We're replacing our ~30 year old paling fence with new ones. The current one was installed by the neighbour. Our fencing guy is digging/jack hammering out the old posts, and then putting in new posts.. I had previous quotes mention they'd cut off the posts at the land line.
How were your old posts dealt with?
How were the old posts removed?
The posts would (typically) be concreted into the ground. So presumably the jack-hammering you're observing is to break the concrete to remove the post.
Double-check your quote to see if rubbish / old fence removal is included and if so, then presumably the old post would also be taken away.
EDIT: Now I (think I) understand what your concern is with respect to 'land line'. If the new fence doesn't require a post at the location of the old fence, then I suspect that quote was to simply cut the post down to ground level which would leave the old concrete footing in the ground.
What I mean is, it's easier and cheaper for the fencing guy to cut off the posts at the land level and discard that, vs removing the whole post/concrete base.
PS: Yes, it does include removal in my case.
@ihbh: Removal of the old items/post would possibly be better outcome for you as there's less debris in the ground (?). Last thing you'd want to encounter, one day, would be to say dig a hole to plant something near the fence and be hindered by a lump of concrete.
@ihbh: What Porker said, but the new fence will also require new posts and they may line up in the same spots as the old ones so would need to remove the old posts anyway. Might as well remove them all now so you don't run into problems later on.
Replacing Paling Fence with Steel Posts
Lightning deal?
That's an ungrounded assumption.
We need to ring fence your posts.
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Cheap job would cut them off at ground level (or just below). If you do that you can't get the new ones in the same spot. Proper job will remove them by breaking concrete to get the post out fully.
Agree. I'm glad I got a quality tradesperson/job for a reasonable price. Many quoted more and prepared to cut off at ground level and so on.
TBH there isn't anything wrong with just cutting them off at ground level. Save you some money and time.
We had our old fences and posts removed by the fencer. They had a mini dingo and just pushed them over/pulled them out and got rid of them pretty simply.
Most likely we were charged more for that. I guess the positive is that removing those old posts left a hole in the ground for the new posts.
I’d rather have them removed. I remove when i DIY and if a fencer refused to do it I’d request the take removal off their price and I’ll do it myself.
Out of interest, how do you DIY removal of a fence post?
Dig around it and pull it out. A bit of elbow grease required.
Don’t cut the post if possible. Dig around, use a spade and a bar. Maybe try to bust the concrete a bit. Push the post to loosen it until you can pull it out or push it over and lever the concrete out.
They cut the posts off at the ground, took away the whole chunk of fence away and dug out the stumps to put in the colourbond- they also had to dig some new holes and made an absolute mess
The old posts get discarded with the old fence…?