I'm repairing a gate post in the middle of a 6ft high panel fence.
The concrete on the hinged side of the gate was cracked and caused it to lean towards the gate which stopped the gate from opening.
The concrete post was 8ft and buried 2ft into the ground. the wooden gate is 6ft high, fairly heavy and attached to a 6ft wooden post (5cmx7cm i think) screwed through the timber and into the concrete post (with 15cm fixing screws x 7.5mm) Possibly too big?- and made the concrete post to crack in the first place?
I've dug out all the concrete where the gate and post resided. Now I want to replace the post and do a better job.
I was thinking of using another 8ft concrete post and a 8ft wooden post flush next to it (maybe 7cm x 7cm thick?).
my questions are - if I'm burying the 8ft wooden post that the gate is attached to - is there any need to drill through into the concrete? (attaching the wooden and concrete post together?) Worried that drilling into the concrete post might cause it to crack again and weaken the post (although if the wooden post is 8ft smack bang next to in the same hole maybe it wouldn't matter if it did crack?).
Or could i drill separate holes into the wooden post using smaller screws that go into the concrete post and not go as far in?
Note the fence has a 1ft concrete gravel board at the bottom and is on a bit of bend (not a straight 180 degrees angle but bends to about 120 degrees so I would get away with a slightly thicker wooden post inserted in its place)
The concrete on the hinged side of the gate was cracked and caused it to lean towards the gate which stopped the gate from opening.
The concrete post was 8ft and buried 2ft into the ground. the wooden gate is 6ft high, fairly heavy and attached to a 6ft wooden post (5cmx7cm i think) screwed through the timber and into the concrete post (with 15cm fixing screws x 7.5mm) Possibly too big?- and made the concrete post to crack in the first place?
I've dug out all the concrete where the gate and post resided. Now I want to replace the post and do a better job.
I was thinking of using another 8ft concrete post and a 8ft wooden post flush next to it (maybe 7cm x 7cm thick?).
my questions are - if I'm burying the 8ft wooden post that the gate is attached to - is there any need to drill through into the concrete? (attaching the wooden and concrete post together?) Worried that drilling into the concrete post might cause it to crack again and weaken the post (although if the wooden post is 8ft smack bang next to in the same hole maybe it wouldn't matter if it did crack?).
Or could i drill separate holes into the wooden post using smaller screws that go into the concrete post and not go as far in?
Note the fence has a 1ft concrete gravel board at the bottom and is on a bit of bend (not a straight 180 degrees angle but bends to about 120 degrees so I would get away with a slightly thicker wooden post inserted in its place)
