Can I put vinyl fence posts over a chain fence post?
Can I put vinyl fence posts over a chain fence post?
One side of my back yard is 6 foot vinyl fence post, then the other side and back are chest high chain link fence that are older than me and have concrete blocks under the ground, so would be a giant pain to remove.
Also I looked up and wires were laid right next to the concrete bases. So I "really" do not want to have to remove them.
The fence was installed before I was born, and the wires laid when I was in elementary school. So don't blame me for the silliness of it please.
Would it work if I just removed the panels from between the chain link posts, then slipped the hollow vinyl posts over them, and connected them with the vinyl panels? I would have to buy different distance panels to make it work, but that seems easier than tearing them out, then digging new holes for the new posts.
Or any other suggestions to make it look nice and not have to try and dig large concrete bases that are next to wires out of the ground?
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Leave the concrete in the ground, cut the metal (Line posts & Terminal posts) off flush with the concrete/ground, install matching vinyl fence with standard panel spacing.
The metal posts are typically 16 gauge (~1.3 mm) tubing... walls are thinner than the fencing itself, which is usually somewhere between 11 gauge (~3 mm) and 12 gauge (~2 mm). Depending on how many posts you have, you could easily do this with an angle grinder (cutoff wheel) or reciprocating saw (metal or multi-material blade)