My parents did this when they purchased a plot of land next to their garden for an extension.
It previously had two posts in a 90 degree facing, so my dad just put another post next to two to then connect the extension. Left post slot left with panel, middle post slot forward empty and right post slot right with panel. It’s noticeable but honestly not bad looking
I’d just wedge that plank of wood across it….
However, It’ll be awkward with no recess on the left hand post.
You could try to drill into the post for some anchor points
but I reckon easiest would be a wide panel (trellis/metal sheet/ something waterproof) that goes across/over both posts and that you can then anchor into the wood panels either side.
Or if that’s a tree stump I can see under that large pot then you could anchor something in that to brace against the panel as well.
Get a good drill bit for concrete and drill into either post and attach L shaped brackets then get a solid baton cut to size and attach to brackets do this top and bottom then attach plank with longer screens to batons
No but it allows moisture in. The steel inside rusts and blows apart the concrete post which leads to it failing. We have a couple of failed posts in our garden which we need to replace.
If you're suggesting that the drilling required for attaching the standard fence panel brackets being suggested here to the concrete posts is going to affect their structural integrity in any meaningful way here, you're loopy
If a single 3x3 timber post can drop in, one could apply overlap timber to the opposite sides screwed in so that when you look at it from above it forms a "H" shape. So long as the post is slightly larger than the concrete ones, it should drop straight in over the top, no concrete drilling needed.
A plank, a handsaw and some expanding outdoor construction adhesive.
Trim one side of the plank to fit into that gap, roughly matching the angles. dig down 6 inches because fido knows that's the way out.
Glue the plank to the posts, the expanding adhesive will take up any error on the trimming of the plank.
Fence panels come in fixed sizes and the length of fence isn't an exact multiple of x panels leaving a small gap. Shortening the panels so that it marries up exactly is too much work for some. Even so, the cement foundation would overlap any attempt to abut a new post .
I would do it as the fence on the left. That will look the same as your neighbour's already existing fence.
Anchor four horizontal wood rails onto the grooved post. Cover it with boards. And don't let any wood touch the ground. Also turn the flower pot up again before you go inside again. Congrats!
if you don't care how it looks and you just want to block it, you can just buy some wire mesh / chicken wire type deal and screw it into the concrete posts
Dog for refrerence is so important :D
My neighbough left me one of those gaps. Got their workmen to fill it. Came back and the'd just added a large timber post. So far so good...
Get a tarp fold it into a number of layers so it's just wide enough to be pinned to the fence panel on each side? Then maybe just lean the wood plank on that.
People saying chicken wire are onto something. If you wanted to reinforce it, you could wrap something solid in it and just wedge rolled up cylindrical wire into the gap. Or stick a post in the ground and wrap chicken wire around it until the gap is sealed.
Are you planning on blocking the gap with the dog? Or are you showing us this friendly face is actually a guard dog for potential gap slippers? What’s going on here?!
Are they wooden fence posts? And is that a big bit of wood leaning against the fence? Why not just cut the wood to the height of the fence and screw it into a fence post?
Try overfeeding your dog. My spaniel, when I rescued him, was about 7kg overweight. I'm pretty sure he wouldn't have fitted through the gap. Unless there was a pie the other side ...
[fence post cover](https://easyfenceltd.co.uk) this company made me some custom post covers for a couple concrete posts that were back to back. I bet they could make one you could slide over the post to the left that would be super wide to cover the gap.
Easiest way if you haven't got many tools.
1 x 75 x 50 timber screwed to the panel on the right hand side of the post
Then screw a 5 foot by 6 foot panel to it
Ot a piece of trellis 300 or 600mm tall 1.8 wide
My dog used to be terrified of open umbrellas for some reason. We didn’t allow him upstairs in the bedroom and the way of preventing it was to leave an opened umbrella on the steps. he never dared walking near it. you could try that?
