Protect your Fence | Prevent Post Rot

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[chrisgraham]

You can use a good quality acrylic caulking to butter the post from the concrete footing to about 8 inches above grade. A $3 tube of caulk will do about 4 posts. Will extend the life of the post about 10 to 15 years longer than the post without it.

[Ifdyhjijfthoi]

we used to use tar or axle grease it worked it's still standing 20 years later

[littleshepherdfarm]

We used to use Hefty extra thick and heavy garbage bags on the bottoms of our posts when building barns. You put the bag over one end and just staple it right to the post before putting it in the hole. We did it this way because back in the day the pressure treatment they used on the wood combined with cement or mortar mix caused a chemical reaction that made the posts rot even faster than normal. We eliminated that problem altogether just like April did here but I think hers is more durable and will last longer due the thickness of her wrap.

[wdb]

Actually, the post should be mounted on piers and mounted with ties so that wood never comes in direct contact with ground or concrete.

[gergc]

Or do all of the above and use a stainless steel footer that also slopes.

[ensen]

I just treat my wooden posts with a high quality outdoor glaze even if they are already pressure treated and set them in galvanized post brackets. Or I just use concrete posts to start with.

[kevinnobody]

Looks like a giant piece of shrink tubing.
That's a good idea.
How come I can't think of anything like that?🤣🤣🤣

[scotthill]

There is also the ancient method of charing/burning bottom of post. The charred end is anti microbial, fungus, etc. Most civilisations have done this at sometime. I think the Japanese call it Shou Shugi Ban I’m not sure of spelling.

[richardnott]

We put metal or even a shingle in between the concrete and post. The post will always be wet next to concrete even if it slopes because in ks the concrete will rot the wood.

[ek]

Shou Sugi Ban - never tried this burning technique to preserve but seems to work according to the internet!

[michaelbaumgardner]

I delivered Propane to new Braunfels, Canyon Lake and Buchanan Dam last yr after the ice crippled ya'll for a bit.
Loaded outta Baytown, Eastside of Houston.
Be safe everybody

[Dansk]

I used oil and diesel for my yard shed foundation

[Kraze]

The last fence I built I coated the bottom of the posts about 6” above ground level with flex seal. We’ll see.

[WhateverItsanOpinion]

I always paint the post with Henry's roofing Tar.. From the bottom To Just 1" above the cement line

[vigilantobserver]

Doh! Now I learn this. I hoped using a pressure treated post, gravel, and quickcrete would suffice.

[DymondzTrucking]

Dipping them in tar works real good too.

[langer]

I started sloping the concrete away from the ground level of the post, just like you described.

[WillysPerformanceCycleCtr]

Thanks for sharing this great idea! The heat shrinkable sleeves work really well.

[nickpena]

April! I was coming from New beaunfels schlitterbahn and I passed by canyon lake, and happened to run by your shop and I braked immediately! Lol I didn't know you were from Texas, and I'm from RGV!

[JackRockBLC]

This is just about the perfect time for me to find out about this. I have to replace a portion of my fence this summer.