Thankfully the most important information regarding the install was covered in this video 6:07. The kettle was in deed put on and the time allowance for tea breaks were observed, it warms the heart!
I used some of this this after seeing a local man installing some and it just looked so smart. As others say though, it can get really expensive. Like the local guy's install I didn't need it to look very pretty one side, so I bought the DuraPost gravel boards and posts but no caps or trim. Then used standard pressure treated panels dropped in level with the post tops, with the screws on the 'back' side. Looks very smart and will likely outlive me.
didn't know you could get covers for the posts, that's one thing that always put me off them, having lots of holes and screws exposed. So glad you put a Hedgehog port in, much needed for our gardens.
Had ours up about 2 years and still looking great! Used 6” staggered planks to allow the wind through with composite gravel boards so they don’t rot. More expensive than concrete posts but labour time is cut in half so well worth it!
What they may need to add in that system are some much bigger Badger & Fox Gates. We have a Bager run through our group of gardens. The holes they dug under our fences and in the gardens themselves were massive. Both creatures love some specific bugs that we get in this area, they go crazy digging them out. The gardens looked like something out if WW1.
I have had durapost system installed for over 3years now. Initially I researched what was out there on the market, this system looked spot on and I could then custom fit it exactly how I wanted it. (Did not need to worry about using fixed sized fence panels etc) yes this kit allows your installation to be bespoke. Really easy to install , there are lots of components, but looks really smart once all installed. We get the wind in the garden badly, and this fence has not had any issues yet! Would I recommend durapost, yes! At the time it was new to the market, not many stockists, but I think this is now more readily available. There are great options with finish and colour options available.
Looks an amazing job I am glad to see you and the misses are back at it buddy and the thieving gits didn't get you down keep up.the amazing work hope your all good 😊
It looks a very nice finish but I would have though the bottom of the fence where the ground falls away under each panel would have some sort of panel fitted to fill the uneven gap rather than having the soil sat against the cross beam.
The future of fencing in the UK should be made of vertical, double sided solar panels. Installation costs a fraction of those on a roof and will more than pay for themselves.
I've used the posts, they're a good idea and not too expensive. Priced up the whole system with the plastic panels and covers and it's just ludicrous by the time you've bought all the panels, top rails, caps and cover strips. Might be ok for a small job with 2 or 3 panels but I think it was 3 or 4 times more expensive than using wood. I think I'd use the posts which will hopefully last well enough to leave in and replace with a new wooden panel after 15 years or so. I can't imagine the plastic panel would be looking too great after 15 years anyway
@@Arachnoid_of_the_underverse Yes that would make sense. Also if the plastic panels started looking tatty after time why not just give them a good wash and they'd probably take some paint as the surface would maybe be ready for it at that point without a load of sanding perhaps.
@@thesunreport you're right, they make look fine in future with just a clean rather than a repainting or replacing as you would with wood. But I just don't want to pay 3x the cost on that gamble. I will only need to replace a timber fence panel once or twice before I die, so worst case I'm at break even
@@jacko791 Fore me the biggest thing would be the look of them. I think in a sleek/modern garden patio area with a modern house style then they look OK, but for a traditional garden setting I would prefer the wood, and there's a big price range in the wood panels. Off-the-shelf from Travis Perkins will be a lot cheaper than hand-made panels from a fencing company I think.
I don't quite understand how the world is in a fight against the use of plastic, but the construction industry seems to be going full speed with all these composite plastic based cladding type products. I find them a bit ugly texturally and they'll only look more and more 'fake' as tkme passes. Yet wood rots but that's a really good and important thing if you think about it for more than 2 seconds. Anyway sorry for the negative remark, just venting my feelings on the plastic fantastic stuff 😂. Really enjoy all your videos on here, I find them really educational and helpful as I tackle many different things on my own home.
