Repair is cheaper today. Whether it is cheaper in five years depends entirely on how many posts are near the end.
Repair where the failure is isolated — one or two posts, a few panels, storm damage to a section.
Replace where the run is uniformly tired, where storms keep taking it down, or where the fence is on the wrong line. Patching a fence whose posts all went in on the same day means paying twice.
| Condition | Sensible action |
|---|---|
| One post gone, others firm | Repair — spur or replace that post |
| Two gone in a long run | Repair, but check the rest carefully |
| Three or more failing | Replace the run |
| Panels damaged, posts sound | Replace panels only |
| Whole run well aged, timber posts | Replace |
| Repeated storm failures | Replace, and change the design |
| Fence on the wrong line | Replace — repair does not fix that |
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On an established garden being improved over several seasons, the boundary is usually worth doing properly and early rather than patched repeatedly. It is the least changeable element, it affects light and the sense of space across the whole plot, and everything else — turf, planting, hard landscaping — is easier once it is settled. A repair makes sense as a holding measure while other stages happen; it makes less sense as the permanent answer on a run that is going anyway.
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When three or more posts are failing, when the run is uniformly aged, when storms keep taking it down, or when the fence is on the wrong line.
Push each one at shoulder height and watch for movement at ground level, and press a screwdriver into the timber at soil level. Check every post.
They went in on the same day, in the same ground, in the same timber. One failing usually means several are close behind.
A concrete post bolted to a rotted timber post and set in the ground, bracing it. It can add years to an otherwise sound fence.
Over five years, usually. Two set-ups, mismatched sections, and new panels damaged when the old posts around them are finally replaced.
Early. The boundary is the least changeable element and everything else is easier once it is settled.
Soil or turf banked against the timber, a watered border alongside, growth held against it, no gravel boards, and insufficient post depth.
Often, yes. Buyers notice a failing fence, not the age of the posts behind a sound one.
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