There's likely more than 101 different ways of doing any particular job, but watching another person doing that job will often provide a whole new insight that once seen can save time, or improve quality the next time you tackle that job. Thanks Paul, I really enjoy all your content.
Thank you Paul. In my case watching somebody else often leaves me thinking "it's so obvious, Doh! why didn't I think of that!". Thanks for your support. Cheers
Hi Paul. Four years ago, when lockdown was announced I immediately ordered all I needed to replace my side fence. Over the first four weeks of lockdown I “enjoyed” myself replacing the old sagging panel fence. I had time to get it right, removing the old concrete and putting in the new posts. Compared to the previous fence “thrown up” by the overpriced fence company, my fence is straight, solid and standing strong. It pleases me every day I see it. Having time to do a job properly pays off. Well done Paul, cracking job. Using “Irwin clamps” does make the job much easier.👏👏👍😀
Nice looking fence Paul, but great I didn't need a reminder I have a gate and a fence to replace as well..Lol Were finally having some real nice weather as well. Seemed like a real long winter season this year. Enjoyed, Cheers......
Hi Dean, not done with the weather here yet. Warmed up but successive bands of rain blowing across the Atlantic from ..... now what's that country called ... ? ? I think it's just about the warmest wetest winter on record.
Great job Paul and well done on getting the old metposts out of the ground, I’ve always found that to be really difficult but your method is excellent. The Magnolia is magnificent,
Hi Paul, well done very enjoyable to watch and really well narrated. Your apprentice seemed to be part time on this one, I would dock his pocket money if I were you!! It looked a perfect moment to take on a job like that, the ground looked easy to dig to get those post supports out, I really wouldn't want to tackle ones set into concrete. The only thing missing was the smell of creosote, probably a hard one to transmit on TH-cam. I suppose these panels are pretreated and dont need anything else. Great job and video. All the best!!
I think you did a brilliant job. I had to do my front fence a year or so ago. Both my gardens abut a pavement and so the posts are concreted in but the concrete from the pavement footings and posts amalgamated. I had to change 15 posts in all at the front that had rotted out. Working with a big SDS breaker I took about 25kg of concrete out of each post. Put the posts back in with postcrete. They should be there when I am not! Congratulations on a job well done anyway. I loathe fencing. Thinking about it makes me nauseous!
Carl I like any job where I can hit something with a hammer. And the satisfaction of saving money drives me on. Last time I took out concrete post bases I dug all around them and then gradually back-filled with earth whilst moving them around. It gradually brought the concrete blocks to the surface without too much effort but the crater around them by then was huge. 🙄
@@HaxbyShed You did a great job with the fence. Sadly the concrete I had to deal with was not isolated, it had become one with the foundations of the pavement. So the breaker was the only option. I was doing 2 posts per day as an average, it was hard going!
Hi TWE, I checked the time stamps on the video clips and it was shot on 3 days between March 13th and 19th, so yes actually over a 6 day spread. The weather has been so rubbish up to then so the sun was a surprise. Cheers Paul
Great video Paul! Enjoyed it. The fence looks really nice. Looking forward to seeing it when I pop over. Oh… if you do decide to say goodbye to the fountain… I can offer my services to dispose of it, lol. You’d be able to view it anytime you like in the future in my garden 😄.
Treated wood, and from the age likely chromated as preservative as well on the old wood. Not good to burn, but if you can get lots of used broken HT marked pallets they are fine as the HT marking means heat treated, ie they got kiln dried at 80C for a week, which kills all the bugs in them.
We may be a smokeless zone here .... I pinched these words off the internet "Wood is not specifically listed as a smokeless fuel, so many people assume they can't burn it in smokeless zones. However, by using a Government-certified stove (also known as an exempt appliance), good quality, dry wood can be used safely." So it comes down to whether my rotty old fence panels are good quality. 😁
Looks very fine to me. I appreciate the variety of material in your videos by the way - good to see different projects completely varying in nature. Cheers!
Hi Stuart the majority of vids will always be in the shop but with some 'life stuff' thrown in now and then. The occasional DIY vids usually get a lot more views and they widen the subscriber base. Cheers
@@SeanBZA true but all smoke is a collection of toxic chemicals given off when wood burns, commonly wood is treated with copper and arsenic compounds, but in very tiny amounts or it would be unsafe to handle!
