How To Make A Fence Post-Last 100 Years. Shou Shugi Ban 1.0. Links to Equipment in Description

How To Make A Fence Post Last 100 Years. Shou Shugi Ban 1 0 Links to Equipment in Description
In this video, we show you the Japanese charring technique that will make your wood last 100 years or more. It is especially beneficial when you have to have your wood contacting the ground.

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Wooden fence posts often rot quickly because of the prolonged exposure to moisture in the soil. Without stable fence posts, your fence could fall and you would have to replace the posts every few years. Many fence posts are pressure-treated to make them last longer, but you can take extra steps to prevent them from rotting or slow down the rotting process so the posts last longer. A naturally rot-resistant wood, such as western red cedar (Thuja plicata), a species of arborvitae, can last for decades if treated with wood preservative and installed to improve drainage.

Set the wooden fence posts in a cool, dry area with plenty of air circulation so the wood can dry. Skip this step if the posts are already dry, but drying is especially important when using fence posts from greenwood because the moisture inside the wood encourages rot and because moist wood won't absorb as much of the liquid wood preservative. Drying could take several months if you make your posts from fresh wood.

Brush the bottom third or bottom half of the fence post with waterborne copper naphthenate, a wood preservative that is free of arsenic and chromium. Brush the preservative on the entire post, if desired, but the bottom must be treated because the buried portion and section of a post just above ground rot much faster than the top of the post. Alternatively, you could stand the post upright in a bucket of the wood preservative, but this method isn't practical if you need to treat several fence posts.

Continue brushing additional coats of copper naphthenate preservative onto the fence post until the wood stops absorbing the preservative, indicating that the preservative has wicked its way through the sapwood and into the heartwood. Allow the pots to dry overnight before installing the fence.

Dig a hole two to three times the diameter of the fence post and 24 to 48 inches deep. The posts stand upright best when you bury one-third of the total post length, but you might not be able to dig as deep, so a minimum of 24 inches is acceptable. A portion of the copper naphthenate treated wood should be exposed above ground.

Fill the hole with about 6 inches of 1/4-minus gravel, which contains small gravel pieces as well as gravel dust for better compaction. Pack the gravel tight to form a level base with a hand tamper or the blunt end of a digging bar.

Set the post in the hole while holding a level on the side to check for plumb. Fill in the hole around the fence post with more 1/4-minus gravel packed tight against the sides of the post. Tamp down the gravel. You can use concrete if desired, but the moisture in the concrete can sometimes cause wooden posts to rot more quickly, while the gravel allows water to drain quickly away from the fence post and into the soil.

Push soil around the fence post to conceal the gravel; moist soil around the fence post can cause the post to rot, which is why you must treat a portion of the wood that is exposed above ground. Build the soil up at a slight slope around the post.

Brush copper naphthenate wood preservative into any cracks that develop anywhere on the fence post. Use a smaller brush to ensure the preservative penetrates deep into the cracks. Wood cracks naturally over time, but leaving the cracks untreated exposes the inside of the post to air and moisture that could quickly rot the wood.

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