3 WAYS TO PRESERVE WOODEN FENCE POSTS ... TESTED

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9 ай бұрын

• Fence Posts in Waste Oil how I put waste oil on fence posts
Today we're testing how different methods will help protect fence posts hopefully adding the the life expectancy of them in the ground.
We are using 3 posts in the test. 1st is the standard post as you will buy in a fence post shop!!
2nd I dipped the post into waste oil for 2 weeks this is rumoured to add many years to the life of the posts in contact with the ground.
3rd is a natural method used for centuries to preserve wood adding to its water resistance. We are using waste oil
I want to build an off-grid homestead in Northern Ireland where I will grow and feed my family with chemical free and full of nutrients-packed food on a daily basis. I want to create a healthy lifestyle that my three kids will look back on fondly and to a place they will eventually call home.

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@jameslong1644 3 ай бұрын

Diesel and used oil on the bottom straight diesel on the upper part, seal the top with something heavy like tar keep the water from running straight down the post. extra extra protection drill a small about 1/2" about 4 inches from the ground level at a 45 degree angle and fill with used oil once a year plug it with a dowel that you can easily pull out. My grandfathers post were put in the ground in the 1960's before I was born still standing strong.

@LaidBackHomesteader 3 ай бұрын

Hi James. So many methods all of which work. Bottom line though, wood rots! The posts made today wouldn't have had the time to grow like the posts cut in your grandfathers time. If I had a proper place to dip the posts I think id still use the waste oil method because its free. I think if your in the fencing game you'll always have work

@a737mech 6 ай бұрын

On the farm we always chard and then oil soked.

@LaidBackHomesteader 6 ай бұрын

The more protection the better. I have more posts to drive into the ground this year around my apple trees. Never ending... 😆

@williambowman7589 9 ай бұрын

Another good one Peter😊

@LaidBackHomesteader 9 ай бұрын

Thanks William.

@rocall5152 9 ай бұрын

All your vids are very interesting. I suspect the manufacturer tanalising process is preventing the "thicker than water" oil soaking from going deeper. Raw wood and oil mixed with solvent would get better penetration i think. Keep it up, very practical channel and entertaining. Charring brings more bug protection i think. I wonder how an oil soaked post would char!!!!superfast!!!!

@LaidBackHomesteader 9 ай бұрын

Yeah char well into heat for the house rocall5152. I think anything touching the ground is going to rot. Worm-food!

@gregganderson1454 9 ай бұрын

Very interesting, Pete.

@LaidBackHomesteader 9 ай бұрын

I thought so too. Thanks Gregg

@decalshedsignsco6849 9 ай бұрын

Great experiment Peter

@LaidBackHomesteader 9 ай бұрын

Thanks. It was a long time in the making, waiting on the third post to dry out. Like Trevor said in the comments, I think concrete posts would be the best method

@LaidBackHomesteader 3 ай бұрын

Did you see my new toy I mean quad?

@marcusd2380 9 ай бұрын

Interesting video. Seal the top of the posts with cresot after u drive them in and do the oil soak for the bottom of them. Them posts are like a load of straws from top to bottom. Posts are a mad price now

@LaidBackHomesteader 9 ай бұрын

Your right Marcus I was meaning to do that last year and I forgot. This year they didn't dry out any with all the rain

@marcusd2380 9 ай бұрын

@@LaidBackHomesteader here I was doing a bit of board fence a few year ago. Bough the fence boards and when I got home started fencing. The neighbour came over a told me to stand them up on there edge and do it the next day. He was righ next day the boards were half the weight as the water ran out of them. Same with posts. Lol. If u look at the post the grain is wide as the wood was fast growing. They absorb serious water

@LaidBackHomesteader 9 ай бұрын

@marcusd2380 I got a few 9x2 and 12x2 boards to raise the roof of the container. Before that I'm going to use them to form concrete sections. Well, the wood was soo fresh that the top boards started to warp so much that I have them now stacked, strapped, and covered in a shaded spot to keep them good. To expensive for firewood 😆

@bespokefencing 9 ай бұрын

Great experiment!👍 I dry mine for a year inside to let them split open, dip them in creosote and dry them again. Then I paint roof felt adhesive 6" above, and 6" below ground level, the bit that rots fastest. That part is always damp and shaded by grass, perfect conditions for microbes to thrive in. The point never rots because it's too deep and oxygen starved.

@LaidBackHomesteader 9 ай бұрын

It is the top few inches of topsoil that has most of the life in it. There are so many variables to it. I think fencing posts will always need replacing in time.

