.
I’d be concerned that such box would make a perfect home for wasps or other insects. Why not simply pre-paint the galvanized post to somewhat match the color of aged wood?
Lots of metal pole solutions Videos out there. Yours is the best in my opinion! Solution for bending horizontal stringers really helpful! Thanks!
Very good video! I have also done this method many times and it works great, I usually dig down about a foot and put concrete on the top foot or so with the rest pile drived down in the ground. Makes it nice and solid! I like the tip of using the bottom two brackets to support the post while you drive it! Thanks!
Great video. Lazy, creative and effective. My kind of fix. I don't want to deal with concrete or digging, so this was perfect. It looks damn strong actually.
The wind knocked down a section of my fence. This video helped me out a lot. I did not want to put up a whole new fence because sometimes idiots tag the fences in my neighborhood. I rather just fix it as needed.
Wind is really bad here as well.
Man, you made that look easy. We have way too many rocks in our ground for that pile driving method to work. Thanks for making the video.
I want to thank you for sharing this. Luckily my fence is not in this much repair, however, using this method bought us some time before having to install a new fence. Good Stuff.
Great, helpful video and I like those Grip Rite brackets. I had found 'pipe straps' at Ferguson' plumbing supply but the Grip Rite brackets look better still. Thanks.
Thanks, have worked through the years (20) my fence. I am happy that my intuition was spot on all the time with common sense too. This video shows some “tricks” that will come in handy in the future. 👍
Great idea
A couple years ago, 'tried using Simpson Tie post reinforcer. My posts weren't in that bad of shape and was a big deal trying to get it worked in to the post and concrete (2' of concrete!) I like your idea, but what I ended up doing this year is just getting treated 4x4 posts and installing them half way in between the old posts with pea gravel and screwing into the horizontal beams. My dad told me about pea gravel and how it works better than concrete for posts because it allows for drainage and is just as solid. It worked!
Excellent idea, and very workable when you can only do a little at a time. Thank You!
Thank you buddy. I always love learning new things and never knew about a fence post driver. I'm going to buy it and play with it. 👍😀😎
expensive tool
Awesome fix and to think after the repair if they washed it with the correct detergents that wood would brand new again.
Thank you
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Ok I'm doing this, we had a hurricane last night in Houston and a section fell, the only difference is, I will be screwing thru fence pickets because, the face of fence is facing me, and do not want to deal with the narcissist next door, probably call cops claiming we are trying to brake in🙄, also if it get dry before I do job, I just dig a small hole and pour alot of water to soften ground a bit, to pound pole right thru, I have a chain link fence that is been there for over 20 years, dammit never thought of this, oh well learning something new, Thank you ‼️🤙
Great video. I got some good ideas from it. I appreciate your effort and your time sharing this so others can benefit. Thank you!!
Thanks man
Nice, I love your methods and showing step-by-step, thanks for your sharing!!!
Thanks
This is badass. Thanks for sharing
Nicely done. For added strength you could just add posts, I mean they are simple to install and effective.
What a great idea. Well done!
Nice job, especially with the wrap around wood post.
Great job with a lot of useful tips!!
When attaching the new 2x4 to the old one some of the screws should go in from the bottom and some from the top. That way you have some screws going into fresh wood at the threaded end.
Putting screws in from the bottom also prevents rain damage from seepage down the screw holes.
Thank you for sharing this.
Solid thanks for posting.
This really worked. Thank you
Genius, I love it. I'm going to try installing a bunch of fence panels using ur two videos as a guide - thank you so much for the vids - amazeballs.
Awesome. I’ll try it in my fence although the soil there happens to be pretty hard.
Good job. What makes me laugh is when you string the line to install the pickets at the same height. You can see in the background that the previous installed didn't take the time to do the same.
Very creative. Well done 👍
Great idea, hope I don't find a rocky area. Thanks
Real good video thanks
This was actually pretty interesting.
Good video, good idea. What he meant say was
"plumb" the post. I know, low hanging fruit.
