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Heavy rock & fence posts

  • 07-04-2022 12:18pm
    #1
    Registered Users Posts: 106 ✭✭


    I have to put up a load of fence posts on very heavy ground. You could call it seams of rock under the soil, not just boulders or rocks you can break and dig out, it's worse than that. I've no access for a digger and the bog standard kango drills I've used, while they will do the job, are extremely laborious. They slide off and then you're working to get an angle and then when you do it's chipping out tiny bits at a time. I'll be doing this until Christmas at this rate.

    I might be able to work in a mini-digger but before I spend more money is there any handheld breaker you reckon would do the job well? A 2000-AVR maybe?

    Ideally I want to get down 2 feet and cement the posts in then when I do. Bind the whole lot to the rock.

    Any suggestions welcome.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,180 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    Is it solid enough to drill into for bolts or rebar? If on the surface you could use bolt in fence post holders, if deeper you could pour mini piers.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,276 ✭✭✭RainInSummer


    I gave up on this in my ground. Ended up digging out a hole around the rock and dumping in concrete, then fixing the posts to the concrete. Still upright after two years anyway, plus if the timber rots (and it shouldn't) it's a very easy matter to just swap out rather than dig out.




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,667 ✭✭✭policarp


    A diamond core bit might be a bit excessive and expensive, but have you thought of a ring beam?

    With posts every 1.5 or 2 meters.



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