[Greenbuilding] Fence posts--gravel or concrete

[Steve T]

Just an update on my fence.  I did end up going 4' with 6" gravel at the
bottom.  Quite happy with the results and so are the neighbors.  I'll be
doing my other fence lines with only gravel as well.

On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 10:22 PM, Steve T <progressivepenguin at gmail.com>wrote:

> I don't doubt that we could use a shallower hole if we were using
> concrete, but we will not be.  I've seen what heaving has done to
> fences with concrete bases here (IMHO it looks like crap) and I want
> to avoid that any way I can especially since it's my fence.  It
> doesn't cost me any more to dig 5 feet and the cost of the extra
> gravel is negligible.  The fence that we are replacing has concrete
> footings, is only 10 years old and tilts in a stiff breeze.  The
> physics of the deal says the deeper the post hole, the sturdier fence
> so where the previous fence builders underbuilt, I will overbuild just
> so I won't have to come back to it again.
> --
> "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act!"
> -- George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair)
>



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