LifePost Products beginnings are rooted in necessity. Our founders were tired of replacing failed wood posts so they searched for alternatives. Available metal posts were unsightly, difficult to use and not well suited for gate support.

The Solution
LifePost founders came up with a solution and now offer four models of metal fence posts. LifePost patented products are designed for easy installation with the attractive finished look of an all wood fence while providing the durability of steel where it counts ... at the post.

Background of the Invention
All homeowners are quite familiar with the problem of fence post degradation. Whether the post rots out in the ground, rots due to age, or is sheared off as a result of high wind, people know that sooner or later the wood fence posts will need to be replaced. Even if the fencing sections or individual pickets can be saved and reused, posts, for the most part, need to be replaced over time.

Many homeowners' insurance companies don't even bother sending out an adjuster after a major storm. They ask the property owner how many fencing sections are down, apply a formula for pricing and send out a check, as fencing and fence post replacement is a common hazard they incur.

The usual procedure for the replacement of redwood fence posts is to move away the downed fencing. That is, separate it--if not already separated, from the post remnant, and spend time digging out the concrete ball surrounding the base of the downed post, to leave an excavation to set a new post in.

LifePost designers decided that there had to be a better fence post, an easier way to install the post, and an easier way to attach or reattach the fencing sections to the new post. This invention addresses all of these issues; namely, an improved fence post system and a new mode of attaching the fencing section to the newly installed post.