Making Concrete Fence Posts

You can use concrete if desired but the moisture in the concrete can sometimes cause wooden posts to rot more quickly while the gravel allows water to drain quickly away from the fence post and.

Making concrete fence posts.

Caulk around the fence post base. Make sure the post is plumb before allowing the concrete to set. Set the post into the form and temporarily stand straight. These pine concrete post forms can be used over and over again.

In my previous blog i had explained my motives for spending the better part of my free time this past summer constructing concrete fence posts. I shared how we had needed to protect our orchard and vineyard from meandering deer and elk and how i had become motivated to build posts that would outlast me. Center the rectangular post form on the piece of plywood by measuring all sides from the edge of the plywood. Thompsons fencing allows us to set how the molds are prepared and poured using their.

Two 50 pound bags of fast setting concrete will set a 4 inch by 4 inch or a 4 inch diameter post in a 10 inch diameter hole. The forms do not take up much room for storage and you can make multiple forms by following a few simple steps. Place the form tube into the hole. Apply high quality exterior acrylic latex caulk or silicone specifically designed to adhere to concrete at the base of the post.

Pour the dry mix into the tube. Making concrete fence posts is a fast weekend project once you have the easy to build forms. Fast setting concrete is ideal for installing fence posts since it doesn t need to be mixed in a bucket or a wheelbarrow. After digging a hole in the correct dimensions for the support slide the form tube into the hole and fill it with concrete making sure the concrete mix is properly consolidated to eliminate air pockets and other defects.

This will be the base of the concrete form. Once you ve finished digging your post holes add about three to four inches of gravel into the bottom and compact it using a post or a 2x4. Then set your post in place and use a level to ensure that it s perfectly. Lay the piece of 12 inch by 96 inch plywood on a flat surface.

Form tubes make it easy to pour concrete support footings for mailboxes fence posts decks and other structures. This will seal the gap between the concrete and post that s caused by freeze thaw cycles.