Suitable Adhesive

[BJS]

We have a gareden fence at the bottom of our garden consisting of about 6 in no. 6x 6 panels with concrete pillars. Over the years the panels have come loose in the pillars. Have used wedges but these seem to work themselves out and with the present unclement weather I want to try and make them more wind proof. What Iwant to do is, IF there is a suitable adhesive that would stick WOOD to CONCRETE will ty this. Is there any adhesive that anyone can suggest, did wonder if No Nails would be suitable. Thanks for any help.

[welshlibranr]

Am no expert!.....but once used no nails to stick samll wooden legs to a rabbit hutch......was useless!.........so wouldn't go down that route!.....maybe dig down further and use more concrete!.......

[welshlibranr]

sorry, that' 'small' wooden legs............lol.............

[methyl]

I agree the trying to glue fencewood to concrete is a non-starter.

Assuming that these are slotted concrete posts. Once the fence panels start to bow they get loose.

My feeling is to extend the wedges idea and make full-height wedges.

Afterthought. It may be possible to reinforce the vertical edges of the panels with slats made of marine ply and glued wood-to-wood with No More Nails under compression (to keep it straight). No chance if the wood is wet and very hard work because you need to remove each panel.

[ChuckFickens]

Why would the spacers need to be attached to the concrete posts, just attaching (nailing?) them to the wooden frame of the fence panel would do the job, surely?

[methyl]

I agree with ChuckFickens. The issue is to make the fence panels fit properly. Glueing them to the concrete posts creates an issue because the fence panels will change in size whether they are wet or dry. We know that they are still too small in wet weather, so we need to make them bigger somehow, but not exceed the maximum wet width or they will warp/crack when wet.
My latest idea is to sandwich the vertical end in slats of marine ply and cross-secure the sandwitch with staples. The same staples that fence panel manufacturers use.

[pilotlight]

BJS, I had this problem. Solved it by using 'expanding foam', used by builders in many capacities nowadays.
Once dried you can trim off, and paint/stain to match either the panel, or the post.
Hope this helps.

[mjwman]

I would suggest expanding foam too.

[johnk]

You could screw the wedges to the ends of the panel. The expanding foam idea sounds interesting.

[BJS]

Thanks for all the posts been most helpful. If I went for the expanding foam option can this be obtained from a DIY store in a gun form and how do you make sure it goes completly from top to bottom of the 6ft panel heught.