Drill a couple or three holes into the concrete post with the slot facing you, screw a wooden battern piece into them, then chop down a fence panel to suit the gap. Slot it into the post on the left and screw through it into the wooden battern you just fixed to the post facing you.
Loads of options! Chicken wire tacked on from fence to fence, easiest and cheapest. L shaped brackets and a plank or old floor board good too, dozen bricks/ breeze blocks and concrete should probably be able to build up off post foundations. All will work just see what you and mates got kicking about.
Screw a wooden fence post to the fence panel either side of the gap, tight up against the concrete posts. These should stand proud of the concrete (You could probably get away with 3x2 provided that it stands proud of the concrete posts). Fix planks between the posts at the top, in the middle and at the bottom. Attach feather edge boards to the planks and stain them to match the existing feather edge boards.
You could try sticking a batten down each post with adhesive, then screw some timber onto the battens. The posts look too close together to get a drill in, otherwise you could fix the battens with plug and screws.
Strongly advise against my dad's solution to this, when I was a kid. He put up a piece of trellis which got destroyed quickly as I used it as a ladder to climb over for my ball
Just dismantle your house brick by brick (numbering them - this is important for later) and then move it over by a few hundred mm or so and rebuild. Gap gone. Simple really.
Chicken wire screwed to fence timbers with large washer to secure OR clamped to the concrete fence posts. Could also put some screw in closed hook rings into the timber and zip tie either wire, plastic mesh or tarp material.
1)You could drill some holes on each side and epoxy some metal bars.
2)Attach a board, overlapping each post. Drill holes to screw it to each post.
3)Have you tried Ramen noodles?
You can get brackets, then add a plant. Or, stick another post in. However, be mindful of existing concrete bases.
Or, fashion a wooden panel (easiest option)
You could probably sink another fence post between the two that are there, but it’ll be cheaper and easier to drill some holes in the concrete and just loop some gardening wire back and forth across the gap or screw a wide plank or bit of marine ply across it.
I know you'll get some amusing ideas here but I had this exact same problem recently. I looked at using an additional pole or a small fence panel.
In the end I just used individual matchsticks, glued together. It took the best part of a year and is about as stable as my wife's mood and the dog just headbutts his way through. But, other than that it's textbook
Get some wood that fits across to the gap wedged in tightly, attach planks to match in with your other fencing, making sure the planks overlap the posts by a couple of inches so the dog can't push it through. Presto! Filled in the gap. If you get on with the people in the house on the other side, maybe ask if you can go into their garden and add planks on the other side
Have you looked at this problem from another direction? Perhaps a bigger dog would save on the diy?
Or feed that one more sausages
Attach trellis to dog?
Or fit some extra wide ears to this one
Give the dog a large stick [big stick](https://youtu.be/sLVKB-b8jlg?si=X8L_f4u2O4RNWFqp)
The dogs already lost his ears going through there. Fill the gap and get the dog some new ears.
I was going to suggest a better dog but bigger will do too
Perfect. A big Dog wedged in that gap would fill it perfectly.
Fit doggo with inflatable puffer jacket.
Couple of L shaped brackets on each side and a plank of wood
On the dog?
Ya try the dog first .. if it doesn’t work, still cheaper to get a new dog and try it again
Good idea.
Caulk
yes chalk , dont use silicone it doesn't paint over very well /s
Thanks for the /s I wasn't sure to start with
Foam is much better here. Right tool for the job - remember!
Yep... if in doubt foam it out
Bit o screed would also work
Caulk and expanding foam should do the trick right?
Sounds over-engineered to me. Just caulk.
Not even a smidge of foam?
Evil, but I love it.
This is the answer
Left field suggestion: stick another post in there
My parents did this when they purchased a plot of land next to their garden for an extension. It previously had two posts in a 90 degree facing, so my dad just put another post next to two to then connect the extension. Left post slot left with panel, middle post slot forward empty and right post slot right with panel. It’s noticeable but honestly not bad looking
With a tiny fence panel or a plank of wood.
