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How to fix a leaning wooden fence?

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0 2022-10-14T12:55:17+00:00

Isn't it frustrating when your fence begins to lean and sag due to weather, soil erosion, or rot? A lagging fence does not make for a good first impression. To save money and keep my fence in good condition all year round, I learned how to fix a leaning wooden fence. 

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The process and materials required to fix leaning fence depend on the fence’s material. Let me share the list of tools needed to learn how to fix a leaning fence. Most of these tools will be useful for any DIY around your house. Trowel, drill, level, 2x4-inch board, sharpshooter shovel, rounded shovel, hoe, sledgehammer, hose, dust mask, gloves, safety glasses, drainage gravel, no-mix concrete mix, screws, fencing posts for stakes and support member.

  How to fix a leaning wooden fence post?
  • With a sharpshooter shovel, dig holes around the leaning fence posts

  • You will then need to insert wooden stakes a few feet out from the fence

  • With screws, attach support boards running to the fence. 

  • Around each lagging post, tamp the soil thoroughly. This will keep your post straight in its place. 

  • You can even fill the hole with 1/3 full of gravel and special no-mix concrete. 

  • After pouring the gravel- concrete mixture, mist the concrete with a hose and use a trowel to press concrete 

  • These were the steps on how to fix a fence post that is leaning

  • If you wish to hide the concrete, simply cover the bottom of each hole with soil.

 

If you are unable to fix a fence post by yourself. I would advise you to call a carpenter for assistance. I hope any or all doubts about the process of how to fix a leaning wooden fence have been cleared.

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