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  Ed Fairman April 11, 2014 at 10:59pm

  Hi I recently put up feather edge with concrete posts and 3mtr concrete gravel boards. The posts were extremely heavy even compared to the slotted type so I dropped them into the holes with a mini digger. The length of the rails is obviously 3m in this case......
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  Peter Jones April 12, 2014 at 7:55am

  I always run feather-edge fencing in 3m bays using timber or concrete morticed posts, pretty much standard down here. Only use 1.8m ( 6' )spacing on concrete slotted posts and panels.
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  Thermo April 12, 2014 at 10:50am

  always go for a 3m. 3,6m tends to suffer in the winds, only use 2.4 if it suits the spacing or in a very high wind area. hate using the concrete posts!
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  bob whatley April 12, 2014 at 10:54am

  Yeah defiantly got some weight to them it's mainly domestic work and trying to get the customer to go for concrete posts but i had in mind that a 3 meter bay was very commercial way? My supplier also does a 2.4 m can't rail so was think you get the best of both as such. Did you put a middle post in on the bottom can't rail?
  
  Ed Fairman said:

  Hi I recently put up feather edge with concrete posts and 3mtr concrete gravel boards. The posts were extremely heavy even compared to the slotted type so I dropped them into the holes with a mini digger. The length of the rails is obviously 3m in this case......
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  Seth Burgess April 12, 2014 at 10:59am

  I hate concrete posts. I also feel that people think cheap as possible panels with concrete posts will last forever (I know this is about feather-edge) which they won't.
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  Peter Jones April 12, 2014 at 5:08pm

  Normally put in the centre stump on the bottom arris rail but this is mainly to hold timber gravel boards in place.
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  Ed Fairman April 12, 2014 at 9:23pm

  Hi Rob I did 3m as that was the length of concrete gravel board held by the stockist. I put a stump in the centre to stop the feather edge slipping or sagging off the gravel board in the future.