About 29 years ago we put in a fence that looks like it needs some
major work but I hope that it doesn't require new posts. When we
built the original fence we set the posts with a product called
Post Set.
For a 4x4 post one drills a 6 inch diameter hole, I had all of the
holes drilled by a company that had a huge drill press on wheels that
did it for about $1.50 in 1979 Canadian dollars per hole. My wife
ordered half a cubic yard of 3/4 inch gravel. This gravel was a critical part of the process.
One would set the post in the hole and pack around the sides with
the 3/4 inch gravel until it was vertical. Using the 6 inch hole
made for a close fit with the 4x4 post. Then one would open the
Post Set kit which consisted of two cans of chemicals, 20 plastic bags
and 40 plastic cups. The correct amount of the two chemicals were
measured into the plastic cups and then poured into the plastic bag and
the contents of bag was kneaded by hand until it started to feel
warm. At that point the contents of the bag was poured into the
gravel around the post. It proceeded to foam around the gravel
and between the walls of the hole and the sides of the post.
Within minutes the post was as firmly in place as if concrete had been
used which would have required a bigger hole, a lot more work, and the
cost would have been the same. It made the job of building a
fence much easier than it could have been.
I have since looked for the product at building supply stores and on
the internet but the only product that I could find that came even
close was designed for setting power poles which was obviously to large
for home use. A Post Set kit containing enough to set 20 fence
posts came in a package about 1 foot high, 8 inches wide, and 6 inches
deep and cost $40 Canadian back in 1979.
I should note that of the 30+ posts we put in that day, there were 3
of us, all sedentary office worker types, we only wasted 2 batches of
the material by kneading it too long and it expanded in the plastic bag
and couldn't be poured to flow among the gravel. This was within
the first 5 or 6 posts as we were learning when the critical point in
the warming occurred. We were able to set all of the posts,
install the top and bottom rails, and put in about half of the boards in
the long section in one day which we never could have done using
without the Post Set.
There was a 138 foot stretch of fence with a gate and an inset for
garbage containers, a ten foot section on one side of the house and a
12 foot section on the other side with a gate
Has anyone in the widely experienced and knowledgeable group seen such a product on the market lately and if so where?
Thanx one and all.
Looking for expanded foam product for fence posts
Re: Looking for expanded foam product for fence posts