Can't just leave petrol sequestered underground for God's sake. Get rid of jugs and and use that oil for fence panels instead. 😂 Nice workmanship guys. 😊
Guess it depends on the plastic quality used. I have brown gutters and down pipes. The original 25 year old stuff still looks fine. The 7 year old stuff from the extension is almost white on the south side. 😢
I've done a couple of runs of Durapost, using the posts, gravel boards and toppers and then filled with standard wooden panels and it was easy to use, and still looks good after a couple of winters. I do have more fencing to do along a hedge which has a lot of ivy. I wonder if the plastic panels are more effective at preventing ivy ingress than traditional wooden panels ?
I like to have a panel of trellis above the solid 3 foot or 4 foot bottom panel because it looks less like a prison wall and I like to see my neighbour. Is there a trellis panel option? Also, a choice of colour in the panels? The benefit of timber fencing is that you can stain it in almost any colour you want.
I do wonder if, after a few years, the neighbour's kid couldn't fairly easy boot a football through that. And there is also no way for wind to pass through, which is fine for shelter, but most picket fence failures are from the wind before rotting. I don't mind the looks.
@@mdmconstruction if you use the galvanised durapost they're only about £20 vs £14 for concrete where I get them. Can then cover it with a 4x1 timber strip if you're using timber panels. Looks a lot nicer than a concrete post for not much more money and will last a lot longer than a wooden post
Can't help but think a stiff breeze and the lot will go over. If the posts bend the lot has to be replaced; a much bigger job than replacing a couple of wood panels.
No graceful ageing here, just rust spots, sun bleached plastic and unable to be reused in any form. Wouldn’t touch with a barge pole . Sorry guys , good installation but poor product.
Try not to use composite stuff for decking and fences. No matter what they tell you it doesn’t hold up well long term and nearly impossible to repair without replacing. Bad for environment and looks tacky and cheap. Wood all the way.
My neighbour has composite decking , look nice/fake for a few years and then issues with movement on the subframe and impossible to remove as the screws are sunken into the composite .
Mixing postcrete with ordinary Cement on top ain’t going to work very well, if you lifted that core up in about a week it would split in two because it hadn’t bonded.
It's a shame to have to remove those solid plumbed CONCRETE posts. If DuraPost had a fitting to bridge overtop, (you might have to double up on the steel verticals somehow), then you could keep the concrete posts which will probably last longer than corroding steel. Aluminum might be better in the earth.
Really great system, but as usual will cost a fortune!! The old fence panels are about £35 a panel, God knows how much these are plus lablur VAT etc etc!! Alright if your rich but most of the UK is poor or watching every penny!
The screws are not galvanised. It would be wiser to use a cement mixer. I hope you dud a lsnd survey with pegs so the fence is exactly on the boundary.
and only 3 to 4 times the price of a traditional fence - and that is why no one buys it (it has been around for what? over 20yrs and only now you have showing it)
We show many products that have been around for 20 years for the very simple reason that some people have not been around that long. To the new born baby everything is a revelation.
Ya, NO. It's rated for a certain wind speed. All it would take is one storm that surpasses the maximum rating, then that metal beam will twist. You won't ever be able to repair it. To correct the damage, it'll have to be dismantled, then reset.
Durability is a concern for me as we live near the coast with strong winds and im afraid i will never purchase because its adding to the already over consumption of plastics. The environment is being ruined by this product perhaps some other eco friendly material would be better suited, not for me.
You have to move forward, people nowadays do not have the skills or the leg power to get up off there chairs and fix things. Plastic Is fantastic for those who are not able to move any parts of there body other then there thumb and four finger 😊
Not at all convinced that this will last. My instinct is that the posts look flimsy. I don’t like stepping to cater for slopes as well. So I shall stick to the current concrete posts aris rails etc
I can’t help but think of a McDonald’s drive-through when I see the fence
Thankfully the most important information regarding the install was covered in this video 6:07. The kettle was in deed put on and the time allowance for tea breaks were observed, it warms the heart!
I used some of this this after seeing a local man installing some and it just looked so smart. As others say though, it can get really expensive. Like the local guy's install I didn't need it to look very pretty one side, so I bought the DuraPost gravel boards and posts but no caps or trim. Then used standard pressure treated panels dropped in level with the post tops, with the screws on the 'back' side. Looks very smart and will likely outlive me.
didn't know you could get covers for the posts, that's one thing that always put me off them, having lots of holes and screws exposed. So glad you put a Hedgehog port in, much needed for our gardens.
