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Concreting fence posts?

KdjaCL · 2006-04-16 10:03:49

Fence out back is 6 foot high, there is an evil crosswind that likes to blow down the fence every 2nd or 3rd day (its the 4th fence in 5 years) The ground is soft around so it eventually weakens Vs the wind. Now i have 8 foot posts 6 foot fence and going to buy a lot of concrete. Would digging 3 feet in laying a slab of…

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16-04-2006 11:03am

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Fence out back is 6 foot high, there is an evil crosswind that likes to blow down the fence every 2nd or 3rd day (its the 4th fence in 5 years) The ground is soft around so it eventually weakens Vs the wind.

Now i have 8 foot posts 6 foot fence and going to buy a lot of concrete.

Would digging 3 feet in laying a slab of concrete then placing some blocks around the fence post base and then some more concrete (an underground concrete sandwich of sorts) do the job?
Or with the soft ground would i be best making the fence posts into underground jesus crosses and then concreting them to get maximum strength?

Strong wind and soft ground sucks, wall not an option

kdjac

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