This method is going to save e a ton on materials and make my pay check better . i was about to either buy an auger so i didn't have to post hole dig manually or rent one. that would also mean concrete and huge mess and coming back the next day and blah blah blah. now with this, I just have to get 1 longer poles and use the T pole driver. CA CHING!
I used to split wood with one, Nightmare tool at fist, after a year of that you will start looking like a flying squirrel. LOL Lat man! LOL.
Great idea thank you!
I like it. Easy and cheap fix. 👍
Not as cheap as a wood post and concrete. Also, too much time.
Good job, well done. Nice video quality. Great edit skills. A +
thankyou
Awesome video brother.
Another way. leave the old broken post in place. Go buy jack posts. Install into the ground and lag bolt to old 4x4. Jack posts are heavy gauge pipe.
Keep in mind that if u do it this way, then your post locations won't be at the same locations anymore, and you'll most likely need to adjust for that change in one or more ways (IE: the fence sections now terminate at location with no join or support.). It's Not a show-stopper -- just think it through first -- especially before you break off the old posts in the ground (instead of removing fully). Cuz pulling the whole post is one thing -- trying to get that stump out of the ground is another, lol
Clever. Thank you
Thanks
I just saw a fence like this with the metal and the fence attached to it.why havened the fence contractors been offering to its customers this great idea.this fence was at a McDonald’s restrauant.
great fix!!! thank you for sharing !
thanks man
Very nice.
I like scrolling through the comments and finding all the "professional"opinions from all the haters.. lol. Im sure he tried to sell them a new fence. Get the work, do what the customer wants, get paid and move on. Everyone cant have a beautiful, 6ft, all cedar shadow box fence guys....jesus!
Great method. I 'll use it this summer but them metal posts now cost $25 at Home Depot//
What you've just did.. is paching up a fence..is ok for temporary use.. but at the first powerfull wind those poles will endup bent or will drop down ..same as the fence. Make it as it should to be made.. strong and to last a long time.
Still standing just fine. We have incredible windy days here as well.
Should have put the cross member on top on one side and on the bottom of the other to not have to loosen pickets
I like the idea of marrying the cross brackets ... but it's called "plumb" not level when vertically making sure stuff is straight.
Where do you obtain the bowling pins? Can you complete the job without them?
On the side next to the house ,instead of loosing the screws you could have just put the 2/4 under the old two by fours ,both sides do not need to be on only the top or bottom
the wood can be stained with a semi transparent weathered gray to closer match the rest of the fence.
Will the post not start leaning and eventually fall over without the use of concrete?
If its deep enough in the ground it will last for quite a while.
Put the top brackets on before using the post driver. Then the mushrooming won’t be a problem.
rocket science
where did you find these brackets at if you recall by chance?
Very good app
Did you use pressure treated?
Easy and cheap.....but you still need a new fence.
Why? Functionally, the old fence performs...provides a screen, keeps the dog from escaping, won’t topple in a wind storm, etc. Why use a bunch of $$$, work and new resources when you don’t need to?
Cheap doesn't have to look this ugly. And those brackets are not cheap either. Last I checked they are about the same price as a bag of concrete. So six brackets would be the same as six bags of concrete, but you only need two or four of those. Then the pipe is a few dollars more than a 4x4.
Take the time and do it right.
Oh and that picket pounder costs like 20 bucks so add that too. Add the cost of caps. LOL. A must since you don't have any drainage at the bottom of the pipe. Water will stay in there long after everything else dries up. It will and up rotting the pipe way before its time.
What are the new of the things the Pole are seat in?? Where can I buy them?
Awesome
This method works well IF your soil is NOT composed of High Iron, such as Red Dirt. High iron will rust the post off within a few years (technical term is "Cathotic Cell" in which the Zink (AKA Galvanized Coating) the protects the steel post sacrifices itself to "Protect" the iron in the soil then continues to Rust out the rest of the steel) and you will have the same problem. It's always best to concrete any mental post in the ground. Wooden posts rot off because they are concreted in and when the concrete dies it Shrinks,,,leaving a small gap between the post and the concrete where Water stays and rots the post.