Had ours up about 2 years and still looking great! Used 6” staggered planks to allow the wind through with composite gravel boards so they don’t rot. More expensive than concrete posts but labour time is cut in half so well worth it!
Amazing!
What they may need to add in that system are some much bigger Badger & Fox Gates. We have a Bager run through our group of gardens. The holes they dug under our fences and in the gardens themselves were massive. Both creatures love some specific bugs that we get in this area, they go crazy digging them out. The gardens looked like something out if WW1.
I have had durapost system installed for over 3years now. Initially I researched what was out there on the market, this system looked spot on and I could then custom fit it exactly how I wanted it. (Did not need to worry about using fixed sized fence panels etc) yes this kit allows your installation to be bespoke. Really easy to install , there are lots of components, but looks really smart once all installed. We get the wind in the garden badly, and this fence has not had any issues yet! Would I recommend durapost, yes! At the time it was new to the market, not many stockists, but I think this is now more readily available. There are great options with finish and colour options available.
Looks an amazing job I am glad to see you and the misses are back at it buddy and the thieving gits didn't get you down keep up.the amazing work hope your all good 😊
Thank you!
@@SJWardBuilders very welcome sir
I'm a trained Durapost installer .. yous did a super job.. we'll done👍
@@Jo-xg6rk Thank you!!
That was very thoughtful of them, to include a cute little hedgehog door! Good materials, but I'd stick with natural wood, to help the environment. :)
You can use wooden panels with the Durapost posts.
DuraPost® is crafted from sustainable materials.
Very interesting. Very expensive compared to wood though. Good video.
Great solution for the brave new Duplo world we live in.
Thank you!
It looks a very nice finish but I would have though the bottom of the fence where the ground falls away under each panel would have some sort of panel fitted to fill the uneven gap rather than having the soil sat against the cross beam.
The future of fencing in the UK should be made of vertical, double sided solar panels.
Installation costs a fraction of those on a roof and will more than pay for themselves.
That’s amazing, fencing brought up-to date, fantastic😊
Thank you!
I've used the posts, they're a good idea and not too expensive. Priced up the whole system with the plastic panels and covers and it's just ludicrous by the time you've bought all the panels, top rails, caps and cover strips.
Might be ok for a small job with 2 or 3 panels but I think it was 3 or 4 times more expensive than using wood. I think I'd use the posts which will hopefully last well enough to leave in and replace with a new wooden panel after 15 years or so. I can't imagine the plastic panel would be looking too great after 15 years anyway
Would you want a wooden panel sitting it that bottom trough though?? 🤔
@@thesunreport As with traditional wood panels you could have a sacrificial beam or a small concrete panel.
@@Arachnoid_of_the_underverse Yes that would make sense.
Also if the plastic panels started looking tatty after time why not just give them a good wash and they'd probably take some paint as the surface would maybe be ready for it at that point without a load of sanding perhaps.
@@thesunreport you're right, they make look fine in future with just a clean rather than a repainting or replacing as you would with wood. But I just don't want to pay 3x the cost on that gamble.
I will only need to replace a timber fence panel once or twice before I die, so worst case I'm at break even
@@jacko791 Fore me the biggest thing would be the look of them. I think in a sleek/modern garden patio area with a modern house style then they look OK, but for a traditional garden setting I would prefer the wood, and there's a big price range in the wood panels. Off-the-shelf from Travis Perkins will be a lot cheaper than hand-made panels from a fencing company I think.
Amazing work, thank you for sharing!
Would like a revisit in 12 months time to see how those cut edges have faired in that soil
Essex fencing !
I don't quite understand how the world is in a fight against the use of plastic, but the construction industry seems to be going full speed with all these composite plastic based cladding type products. I find them a bit ugly texturally and they'll only look more and more 'fake' as tkme passes. Yet wood rots but that's a really good and important thing if you think about it for more than 2 seconds. Anyway sorry for the negative remark, just venting my feelings on the plastic fantastic stuff 😂. Really enjoy all your videos on here, I find them really educational and helpful as I tackle many different things on my own home.
