I am gong to be buying some wooden driveway gates and fitting them my self, the gates weigh 20 kg each, one will be fixed to a post fixed to a wall the other will be fixed to a post on it's own
How deep will I need to bury the post on it's own to hold the gates weight and should I just concrete it in or hardcore at the base first?
Any help would be very much appreciated guys

 

I would do it 2 ft mate.

Put a bit of hardcore at the bottom and then fill the rest with POSTCRETE.Goes off in 10 minutes.Shit hot stuff

 

post size?

 

Cheers guys

Lee I was going to go for 4"x4" oak posts

 

18 inch deep, 1ft diameter...

 

Thankyou Lee

 

lee wats going rate for a 20mx4m drive to be dug out and concreted its only where a lawn used to be

 

Ya looking at paying somewhere around 2000 for it doing 6 inch deep. Thats for ya dig, skips, concrete, labour...

MATCOS

np. Remember, DO NOT be temted to put some concrete in the hole first thinking it will stop it sinking...it will sto moiture escaping out of the bottom of the post and will rot it... Also dont wrap the bottom in a bin liner like some old blokes do thinking it will stop it rotting