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Hi,
3 posts in my colorbond fence are leaning. It was a result of somebody falling into it with force.
I made an effort over the weekend to dig down to the footers. I only got about 500mm before I ran out of puff. It is thick clay for the most part. I have done this on my side and 2 of the posts on my neighbours side (although not as deep on his side as the footer starts nearer the surface due to slope down to his yard).
My thinking was that if I left enough space on my side and got below the footer I could lean some 4x2 against my neighbours side at say 45 degrees, stake the end and force it down the end against the post with a mallet thereby realigning the fence vertical.
Is this a reasonable approach? I didn't get around to it and now I'm second-guessing myself and whether I should just pay someone with the right tools to fix it.
The water was foolishly added by me as I thought it would help when I went to try and straighten it but never got there.
