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Title:Opportunities to reuse fence posts using metal footings
Authors:ID Wong, Daniel (Author)
ID Stirling, Rod (Author)
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Language:English
Typology:1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:Logo SciVie - Slovenian Forestry Institute
Abstract:Residential wood fence posts may be dug directly into the ground, secured to a metal spike that goes into the ground, or secured to a concrete footing with a metal boot. It was hypothesized that, by keeping wood posts out of the ground, both spikes and boot attachments would increase protection against decay and termites and extend the service life of the posts. After 9 years of exposure in Kincardine, Ontario, Canada, at a site with decay and subterranean termites, we found that elevated fence post footings were associated with less biodegradation than posts dug directly into the soil. The spike and boot installations were particularly effective in reducing the incidence of termite attack under the conditions of this study. Spike and boot footings may offer a way to remediate posts by reusing the top portion of posts that were initially dug into the ground following a groundline failure.
Keywords:decay, fence posts, MCA, red pine, reuse, termites
Publication status:Published
Publication version:Version of Record
Publication date:30.12.2025
Year of publishing:2025
Number of pages:str. 25-37
Numbering:Vol. 138
PID:20.500.12556/DiRROS-24937 New window
UDC:630*81(045)=111
ISSN on article:2335-3112
DOI:10.20315/ASetL.138.3 New window
COBISS.SI-ID:263188483 New window
Publication date in DiRROS:30.12.2025
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Title:Acta Silvae et Ligni
Publisher:Gozdarski inštitut Slovenije, založba Silva Slovenica, Biotehniška fakulteta, Oddelek za gozdarstvo in obnovljive gozdne vire, Biotehniška fakulteta, Oddelek za lesarstvo
ISSN:2335-3112
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Language:Slovenian
Title:Možnosti ponovne uporabe ograjnih kolov z uporabo kovinskih talnih nosilcev
Abstract:Leseni ograjni koli so lahko vkopani neposredno v tla, pritrjeni na kovinski čevelj, ki se zabije v tla, ali nameščeni na betonsko podlago s kovinskim čevljem. Domnevamo, da bi lahko tako kovinski čevlji, zabiti v zemljo, kot kovinski čevlji na betonski podlagi, ki preprečujejo stik lesa s tlemi, izboljšali zaščito pred razkrojem in termiti ter s tem podaljšali življenjsko dobo kolov. Po devetih letih izpostavitve v Kincardinu (Ontario, Kanada) na lokaciji, kjer vladajo razkroj in podzemni termiti, smo ugotovili, da so dvignjene podlage ograjnih kolov povezane z manjšim obsegom biološke razgradnje v primerjavi s koli, vkopanimi neposredno v tla. Kovinski čevlji, zabiti v zemlji, in kovinski čevlji na betonski podlagi so posebej učinkovito prispevali k zmanjšanju pogostosti napadov termitov. Kovinski čevlji, zabiti v zemlji, in čevlji na betonski podlagi lahko tudi omogočajo sanacijo obstoječih ograjnih kolov za ponovno uporabo zgornjega dela kolov, ki so bili prvotno vkopani v tla in so propadli v območju tal.
Keywords:razkroj, ograjni koli, MCA, rdeči bor, ponovna uporaba, termiti


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