Drilling into concrete fence post

[dog-man]

I shall be replacing my fence soon and will use concrete posts from
wickes.

I assume there will be steel rods inside for strength.

Will I have a problem drilling into one to fit a gate?

Any tips?

Steve.........

[Skipweasel]

In article <37e11675-4c0d-4775-9321-fadcebc6a621
@f2g2000vby.googlegroups.com>, st...@dog-man.com says...

> I assume there will be steel rods inside for strength.

Yes, 1/4" wire, roughly.

> Will I have a problem drilling into one to fit a gate?

I've not had trouble - straight through the middle of the web seems to
miss them. Have a look when you buy them and see whether you can find a
broken one to see where the rebar is.

--
Skipweasel - never knowingly understood.

[Phil L]

I've had trouble in the past because the steel can be absolutely anywhere.
What I did the last time i had to affix a wooden post to one was to drill
straight through it and bolt through the concrete and wood - you may need a
bit for steel if you hit it, then once through itt, use a masonary bit again

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[Peter Scott]

I thought that the bars were only in the bits that stick out to go each
side of the panel. A neighbour was telling me the other day that it was
that bit that was spalling on his posts due to rusty bars. Middle should
be clear.

Peter Scott

[The Medway Handyman]

Yo gonna need an SDS drill for a start. Best option is to attach a
treated wooden post & fix the gate to that.

Go for the centre & you should miss the rebar. I use Multi Monti's or
Thunderbolts - they won't crack the post.

--
Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

[Skipweasel]

In article <F9E%o.15531$Ww7....@newsfe16.ams2>,
davi...@blueyonder.co.uk says...

> Yo gonna need an SDS drill for a start.
>

Normally I'd agree that concrete's a sod without one - but don't forget
that with new posts they're probably only a week or two old and much
softer than you'd expect.

[The Medway Handyman]

On 25/01/2011 18:19, Skipweasel wrote:
> In article<F9E%o.15531$Ww7....@newsfe16.ams2>,
> davi...@blueyonder.co.uk says...
>> Yo gonna need an SDS drill for a start.
>>
>
> Normally I'd agree that concrete's a sod without one - but don't forget
> that with new posts they're probably only a week or two old and much
> softer than you'd expect.
>

Not the ones in my local Wickes - some have algae growing on them :-)

[The Other Mike]

On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:57:00 +0000, The Medway Handyman
<davi...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

>On 25/01/2011 15:00, dog-man wrote:
>> I shall be replacing my fence soon and will use concrete posts from
>> wickes.
>>
>> I assume there will be steel rods inside for strength.
>>
>> Will I have a problem drilling into one to fit a gate?
>>
>> Any tips?
>>

>Yo gonna need an SDS drill for a start. Best option is to attach a
>treated wooden post & fix the gate to that.
>
>Go for the centre & you should miss the rebar. I use Multi Monti's or
>Thunderbolts - they won't crack the post.

The concrete posts that B&Q sell for slot in panels have two lengths
of rebar right up the middle maybe an inch apart - I hacked a foot or
so off some not long back - I could cut nearly full depth all round
with a small diamond disc without hitting any steel.

--

[Chris J Dixon]

The Medway Handyman wrote:

>On 25/01/2011 18:19, Skipweasel wrote:

>> Normally I'd agree that concrete's a sod without one - but don't forget
>> that with new posts they're probably only a week or two old and much
>> softer than you'd expect.
>>
>Not the ones in my local Wickes - some have algae growing on them :-)

That's our conservation range!

Chris
--
Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK
ch...@cdixon.me.uk

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