creosote fencing posts

ELP

I am fencing round the site for my house and was thinking of using creosote posts?
Does any of yous use them if so is it for a longer life span or is it for appearance?
What price would they be in relation to normal posts?
Is there may stockists of them?

hammer73

from memory i think they are twice the price of regular posts but last at least twice as long if not longer

plenty of stockists, if you let us know where you are im sure someone will tell you where to get them....

Podgoricka

Thought i read some where that creosote wasnt available anymore due to it being cancer causing or something along the lines of that. i was trying to get my hands upon railway sleepers a while back and was told that shops didnt sell em anymore due to the same reason..???

chiefwiggum

i bought creosote today..so its still available,although i was surprised it was...

Linda123

got cresote myself a couple of years ago. Only job to stop rotting wood. Apparently ESB use it on their poles. Heard it was banned as it can seep into water supply, but don't know if thats accurate.
If you leave posts lying in it for a day or so to absorb it, it will save you buying expensive pretreated posts

chiefwiggum

i think you can still use it as long as it isnt put below ground level...

dar31

it says creosote on the can but it is not the same stuff as a few years back, the real stuff is gone off the market as it is carcinogenic. they are just selling you a weaker/different version under the same name.
it was good for a lot of things.

hammer73

still available

http://www.loughwood.net/octopost.htm

snowman707

try to get imported posts, far longer life span than native,

latvian pine or russian or swedish

reilig

snowman707 wrote: »

try to get imported posts, far longer life span than native,

latvian pine or russian or swedish

That's true

Connacht Gold Co op are sole suppliers for an 6 sided pressure treated/Creosote fencing post. It comes from Russia. They have a 20 year guarantee with it - best guarantee offered on posts in the country me thinks. Fence looks well too.

Feargal as Luimneach

dar31 wrote: »

it says creosote on the can but it is not the same stuff as a few years back, the real stuff is gone off the market as it is carcinogenic. they are just selling you a weaker/different version under the same name.
it was good for a lot of things.

Yip I heard the same thing

pakalasa

Yep,
Creosote available now is different. The old stuff was carceogenic.

Even the Railway Sleepers for sale in Ireland now are imported, bought some French ones recently. The CIE ones were done with the old creosote and are destroyed now, not sold on. I think they are afraid that they will be used for raised vegetable gardens and the like.:eek:

musings

The old creosote is not banned, however it is restricted in its usage. ESB poles are still the same old creosote they always were. Creosote is still available in fencing posts and ESB poles. It can no longer be bought in hardware shops for DIY use. Creosote Replacer is available in these shops, but thats not actual creosote

Dunedin

reilig wrote: »

That's true

Connacht Gold Co op are sole suppliers for an 6 sided pressure treated/Creosote fencing post. It comes from Russia. They have a 20 year guarantee with it - best guarantee offered on posts in the country me thinks. Fence looks well too.

are these suitable for general barbed wire fencing (sorry but not sure what a 6 sided pressure treated stake is).

roughly, how much each are they?