Here's a quick and easy way to gear up a leaning fence without having to admission your neighbour's garden or take all the panels off. This method only requires a few basic materials and standard steel angles (30mm broad on each side) which can be found in most DIY stores.

Which type of fence problems can this method prepare:

In near cases, wooden garden fence posts fail due to rot below or at ground level or simply due to the base not beingness strong enough considering no concrete was used. This method volition only piece of work for fence posts that didn't accept any post spikes or solid physical poured around them. Below is an example of this blazon of post and us fixing our fence:

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Contend postal service fix, before and later on

Tools required:

Digging bar/pry bar
Spade
Spirit level
Hacksaw (if yous need to cut the steel angles)
Combi drill/bear on commuter
Trowel (bucket or brick trowel would do)
2″ x two″ timber for support (almost 2m in length)
Plastic saucepan

Materials needed for this method:

2 10 1m steel angles (30mm or and so on each side, and so 2 angles will cover about 60mm width of a 75mm/100mm fence post)
Screws (apartment head stainless steel screws are better but aureate timber screws would do too)
Postcrete (concrete mix, quick set)

The procedure of fixing the contend:

How to fix a leaning debate step by pace video

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Footstep ane: Dig out the base to enable levelling the mail service

Dig out enough soil around the mail as possible until yous see the bottom of the post. This will help loosen the argue postal service then that it tin can be levelled vertically.

Pace 2: Straightening/levelling the fence post

Screw a small piece of woods two thirds up the argue mail service so a back up can be wedged against it to keep information technology level. Grab a spirit level (ideally at least a metre long) and employ that to guide you in making the mail service straight. Once y'all are happy with the alignment of the post, wedge a piece of timber (ideally at least 2″ x two″ and 2m long) confronting the piece of wood you lot screwed earlier on the post to hold the level in identify every bit per the picture below.

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Stride iii: Fitting steel angles

You want at least 0.5m underground and 0.5m above ground of infinite and positioning of the existing "u" clamps on the postal service permits. Most DIY stores volition sell these angles. A film of the one nosotros used is below:

Galvanised Steel Angle
You can buy the galvanised steel angles from Wickes

Drill through the steel angles on both sides with a steel drill bit for screw fastening. Attach the steel angles to the post deeply with sufficient screws as illustrated beneath.

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Steel angles securely screwed on to the fence post

Step iv: Cascade quick set postcrete (concrete)

Once you're happy with the level of the post and the angles are secured, its time to pour the Postcrete in.

Please follow the instructions on the handbag. Virtually manufacturers recommend you fill upwardly the hole upwards to 1/3 with water commencement and and then cascade the concrete mix in gently.

You tin use a piece of pry bar or a metal rod to mix it all in to ensure the concrete fills all the gaps and makes maximum contact with angles.

It is also a adept idea to make the concrete slant abroad from the post so rain water drains abroad from the post easily. Yous can utilise your brick trowel to accomplish this bearing in listen that the postcrete sets pretty apace so this has to be done within the first 5 mins of pouring the concrete.

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Wait for half an hour or and so and then you're washed! You could always grow more grass or plant flowers around the postal service and then that the physical isn't visible.

I hope you establish this postal service useful. Please feel free to become in touch if yous accept any questions or suggestions. Thanks and speak soon!