Those lines make my eyes go funny😆
The fence looks great thanks for the video.
Concrete has survived since Roman times. I’d have kept those posts and built a new fence… or better still laid a hedge.
Plastic in the sun usually has a shelf life so I hope it doesn't disappoint
The panels will probably end up turning white like the dry verges do.
True, definitely worth considering. Composite decking and those plastic benches the council put up seem to last well.
It will outlast timber + doesn't require maintenance...if u got the 💰 it's a no brainer
Can't just leave petrol sequestered underground for God's sake. Get rid of jugs and and use that oil for fence panels instead. 😂 Nice workmanship guys. 😊
Guess it depends on the plastic quality used.
I have brown gutters and down pipes.
The original 25 year old stuff still looks fine. The 7 year old stuff from the extension is almost white on the south side. 😢
Don't mind the posts but I hate the plastic panels.
DuraPost® can be used with ordinary timber panels to!
Nice new haircut for the latest video 😂👍🏻
I wish they made thicker versions so they could replace standard fencing with concrete posts instead of re-digging
Why would you remove perfectly strong concrete posts and replace with cheap ones? By all means just replace the fence panels
I've done a couple of runs of Durapost, using the posts, gravel boards and toppers and then filled with standard wooden panels and it was easy to use, and still looks good after a couple of winters. I do have more fencing to do along a hedge which has a lot of ivy. I wonder if the plastic panels are more effective at preventing ivy ingress than traditional wooden panels ?
be nice to see how this holds up after a gale force wind .
I cant see how it will last
DuraPost® has been exhaustively tested to withstand the high winds.
Wonder how that will stand up to a good wind?
I like to have a panel of trellis above the solid 3 foot or 4 foot bottom panel because it looks less like a prison wall and I like to see my neighbour. Is there a trellis panel option? Also, a choice of colour in the panels? The benefit of timber fencing is that you can stain it in almost any colour you want.
I do wonder if, after a few years, the neighbour's kid couldn't fairly easy boot a football through that.
And there is also no way for wind to pass through, which is fine for shelter, but most picket fence failures are from the wind before rotting.
I don't mind the looks.
Cost? OK I can start trawling the website, but a mention of how per metre approx would have been helpful.
It's around 40/50 pounds a square metre depending on what panel you want hope that helps
Looks great....job well done👍
Seems good but surely 20 quid a concrete post vs i dont know 50 for durapost plus them comsite things whats the actual price comparrisob?
@@mdmconstruction concrete around 25, Durapost around 28...one is light and slim the other is v heavy + chunky....
@Jo-xg6rk not bad dont know the prices
@@mdmconstruction if you use the galvanised durapost they're only about £20 vs £14 for concrete where I get them. Can then cover it with a 4x1 timber strip if you're using timber panels. Looks a lot nicer than a concrete post for not much more money and will last a lot longer than a wooden post
@@jacko791 don't you have to get a square section for corners or something
So can you actually get gates made in this stuff 🤔
The sun will bleach those panels
Cheap and cheerful
40/50 pounds per square metre depending on what panel you want
Is it aluminium or Steel? I expect its steel & designed to rust away
Super tidy , super secure.
Beautiful job guys 👌🏼🧱👍🏼
Thank you!
Plastic fantastic
Are you from down south ?
and the cost per metre ?
40/50 pounds per square meter depending on what panel you want hope that helps
@tomsmith9048 square not linear ? Every little bit helps, really.
@@stephenrichards5386 that's what I said
@@stephenrichards5386 I'm sure i did say that
@@stephenrichards5386 I did say square
Can't help but think a stiff breeze and the lot will go over. If the posts bend the lot has to be replaced; a much bigger job than replacing a couple of wood panels.
These plastic panels warp in the sun. Looks great at first but doesn't last as long as expected.
DuraPost® has also been exhaustively tested to ensure it is made to last :).