How about using either pressure treated wood or cedar, or redwood to do the splice nd repair..................................
The screws you held up at 4:35...are those the same screws you used for everything, or just for that bracket?
Build a new fence and turn the 2x4's the right direction this time.
Ha! Correct! No strength with the 2x4's on the flat.
The way it's shown in the video is stiffer (stronger) to resist wind loads or someone pushing/leaning against it. Think about it.
@@OU81TWO guess just use 4 x 4 rails best of both worlds!
@@brandonsilvestrini3680 I guess but that's a waste of material.
Did you use pine 2x4s?
This is exactly what i was looking for. Whats the diameter and gauge of the posts you used?
I get paid by square feet I installed so master digger achievement unlocked such a work out tho
yea I guess I'm OCD because this looks horrible and it would annoy me more after the fix.
great video neat trick! But that fence was fucked way before it started leaning over.
Firstly, I must say that I was surprised to have enjoyed your video as much as I did. I learned some cool stuff from your presentation! Thank you. Just below I see that someone said, "Not worth fixing" ..... and then you mention, "unfortunately some people are broke"
All of this piques my interest as I try to image where this is (the real coordinates) and what the ownership specifics are. Are these little Section 8 dwellings where the fence is the responsibility of each tenant? Everything I see here (but for you) screams lack of ownership and 'poverty of the mind'. Oftentimes, this sort of 'broke' has less to do with money.
Thank you and Thanks for the feedback.
On ok quick fix. But please use Call Before You Dig before you drive anything into the ground. i assume in this kind of tight housing development there might be city water, sewer or even electrical. Trust me you don't want to drive pipes through any of those.
Not at 2ft down it’s not
where to buy these steel fence posts?
use strong ties to mount the cross members
what's the diameter of the steel posts?
Has anyone had trouble with HOA trolls not allowing metal poles even if they’re covered/painted?
Why are the pickets gapped to badly. You can see your neighbor .
Great video! I wish my fence's original construction used screws. Do you have any idea the expected life of the metal posts pounded into dirt? Thanks and keep up the good work!
Doug Ashley It really depends on the composition of the dirt/soil some is more corrosive than others. But on average i would guess 15 years without any issues of posts starting to corrode much. I have repairs that are 10 years old with no issues in WY.
Doug should be lot longer lasting because no sitting in Concrete..
Use a treated wood post and then treat it again yourself with used motor oil 6in or more above the ground level and let it dry a few days, you now have a post that will last 50yrs
Why didn't you use any cement? Two feet in the dirt will sag I would presume any thoughts?
I was taught to use concrete because over time the post without concrete will fall over
Rails should be wide side horizontal. The fence was not built right
Why didn't you use treated wood at least?
Who builds a fence like that?
Why did you stop driving the post? Any post above the top brace is wasted...
i hit a rock wouldn't drive any further
How's your neighbor feel about the poles in their yard..
The new galvanize post are installed on the same side as the original post
What did the steel posts cost? ~$50-60 for the pair?
Costs vary posts here in the winter months cost about $14.99 but in the summer months they jump up to about $24.99 each
Brackets part number? Had to special order? Thanks for sharing
They sell these brackets at Home Depots everywhere
This is a lot of work!!!! lol
God I hate wooden fences. They're easy and cheap to put up, look good for a few months, and then you have to deal with years of ugliness and maintenance. Next fence I put up will be plastic or composite.
Now you have one section of good fence and the rest is shoddy
By the time you do all this i can build a new fence...or even faster a section..
If fence rotted is because it either need replacement or new post / section...
Why not replace the whole fence?
Enjoyed your video and craftsmanship but to be more crafty say you were checking the posts for "Plumb" and not level which is horizontal. I live in southern Arizona and this method definitely will NOT work~!!!
funny when you were using the string line to line up your pickets, the fence in the background were all fucked looking lol...at 7:37