[Greenbuilding] Fence posts--gravel or concrete
Kat
molasses at q.com
Fri Jul 22 17:09:47 CDT 2011
Now you ARE going to update us in 2 years, and 5, and 10, to let us know
how it's holding up, right? ;-)
-Kat
Steve T wrote:
> 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 <mailto: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.
>
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