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Anyone seen these dog-leg fence posts for sale?

LunarSeaLunarSea Posts: 1,923
in Garden design
One of our boundaries is an old drystone wall and there are these dog-leg concrete posts holding fence panels above it. I'd like to use them on another boundary but can't seem to find any anywhere.


Clay soil - Cheshire/Derbyshire border. 

I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Are you sure it was bought like that? It looks to me as if someone has used an angle grinder on it.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    That's what I was thinking too.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Would metal ones be any good ?
    https://rsl-engineering.myshopwired.co.uk/easy-fence-post-repair-spike
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  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    Possibly cast that way specifically for the job?  I've certainly never seen anything like them.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    edited 13 March
    Are you sure it's all one piece and not a separate concrete spur bolted on to the post from the other side that we can't see in the picture? If it's all one piece they might have been specially cast for the job.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • RubytooRubytoo Posts: 1,630
    edited 13 March
    Curious looking but useful is what came into my head. Not a helpful comment I know  :blush:

    Could you posts some measurements? (no pun intended....)

    It looks very fat and wide.
    I initially thought it might have been cut from a concrete barge board  and put in on end, but it looks too fat.

    Edit . ? Heading in the right direction although not it.
    https://www.oakdalefencing.co.uk/product/600mm-concrete-deck-post/
  • RubytooRubytoo Posts: 1,630
    Or cut from a concrete lintel, there are L shaped concrete padstones too of various sizes.

  • LunarSeaLunarSea Posts: 1,923
    In answer to several comments, they were specifically made for that application but fitted by the original owners (ie. over 30 years ago). We have 12 of them along that boundary. They are cast in one piece and their dimensions are as per normal posts except for the significant 'dog-leg'.
    Clay soil - Cheshire/Derbyshire border. 

    I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    In that case I think the only way you'll get more is to have them specifically made again, if you can find someone who'll do it.
    Maybe you could use concrete spurs (which are widely available) with wooden posts attached, but it wouldn't look the same as the existing fence.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • clematisdorsetclematisdorset Posts: 1,348
    I could do with something similar i.e.  dog-leg posts.
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