I thought the gate looked really heavy duty until screwing on the keeper. Screws sounded like they got a grip of nothing and just spinning.
These guys are really going for it, paying out to a few TH-camrs.
Great job, but plastic fencing is not a good look and will fade and get dirty. A wooden fence just weathers naturally. Tomorrow's landfill
No graceful ageing here, just rust spots, sun bleached plastic and unable to be reused in any form. Wouldn’t touch with a barge pole . Sorry guys , good installation but poor product.
'Hedge-Hog Gate' ...... Commonly Known As 'Rat-Gate' ... AARRGGHH!!!!!!! 🐀🐀🐀 ... Tidy looking job though 👍🤠
Instead of trying to dig the post out and break the concrete, just dig a hole parralell to the post and pull it out sideways in one go. Simple
Try not to use composite stuff for decking and fences. No matter what they tell you it doesn’t hold up well long term and nearly impossible to repair without replacing. Bad for environment and looks tacky and cheap. Wood all the way.
My neighbour has composite decking , look nice/fake for a few years and then issues with movement on the subframe and impossible to remove as the screws are sunken into the composite .
Metal posts look good, plastic panels, no, there has to be a better option. All those microplastics from cutting are in the environment now.
Mixing postcrete with ordinary Cement on top ain’t going to work very well, if you lifted that core up in about a week it would split in two because it hadn’t bonded.
It's a shame to have to remove those solid plumbed CONCRETE posts. If DuraPost had a fitting to bridge overtop, (you might have to double up on the steel verticals somehow), then you could keep the concrete posts which will probably last longer than corroding steel. Aluminum might be better in the earth.
Not my cup of tea, but then I'm not paying for it.
I bet it won’t last as long as the wooden fence it replaced.
o.k, how long do you think the wooden fence lasted and what is your guess for this one?
@ 15 years and 10 years
Imagine how much 'CARBON' those plastic panels produce. Bet the none carbon wind destroys them.
Really great system, but as usual will cost a fortune!! The old fence panels are about £35 a panel, God knows how much these are plus lablur VAT etc etc!! Alright if your rich but most of the UK is poor or watching every penny!
Sorry not for me. Apart from cost it just looks cheap and, well plastic....
Pure idleness to use postmix, It costs something like 4 x as much as some bags of ballast and cement.
🤮
The screws are not galvanised. It would be wiser to use a cement mixer. I hope you dud a lsnd survey with pegs so the fence is exactly on the boundary.
powder coated shite....
That's really ugly
and only 3 to 4 times the price of a traditional fence - and that is why no one buys it (it has been around for what? over 20yrs and only now you have showing it)
We show many products that have been around for 20 years for the very simple reason that some people have not been around that long. To the new born baby everything is a revelation.
£250 per panel !!!!!!!!!! thats one very expensive fence
Ya, NO. It's rated for a certain wind speed. All it would take is one storm that surpasses the maximum rating, then that metal beam will twist. You won't ever be able to repair it. To correct the damage, it'll have to be dismantled, then reset.
artificial, synthetic & plasticky - the fence equivalent of plastic grass: gross. gimme a traditional timber fence any time
Durability is a concern for me as we live near the coast with strong winds and im afraid i will never purchase because its adding to the already over consumption of plastics. The environment is being ruined by this product perhaps some other eco friendly material would be better suited, not for me.
That stuff looks absolute trash, that's not a comment on your workmanship
Looks cheap and nasty..
What an ugly fence
It's sad and depressing lego bullshit.
Where is the elegance😢
You have to move forward, people nowadays do not have the skills or the leg power to get up off there chairs and fix things.
Plastic
Is fantastic for those who are not able to move any parts of there body other then there thumb and four finger 😊
@@jimgeelan5949Clearly you have not progressed to the use of correct grammar!
Not at all convinced that this will last. My instinct is that the posts look flimsy. I don’t like stepping to cater for slopes as well. So I shall stick to the current concrete posts aris rails etc
Those composite panels are terrible they lose there colour go brittle and start to fall apart within 18 months save your money and get timber.