@klr1059 2 ай бұрын

I think you could wrap it with ice and water seal the top with asphalt tar and tie it up with some jute. Ha HA

@LaidBackHomesteader 2 ай бұрын

Or put in concrete posts. That's what I'd do if I was fencing around a home

@DerMatthy 9 ай бұрын

The Doors I think Oil is the best. The railways certainly didn't use it for their railway sleepers for nothing.But the most important: Get well soon !!!

@LaidBackHomesteader 9 ай бұрын

When I was editing this video I was thinking about you whenever I seen those doors lololol 😂

@DerMatthy 9 ай бұрын

🤗That's how it should be ! LoL@@LaidBackHomesteader

@InReteroVintage 4 ай бұрын

Have you tried charring and then pine tar? I'm reading that this combination is very effective when you are burying posts or have ground contact. I'm in the USA and I'm currently building a Swiss style hag fence out of tobacco sticks, sticks used to hang tobacco to dry in barns, and I'm going to char and then soak the ends in pine tar. I'm combining the shou sugi ban process of charring from Japan with the traditional Scandinavian method of treating with pine tar. Great video!

@LaidBackHomesteader 4 ай бұрын

Thanks. I had never heard of pine tar until you messaged me. If you check out my videos I'm trying to build a homestead from scratch. The first videos I dipped the posts in waste engine oil. It can be messy, if I had somewhere to do it I'd have dipped the other fence posts. I think nature will always break dead wood down. If they use your method to keep boats afloat it must be a proven method. I'll be looking g into it in more detail this evening. Thanks again!

@matthewcarroll3193 Ай бұрын

Especially if you have heavy machinery, used oil is a great, inexpensive, and proven method to help keep wood posts protected. Oh, it is also organic XD Also, if you have any scrap metal or can find sheets of lead, you can cut hats and nail them to the top to help keep rain off of the top.

@LaidBackHomesteader Ай бұрын

Great idea. When I first put posts in the ground I meant to paint the tops but never got round to it. We're almost two years in its about time I got them covered. Thanks for reminding me 👍

@kenibnanak5554 3 ай бұрын

Of course charcoal will soak up water. But water is not the enemy. It is bacteria and insects that destroy the wood. But they don't like eating charcoal. I suspect, the best method is do both, char the wood, then oil soak it. No self respecting insect will want to eat that. Another alternative I am familiar with, similar to your waste oil treatment, is coat them with tar. I use truck liner spray myself (after charring). There is another video in which someone left wood in the dirt for 3 years, then dug the samples out and compared the protection. The shocker was it didn't matter. They all had rot. LoL Agreement a few cups of diesel or Kerosene would thin the oil and help depth of absorption. .

@LaidBackHomesteader 3 ай бұрын

I'm in the process of doing another fence (60m) around apple trees I planted. They are going straight into the ground this time. I think its a good job we all like fencing because we'll always have wooden posts that rot

@kenibnanak5554 3 ай бұрын

@@LaidBackHomesteader In America a company called Trex makes deck boards and thin fence posts of recycled plastics. Their big drawback is cost as they are much more expensive than the wood, but who knows how long a hard plastic fence pole will last?

@LaidBackHomesteader 3 ай бұрын

I have seen plastic fence posts over here too. not sure on prices though. There is a company local to me that has started making concrete hex posts. I put two strainers at my gate. Put them in upside down because I wanted the pointy bit at the top lol@@kenibnanak5554

@klr1059 2 ай бұрын

very interesting. ? would they all reach a saturation point. of all the videos i have watched. maybe postsaver has a point. it always rots at ground level where fungus sets in.

@LaidBackHomesteader 2 ай бұрын

Yeah all posts I've seen have rotten at ground level

@klr1059 2 ай бұрын

so you said there was a white line of fungus began.to form at the water line. fungus needs water and air. fungus cant survive in a air tight environment. wood submerged in water wont rot.

@LaidBackHomesteader 2 ай бұрын

Something was happening! Did you like the video?

@barrypope4358 9 ай бұрын

Bituminous Paint or Bitumen, the entire post. three coats.

@johnhubert339 3 ай бұрын

How come, when I put a bare post in, termites get it. When I treat with used oil, termites leave it alone, but it rots.

@LaidBackHomesteader 3 ай бұрын

Probably just bad luck! Anyone else any idea why???

@trevorsmith2009 9 ай бұрын

Interesting experiment. Don't think any post would last 15 years unless it's concrete or steel.

@LaidBackHomesteader 9 ай бұрын

Concrete would be the way forward. There's an outfit in Ballymoney doing Concrete fencing posts. I was tslking to them at the Balmoral show 2023. I nearly bought a section of slurry channel of them for the settlement tank!