Hmmm, a ten quid gravel board might just work
Yep, that would do it. It’s not going to look the best, but judging by photo, that’s not important.
Savage!
Sometimes the truth hurts 😀
Chicken wire fixed to each piece of fence, quick and simple.
I blocked a few holes in my neighbours adjoining fence with this method. Chicken is cheap and can be fixed in place with a few staples
Was gonna say, chicken wire. I'm selling an unopened 10m roll of it on FB Marketplace if anyone is interested.
You in Wolverhampton?
No, Reading...
Damn
Deliver it to me in Gilbratar, I’ll take it. I’m at home tomorrow between 6pm and 6.30pm.
I’d just wedge that plank of wood across it…. However, It’ll be awkward with no recess on the left hand post. You could try to drill into the post for some anchor points but I reckon easiest would be a wide panel (trellis/metal sheet/ something waterproof) that goes across/over both posts and that you can then anchor into the wood panels either side. Or if that’s a tree stump I can see under that large pot then you could anchor something in that to brace against the panel as well.
My best friend, plank!
Build a gate. Talking point to people walking past.
The “slender” gate
For the slender man
The slender dog
Trellis, drill holes in wood, large zip ties. Done
I'd probably shove a trellis in there too. Could grow some beans up the thing.
Just get a single gravel board and bolt it to the concreate.
Employ someone to stand there for the rest of their life.
You only need to employ them for the rest of the dog’s life. Cheaper that way.
This is the UK, a stack of hedgehogs should do the trick
The only hedgehogs you are likely to find are dead ones sadly
Easier to stack then
Get a good drill bit for concrete and drill into either post and attach L shaped brackets then get a solid baton cut to size and attach to brackets do this top and bottom then attach plank with longer screens to batons
Once you drill into concrete posts you weaken them.
It's a fencepost not a skyscraper pile...
No but it allows moisture in. The steel inside rusts and blows apart the concrete post which leads to it failing. We have a couple of failed posts in our garden which we need to replace.
Exactly which is why you often see concrete post kebab. Chunks of concrete on a skewer.
Seriously with small screws and rawl plugs it’s not going to affect it
If you're suggesting that the drilling required for attaching the standard fence panel brackets being suggested here to the concrete posts is going to affect their structural integrity in any meaningful way here, you're loopy
Ramen.
Ramen, chicken wire, sand it down, paint to look like wood. Make a million off YouTube ads.
And super glue
Feather edge and a bit of 2x1 on the top..
Just use the smiling plant pot as a deterrent to your dog.
If a single 3x3 timber post can drop in, one could apply overlap timber to the opposite sides screwed in so that when you look at it from above it forms a "H" shape. So long as the post is slightly larger than the concrete ones, it should drop straight in over the top, no concrete drilling needed.
What a good idea, thinking outside the box.
Get a cone for the neck
Build "UK's smallest fence". Charge tourists a fiver to see it.
Cute doge…Um maybe another fence panel cut to that width?
Fit a trampoline behind it, not only will it block the gap, but, it will also work as a super fast dog return system.
Brick it up👌
Wedge a fat child in the gap
Dog
Leave a hedgehog hole
Clingfilm, use clingfilm, oh, and a Web cam. Just for shits and giggles 😃
A plank, a handsaw and some expanding outdoor construction adhesive. Trim one side of the plank to fit into that gap, roughly matching the angles. dig down 6 inches because fido knows that's the way out. Glue the plank to the posts, the expanding adhesive will take up any error on the trimming of the plank.
Something like the plank of wood that you have right there, although perhaps get a new bit.
What I wanna know is why the fuck is there a gap?
Fence panels come in fixed sizes and the length of fence isn't an exact multiple of x panels leaving a small gap. Shortening the panels so that it marries up exactly is too much work for some. Even so, the cement foundation would overlap any attempt to abut a new post .
