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05-06-2009, 08:35 AM
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Digging a fence panel post hole
-- .. "Muddymike" wrote in message om... "'Mike'" wrote in message ... In my experience a small hole is only best in solid ground. In soft sandy soils a bigger hole and more postcrete/concrete is more stable. Mike When I had my fence posts and fence panels delivered, the chap who delivered then was an expert, it was his own business and had years of experience. "You have very soft soil here, you need to make a big hole and concrete them in" which I did. The trouble was that they have nearly all rotted off by now at ground level. The fence was put up about 20 years + ago and they started rotting at out 10 years ago Softwood posts? I used oak at the last house, we lived there 20 years and when we left there was no sign of any posts rotting. I even built a chicken run using cheap reject (warped, bark edged, etc) oak posts at the same time. These were never treated with anything and still stand straight (well as straight as the warped ones could stand) with no sign of rotting off today. My old fence has been replaced with some thing prettier, must ask what the posts were like when they were taken out next time I visit. Mike (The muddy one) :-(( Soft wood :-(( Mike |
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