Arrgghh!! How strong is a fence supposed to be?

Yes to the truck thing but evidence doesn't seem to support that initial thought.



I think some other companies use other types of wood as posts.

To update everyone on the situation:

Boss man of the fencing company was at our house this morning. They are going to fix the fence from monday onwards. Wood will be delivered and the original contractor will erect a new fence along the entire boundary line. They will also be putting up some bracing to help support the fence on both sides while we are neighbour-less on that side.

It seems that the wind was the culprit as boss man has said he dropped by our house yesterday to investigate the fence. While there he said he spoke to the guys working down the road who are doing the earthworks for the next stage of the estate. These guys said it was so windy that their trucks were getting blown and swaying that they had to stop work that day.

All that matters to me at this point in time is that they are going to fix it. At no cost to me. And removing the rubbish when they are done.

Fence is upright again! Woo!

At least for the time being.




The bracing they added to make the fence stronger was simply just some bits of wood nailed to both sides of the post. We thougth that this looked okay until the super strong winds arrived again today and you could see the fence still slightly shaking. We (mostly I) started worrying that it was going to fall again so we added some extra support using some bits of extra wood they left behind. And it definitely made a difference.

Thats one of the problems with a 'lap'n'cap' treated pine fence - it doesn't allow the wind through the pailings. Cracks in the posts is normal and to be expected - the posts are non-structual grade pine and are not kiln-dried so will 'open' up as they dry out.

Great work Missy, glad that everything worked out ok.