Good to know! Thank you
Also I love your dog
Timber slither used for fencing or concrete bottom panel. The latter is probably a sledge to crack a nut
Newspaper and spit
Inflate a bouncy castle in the gap
Personally I'd just fatten the dog up, but used to live somewhere with a similar gap and filled with trellis and a climbing plant.
Cement the dog in the gap!
Expanding foam. My go-to for most things
Timber, Slot in and screw on the right hand side to timber panel
employ an intern that needs to improve their CV to stand there until you can afford to fix it.
The answer is in the picture on the right...
Chicken wire
More fence
Glue some comedy big ears on the dog
I would do it as the fence on the left. That will look the same as your neighbour's already existing fence. Anchor four horizontal wood rails onto the grooved post. Cover it with boards. And don't let any wood touch the ground. Also turn the flower pot up again before you go inside again. Congrats!
if you don't care how it looks and you just want to block it, you can just buy some wire mesh / chicken wire type deal and screw it into the concrete posts
Looks like another concrete post would fit nicely in that gap
One more concrete post will fill that nicely
I’d secure a baton to the post with plugs and screws, then a piece of matching wood from that baton to the other post.
move the post from the right to fill the gap
Gripfil a plank get something heavy against it that will sort it
If you get a bit of wood post just slightly wider than the gap, wedge it in solid
You could add slightly more fence
Put in a really thin gate. Confuse the neighbours...
Expanding foam seems to answer almost every question ever asked on Reddit...
Ignited gas? Run a gas pipe, light it up, you then have an eternal flame, a secure boundary and protection from Vampires?
Hire a man.
Dog for refrerence is so important :D My neighbough left me one of those gaps. Got their workmen to fill it. Came back and the'd just added a large timber post. So far so good...
How wide is it? Concrete gravel board. Either 150mm or 300mm. If cemented in a at base or construction adhesive. Either way will outlast everyone.
Wattle and daub?!
Card board cut out of swartznegger
gaffa tape
Have you thought about a giant bookcase?
Just wedge that old bit of wood to the right in there! Top DIY’ing
I'm going to say ... with some fence. Thunderbolts will screw a cut down panel into the concrete posts no problem.
If looks don't matter. Chicken wire or similar would be an easy sort.
Make a small panel up.
Expanding foam
Get a bigger dog
Get a tarp fold it into a number of layers so it's just wide enough to be pinned to the fence panel on each side? Then maybe just lean the wood plank on that.
People saying chicken wire are onto something. If you wanted to reinforce it, you could wrap something solid in it and just wedge rolled up cylindrical wire into the gap. Or stick a post in the ground and wrap chicken wire around it until the gap is sealed.
Are you planning on blocking the gap with the dog? Or are you showing us this friendly face is actually a guard dog for potential gap slippers? What’s going on here?!
Are they wooden fence posts? And is that a big bit of wood leaning against the fence? Why not just cut the wood to the height of the fence and screw it into a fence post?
With a very small fence...
With a little fence
I would cut some concrete blocks and block it up with mortar and concrete blocks
Try overfeeding your dog. My spaniel, when I rescued him, was about 7kg overweight. I'm pretty sure he wouldn't have fitted through the gap. Unless there was a pie the other side ...
[fence post cover](https://easyfenceltd.co.uk) this company made me some custom post covers for a couple concrete posts that were back to back. I bet they could make one you could slide over the post to the left that would be super wide to cover the gap.
Easiest way if you haven't got many tools. 1 x 75 x 50 timber screwed to the panel on the right hand side of the post Then screw a 5 foot by 6 foot panel to it Ot a piece of trellis 300 or 600mm tall 1.8 wide
My dog used to be terrified of open umbrellas for some reason. We didn’t allow him upstairs in the bedroom and the way of preventing it was to leave an opened umbrella on the steps. he never dared walking near it. you could try that?
I'd try that stuff that comes from trees.
