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Originally Posted by CroFlames
Kinda thinking out loud...
If you were to build a wood fence, wouldn't it be better to to put heavy duty galvanized steel posts (like for a chainlink fence) into concrete, then clad the posts in like 2x6 cedar or something?
I think when you put PT or Cedar wood directly into concrete, the expansion and contraction of the wood over a period of a few short years would crack the concrete making it useless. Especially if you are using 6x6 posts.
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I think your issue would be attaching the rest of the fence to the cladded posts. The cladding would have to be fastened to the post very well so I don't think a chain link post would work. You'd need a fairly substantial, at least 4x4 square steel post so that you could attach (bolt?) the cladding to it so that it could carry the load of the fence that attaches to it. That much steel is, or was (not sure what steel price are) way too expensive.
But I'm sure there is something that you could use, like whatever they use for the plastic fencing you see once in a while. There's something better out there for sure. Just look at alternative fencing and see if you could adapt it to use with your traditional wood fence.