This chat thread reminds me of a track by Joan Baez about distilling illicit moonshine gin - "don't use no new or rotten wood else they'll get by the smoke" ... Cheers
Well Geoff, that and having a fence 30 years old which has been falling down for a decade or more. The arch lost it's top at least 8 years ago. Since forever on and off we have been considering "what to do with the garden?" but I called time out on that discussion and just rebuilt the existing fence. Cheers
@@HaxbyShed We live on a high spot and one Westerly was gusting hard against the windward side. This was a double skin natural stone and breeze block wall and I thought it was about to collapse. Your previous construction lasted very well and the new one is really neat. The shots looking up into the magnolia were well composed, especially with the blue sky background. I remember that nice day, the only one since 5th November.
There's likely more than 101 different ways of doing any particular job, but watching another person doing that job will often provide a whole new insight that once seen can save time, or improve quality the next time you tackle that job. Thanks Paul, I really enjoy all your content.
That's why I've been enjoying this channel. Heaps to learn.
Thank you Paul. In my case watching somebody else often leaves me thinking "it's so obvious, Doh! why didn't I think of that!". Thanks for your support. Cheers
@bin_chicken, thank you very kindly Sir. 👍
Hi Paul. Four years ago, when lockdown was announced I immediately ordered all I needed to replace my side fence. Over the first four weeks of lockdown I “enjoyed” myself replacing the old sagging panel fence. I had time to get it right, removing the old concrete and putting in the new posts. Compared to the previous fence “thrown up” by the overpriced fence company, my fence is straight, solid and standing strong. It pleases me every day I see it.
Having time to do a job properly pays off. Well done Paul, cracking job. Using “Irwin clamps” does make the job much easier.👏👏👍😀
Hi Andrew yes those Irwin clamps are great. When COVID struck I started a TH-cam channel ..... 😆
@@HaxbyShed I never thought I would thank Covid for anything. But for you starting a TH-cam channel, thank you Covid. 👍
Blossoms in March !!! How delightful. You wouldn't like it here !
Where is 'here' Jay. I'm not asking for a grid ref but maybe you can give us an idea? 😎
Nice looking fence Paul, but great I didn't need a reminder I have a gate and a fence to replace as well..Lol
Were finally having some real nice weather as well. Seemed like a real long winter season this year.
Enjoyed,
Cheers......
Hi Dean, not done with the weather here yet. Warmed up but successive bands of rain blowing across the Atlantic from ..... now what's that country called ... ? ? I think it's just about the warmest wetest winter on record.
Sorry bout that, I'm in east central Saskatchewan, Canada. Although we had an unusually mild winter here, you'll never see blossoms in March !
Hi Jay, well hello to Saskatchewan. You may have said before but if so it slipped my mind. Cheers
Always love the variety of your videos Paul. You could give Monty Don a run for his money 😂 Rhubarb crumble for tea?
Hi Matt my wife makes rhubarb chutney. Cheers
Great job Paul and well done on getting the old metposts out of the ground, I’ve always found that to be really difficult but your method is excellent. The Magnolia is magnificent,
Hi Jason, they can be a chew to get out; lots of rain helped. Cheers
Hi Paul, well done very enjoyable to watch and really well narrated.
Your apprentice seemed to be part time on this one, I would dock his pocket money if I were you!!
It looked a perfect moment to take on a job like that, the ground looked easy to dig to get those post supports out, I really wouldn't want to tackle ones set into concrete.
The only thing missing was the smell of creosote, probably a hard one to transmit on TH-cam. I suppose these panels are pretreated and dont need anything else.
Great job and video. All the best!!
Hi David, yes the panels are treated. We'll see how interested he is when he gets a bit older. He might still be keen then. Cheers
Nice job there ! Home builder here; not a thing wrong with what you got done nor how you went about it ..., It got done !!
Thank you Alan 👍
I think you did a brilliant job. I had to do my front fence a year or so ago. Both my gardens abut a pavement and so the posts are concreted in but the concrete from the pavement footings and posts amalgamated. I had to change 15 posts in all at the front that had rotted out. Working with a big SDS breaker I took about 25kg of concrete out of each post. Put the posts back in with postcrete. They should be there when I am not! Congratulations on a job well done anyway. I loathe fencing. Thinking about it makes me nauseous!