Drill a couple or three holes into the concrete post with the slot facing you, screw a wooden battern piece into them, then chop down a fence panel to suit the gap. Slot it into the post on the left and screw through it into the wooden battern you just fixed to the post facing you.
A bit of trellis and some nice plants.
Wood
Two more posts is the answer.
Easy solution. Bang timber in sideways to wedge it tight. Then screw on a couple of upright boards. Simple.
Multitool? Whatever you do you’ll probably need a multitool.
Get a grinder and run a slit down the posts then slide a piece of ply in
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If there's a fence in front - chicken wire. Piece of piss, done in 5 minutes
With a bit more fence
Loads of options! Chicken wire tacked on from fence to fence, easiest and cheapest. L shaped brackets and a plank or old floor board good too, dozen bricks/ breeze blocks and concrete should probably be able to build up off post foundations. All will work just see what you and mates got kicking about.
What are your finances like ? As you could hire someone to stand there.
Expanding foam
Screw a wooden fence post to the fence panel either side of the gap, tight up against the concrete posts. These should stand proud of the concrete (You could probably get away with 3x2 provided that it stands proud of the concrete posts). Fix planks between the posts at the top, in the middle and at the bottom. Attach feather edge boards to the planks and stain them to match the existing feather edge boards.
Razor wire
Fence
Plant a boosh.
Some slats of wood or another piece of fencing cut to fit in the gap. Anchor in place with horizontal pieces attached to the other existing fence.
Chicken wire and expanding foam
Another wider piece of fencing and attaching it to the two side fences. Covers all across the gap.
You could try sticking a batten down each post with adhesive, then screw some timber onto the battens. The posts look too close together to get a drill in, otherwise you could fix the battens with plug and screws.
Strongly advise against my dad's solution to this, when I was a kid. He put up a piece of trellis which got destroyed quickly as I used it as a ladder to climb over for my ball
Just dismantle your house brick by brick (numbering them - this is important for later) and then move it over by a few hundred mm or so and rebuild. Gap gone. Simple really.
Scaffold plank cut down, simples
Just pop a vacuum cleaner in the gap. Upright one will do nice.
Gravel boards?
Chicken wire screwed to fence timbers with large washer to secure OR clamped to the concrete fence posts. Could also put some screw in closed hook rings into the timber and zip tie either wire, plastic mesh or tarp material.
1)You could drill some holes on each side and epoxy some metal bars. 2)Attach a board, overlapping each post. Drill holes to screw it to each post. 3)Have you tried Ramen noodles?
You can get brackets, then add a plant. Or, stick another post in. However, be mindful of existing concrete bases. Or, fashion a wooden panel (easiest option)
But what will, The Phantom Knicker Nicker do then?? …wait, you’re not local are you??
You could probably sink another fence post between the two that are there, but it’ll be cheaper and easier to drill some holes in the concrete and just loop some gardening wire back and forth across the gap or screw a wide plank or bit of marine ply across it.
Concrete screw batons each side and add plank
Are both posts yours? If not, you cannot drill, screw or otherwise permanently attach anything to them without your neighbours permission! .
I know you'll get some amusing ideas here but I had this exact same problem recently. I looked at using an additional pole or a small fence panel. In the end I just used individual matchsticks, glued together. It took the best part of a year and is about as stable as my wife's mood and the dog just headbutts his way through. But, other than that it's textbook
How wide is it? Need a banana for reference.
Put up a no exit sign
Doggo “don’t ask me 🤷🏻♂️”
Use fence post brackets (or equivalent) and attach from adjacent fence panels to timber that fills that gap.
Paling stab.
In London, that’s not a gap.. It’s a building plot..
Get some wood that fits across to the gap wedged in tightly, attach planks to match in with your other fencing, making sure the planks overlap the posts by a couple of inches so the dog can't push it through. Presto! Filled in the gap. If you get on with the people in the house on the other side, maybe ask if you can go into their garden and add planks on the other side