[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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