Carl I like any job where I can hit something with a hammer. And the satisfaction of saving money drives me on. Last time I took out concrete post bases I dug all around them and then gradually back-filled with earth whilst moving them around. It gradually brought the concrete blocks to the surface without too much effort but the crater around them by then was huge. 🙄
@@HaxbyShed You did a great job with the fence. Sadly the concrete I had to deal with was not isolated, it had become one with the foundations of the pavement. So the breaker was the only option. I was doing 2 posts per day as an average, it was hard going!
You could also use a 345 triangle to get your square across the garden. As a bonus they are available in metric or imperial.
Hi Bobuilt, that is a good idea. Cheers
Another job well done!
Hi Argee, I've got 3 improvement/repair jobs on my list for this year and that's one ticked off now. Cheers
3 days? ..... that magnolia went from budding to full bloom :) lovely .... fence looks terrific too, nice job and gret garden you have ..
Hi TWE, I checked the time stamps on the video clips and it was shot on 3 days between March 13th and 19th, so yes actually over a 6 day spread. The weather has been so rubbish up to then so the sun was a surprise. Cheers Paul
Ah, yes the rain !! .... dreadful winter we've had this year ...
Great video Paul! Enjoyed it.
The fence looks really nice. Looking forward to seeing it when I pop over.
Oh… if you do decide to say goodbye to the fountain… I can offer my services to dispose of it, lol. You’d be able to view it anytime you like in the future in my garden 😄.
Hi MMC so you like the leaning fountain then ? Let me think about it ..... depends if we find the right replacement. Cheers
Very good job you should put a wood burner out in your shop that would keep your shop warm
Treated wood, and from the age likely chromated as preservative as well on the old wood. Not good to burn, but if you can get lots of used broken HT marked pallets they are fine as the HT marking means heat treated, ie they got kiln dried at 80C for a week, which kills all the bugs in them.
We may be a smokeless zone here .... I pinched these words off the internet "Wood is not specifically listed as a smokeless fuel, so many people assume they can't burn it in smokeless zones. However, by using a Government-certified stove (also known as an exempt appliance), good quality, dry wood can be used safely." So it comes down to whether my rotty old fence panels are good quality. 😁
Looks very fine to me. I appreciate the variety of material in your videos by the way - good to see different projects completely varying in nature. Cheers!
Hi Stuart the majority of vids will always be in the shop but with some 'life stuff' thrown in now and then. The occasional DIY vids usually get a lot more views and they widen the subscriber base. Cheers
very good job
Thank you again 👍
Nice job !!!!
Thanks Michael.
nice job !
cheers ben.
Thanks Ben. There's always something falling over or falling off in our house.
Thx for the vid.
👍
Now if you had a little wood-burner in the workshop you could get rid of the scrap timber on site!!
Phil
There speaks the voice of experience.
Not the treated wood, that is toxic from the preservatives. Only use HT treated pallets, as those are chemical free.
@@SeanBZA true but all smoke is a collection of toxic chemicals given off when wood burns, commonly wood is treated with copper and arsenic compounds, but in very tiny amounts or it would be unsafe to handle!
@@SeanBZA Being treated would not stop me burning it.
This chat thread reminds me of a track by Joan Baez about distilling illicit moonshine gin - "don't use no new or rotten wood else they'll get by the smoke" ... Cheers
E-Z Spike post points are $33 at Lowes in the USA. Wow ! ! !
Wow Doozer that does sound quite expensive. Cheers
Aye, thats the problem - wind, gusty enough to collapse a stone or brick wall.
Well Geoff, that and having a fence 30 years old which has been falling down for a decade or more. The arch lost it's top at least 8 years ago. Since forever on and off we have been considering "what to do with the garden?" but I called time out on that discussion and just rebuilt the existing fence. Cheers
@@HaxbyShed We live on a high spot and one Westerly was gusting hard against the windward side. This was a double skin natural stone and breeze block wall and I thought it was about to collapse. Your previous construction lasted very well and the new one is really neat. The shots looking up into the magnolia were well composed, especially with the blue sky background. I remember that nice day, the only one since 5th November.
Not blunt blade but wet wood.....
Ah yes probably. Cheers