Concrete fence posts and panels.

Hedge · 22 Sep 2017 at 09:07

I need to replace some sections of our fence and I've never had to do this before. Currently it's all rotten and wooden so I will be replacing it with concrete stuff.

Can anyone give me experience of how much it cost them to do? I understand it's not a complicated process but I get limited time for Diy so will likely pay someone.

I will aim to get multiple quotes but would like an idea first, as if it's already out of my budget then I don't wanna waste anyone's time.

It would be 6ft high panels spanning about ten metres.

Thanks

mickyflinn · 22 Sep 2017 at 11:35

This is my guesstimate.

2 days labour have no idea what they charge in your area for 2 men but lets say £300
5 panels £100 depending on type
Posts 6 maybe £120
Post mix 6 bags £30
Skip £80-£100

Total £650

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior · 22 Sep 2017 at 11:54

The concrete posts themselves are quite expensive I found.

Some fencers don't like them as they are harder work than wooden posts.

But for sure nowadays they are the way to go imho

wilber · 22 Sep 2017 at 12:09

Get some fence and forget creosoted posts. Used in agriculture and last a Loooong time, also they look quite nice.

Abyss · 22 Sep 2017 at 15:23

mickyflinn said:
This is my guesstimate.

2 days labour have no idea what they charge in your area for 2 men but lets say £300
5 panels £100 depending on type
Posts 6 maybe £120
Post mix 6 bags £30
Skip £80-£100

Total £650

You probably need to add on gravel boards and you will probably find the work will run into the second day if you include setting out and the time to dig the holes by hand.

I'd be working on nearer £850

HeadlessChicken · 22 Sep 2017 at 16:19

Abyss said:
You probably need to add on gravel boards and you will probably find the work will run into the second day if you include setting out and the time to dig the holes by hand.

I'd be working on nearer £850

Sounds about right working backwards from our 25m fence. Depends on where you are, and what state the current fence is in (how much needs digging out / removing / if it's got concrete base etc.)

Hedge · 22 Sep 2017 at 17:18

Thanks for the input guys. I just want something that isn't going to need much maintaining. Concrete seems the best option.

Slam62 · 22 Sep 2017 at 17:24

Concrete posts are the best probably worth paying for slightly better than min standard panels as well.
A few years ago I had some done and seem to remember working on about 100 quid a panel.

I would never go back to wooden posts.

Kearney_1988 · 22 Sep 2017 at 19:38

I got 11 bays of 6 foot panels so roughly 20m for £450 delivered with concrete posts, featheredge panels, gravel boards and postcrete

Took me 3 days to fit them by myself with zero fencing experience, I know you dont want to DIY but could imagine you could do it in a weekend if you really wanted to

Hedge · 22 Sep 2017 at 19:48

The Diy option might be possible if the price difference is vast.

Just got a lot of hedges and crap to remove first. Might get digging and chopping tomorrow.

Kearney_1988 · 22 Sep 2017 at 20:25

Ah I was ok as there was only really a collapsing fence in the way which didnt take much effort to destroy and turn into fire wood

Dwaindibbly · 23 Sep 2017 at 11:12

I know a few fencers and for close board with wooden posts they charge about £45 a meter. I know you wanted concrete posts and panels but it gives you a rough idea atleast. The ~DIY route will be much cheaper and its not that difficult to do, just hard graft and time consuming

SquirrelMadness · 24 Sep 2017 at 14:49

Next door got a concrete/wood hybrid fence. About 15-20 meters in length cost was circa £1500 for 2 people and 2 days work inc materials.

Fence consists of concrete posts as well as concrete base panels, then wooden panels on top so no wood is actually touching the ground.

Their old fully wooden fence panels/posts blew over around 5 times in the wind as well as posts rotting so was time for a change. The concrete fence so far has not degraded or broken at all and it's been a year.

No point of even having a wooden fence unless you're planning to fix it all the time yourself. I got mine done 5 years ago and so far 3 panels needed re-securing and 2 posts replacing after snapping from rot.

Wooden fence comparison cost was around £350 inc labour and materials.

SiD the Turtle · 25 Sep 2017 at 11:44

We recently did a couple of panels DIY:

8ft Concrete posts were ~£14 each
Gravel boards ~£8 each
The panels we got were £77 but are tongue and groove with a top trellis. You can save money with feather edge, but they are so brittle and liable to break
Plus absolute shed-loads of postcrete
Also don't forget some of of the other costs you may not think of: side battens as the fence panels were a few mil shorter than the gravel boards, hinges and gates if you need access, also a proper SDS drill if you need to attach anything to the concrete and a post holer which made things much quicker than a spade.

It's a fairly easy DIY job but don't underestimate the time and energy needed to dig out the post holes. In our case we came across loads of things that slowed us down like old buried pipes and cables.

I've now got a 120 foot span to do on the other side, would be tempted to get someone in but the labour costs are mad.