Repair is cheaper today. On an estate fence, where every post is the same age, it is rarely cheaper over five years.
Repair where the failure is isolated — one post, a few panels, storm damage to a section of an otherwise sound run.
Replace where the run is uniformly aged, which on an estate fence it usually is. Patching a fence whose posts all went in on the same day means paying twice.
| Condition | Sensible action |
|---|---|
| One post gone, others genuinely firm | Repair — spur or replace that post |
| Two gone in a short run | Check everything; probably replace |
| Three or more failing | Replace the run |
| Panels damaged, posts sound | Replace panels only |
| Original developer fence, well aged | Replace, and upgrade the posts |
| Repeated storm failures | Replace, and change the specification |
| Spike supports rusted at ground line | Replace |
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When the run is uniformly aged — which on an estate fence it usually is — or when three or more posts are failing, or storms keep taking it down.
Because every post went in on the same day, to the same specification, in the same ground. The isolated-repair case that works on older properties often does not apply.
Push each one at shoulder height and watch for movement at ground level, press a screwdriver into the timber at soil level, and check spike supports for rust.
Over five years, usually. Two set-ups, mismatched sections that show on a short run, and new panels damaged when the old posts are finally replaced.
Usually. Concrete posts and gravel boards are modest additions relative to the labour you are paying for anyway, and they change the next replacement from a decade to considerably longer.
On a recently replaced fence with one isolated failure, storm damage to a sound run, before a sale, or simply to buy time until a planned replacement.
Soil or turf banked against the timber, a watered border alongside, growth held against it, no gravel boards, and spike supports in soft ground.
Yes, and it is worth doing while panels are out for any other reason.
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