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26 • JUNE 2015 • WORLD FENCE NEWS Postsaver sleeve protects wooden fence posts and utility poles at their most vulnerable point: ground level Wooden fence posts and utility poles are subject to degradation where they meet the ground, often leading to the frustrating situation of having a perfectly good fence or support pole become unstable due to decayed post footings. A product now on the U.S. market is designed to dramatically slow wood rot and decay and keep the structures standing strong for years. The Postsaver fence post sleeve and Polesaver pole sleeve are fi tted to fence and gate posts and utility poles, and, according to the company, "pro- vide the ultimate in fence post and pole protection and are independent- ly tested and proven over 20 years of volume usage to prevent both ground rot and termite attack, with millions of sleeves in service without a single reported post or pole failure." "Wood has, for centuries, been the material of choice for fence posts and power and telecom poles; howev- er, the Achilles heel of this application is the rot which attacks the ground line section," said Richard George, di- rector of Postsaver Europe Ltd. "If your treated fence posts or treated utility poles rot through and break off at ground level after only a few years, you are faced with many problems. These include high replace- ment costs, inconvenience and poten- tial danger caused by utility poles fall- ing over or livestock escaping. This is especially annoying when the rest of the post or pole is in good condition," George stated. The patented Polesaver pole sleeve and Postsaver bitumen post sleeve are dual layer composite heat-applied sleeves. The sleeves keep the causes of rot out and the preservative in at the post sleeve protected part of the posts or treated utility poles. This prevents conventional ground rot and post or pole failure, George noted. The Postsaver sleeve is placed over the ground line section of the post. The sleeve is then heated, caus- ing the liner to melt while the outer thermoplastic sleeve shrinks down tightly onto the post. Once cooled, the liner forms a watertight seal to the pole surface and also adheres the outer heavy duty ther- moplastic sleeve to the wood to form a tough, durable, long-lasting barrier. On installation, around 5 centi- meters of sleeve is left above ground level with around 30 centimeters be- low ground level. As well as exclud- ing the causes of rot and decay, testing shows that in normal conditions the moisture content in the sleeved part of the pole or post is generally below the 25% level that is necessary for wood rot to occur, giving an additional level of assurance, George noted. "Over time, many fence post rot prevention and wood pole treatment preservatives have been used to de- lay the onset of ground rot," he said. "With growing environmental con- cerns, many of these effective but toxic wood preservatives have been restricted or banned, with major re- strictions occurring across Europe and other parts of the world. This has led to the increasing use of Postsav- er fence post sleeves on treated fence posts and Polesaver utility pole sleeves on preservative treated wooden poles and treated timber poles." Developed and manufactured in England, both Postsaver and Polesaver sleeves are readily available in North America, George said. For more information or to order, e-mail George at: Sales@postsaver. co.uk or visit www.postsaver.com. Above right, the Postsaver sleeve is placed over the ground line section of the post. The sleeve is then heated, causing the liner to melt while the out- er thermoplastic sleeve shrinks down tightly onto the post. Below, on instal- lation, around 5 centimeters of sleeve is left above ground level with around 30 centimeters below ground level. 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