Can anyone on here give me some advice as how to remove anchor bolts from concrete?
I am fitting a new fence post and need to remove the old fitting and bolts as the post is split and rotting away but the anchor fittings are stuck in the ground and will not budge. As you see, the end of the bolt is splayed out once is goes into the ground, causing it to fix rigid.
My last resort is to drill them out and make a hole to set the new post in cement instead, but I’d rather not.
Thanks.
Can you not attack the rotting post?
Are the nuts visible ?
Can’t you undo them after a good over night soaking in WD 40 ?
I suspect they might turn anyway, along with the part in the ground.
Next…try whacking them in, and knocking them sideways until they loosen a bit…then a nailbar in the threads might lift it.
There is a retaining wire ring holding the parts that spread the fixing in the ground, once that loosens the bolt will fall out…give it some welly side to side.
Why not just replace the post?
Too easy ?
Could be rusted and holed ?
ME first … I am WOMAN and we has common sense :-p
Do not set a wooden post in cement. When it rots at the base you will have even more problems.
Use an angle grinder and cut them off
Apologies … I failed to appreciate that the metal wotsit is knackered.
Any good at welding?
But then how does he get the new bolts in?
Doesn’t solve the problem.
As I understand it, the post is in the metal thing, which is bolted ON to existing concrete.
Do read Floydy’s initial post (nope that’s not a pun, merely unfortunate).
He wants to remove the bolts in order to install another metal ‘thingie’ so he can put a new post in it.
Pneumatic drill comes readilt to mind 
Cold chisel once you’ve removed the metal thing?
Twas you said ‘Don’t put a post into concrete’, I was just showing you it is common practice.
I know.
This is what can happen if posts are set in concrete.
No it’s not my fence.
If the post is rotten then just replace the post.
DO NOT put the post directly into concrete…it will rot within a couple of years.
If the post holder is rusty then try this…tighten bolt first…just to crack the seal formed by water…then try undoing it.
Whack it with a club hammer too
I think that fence was in need of some attention anyway.
Nah…bit of creosote will have it looking like new:lol:
It’s still not clear to me that the metal thing is in need of replacing and I know there are other fixings whereby you can bash a new spur into the old, rotten wood.
Why not just put galvanised metal posts in the first place they are about the same price as the same length hardwood 125mm by 75mm hardwood posts.
I still used 150mm by 150mm hardwood posts for my gates but the rest of the fence was steel posts.
http://www.over50sforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3319&d=1499650838
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This was done 8 years ago and I expect it to last another 20 at least.
Yes. I’ve taken the old post out with the damaged bracket, but I still need to remove what’s left of the anchor bolts before I fit a new one.
