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| >> my bad, thanks to all those who have replied so far. | >>
| >> the property is in Ocean County, NJ. | >>
| >> i'm not sure how to classify the soil. it supports a | >> lawn of kentucky blue grass. | >>
| >> the fence plan is for nothing fancy (just plain old | >> cedar or vinyl panels). in other words, no wrought iron | >> fencing (incompatible w/the privacy barrier function). | >>
| >> to the other poster, no, the one contractor went out | >> of his way to explain how he puts his posts 10' under | >> grade. so i think he'd be using a 16' piece of wood. | >> thinking it over, i agree that it's more marketing hype | >> than substance. | >>
| >> the other contractor (i don't have the quote in front | >> of me at the moment), but i believe he said 3' under | >> grade (depth of the post). | >>
| >> i just want to be better prepared to separate the | >> BS contractors from the ones with a legitimate plan | >> that will conform to solid engineering practices. | >
| >The 10' deep contractor - either you misunderstood the whole time he | >was going out of his way to explain it to you, or he thought you were | >_really_ stupid. The difference in strength/stability between a post | >sunk 3' in the ground and one sunk 10' is on the order of 2%. There's | >no benefit and a shit load more work. | >
| >Tell you what. Ask to visit one of his job sites so you can see them | >dig a 10' deep fence post hole. Post pictures.*
| | I don't know much about fences, but I'd like to see the 16 foot fence | posts. Sound expensive.
they are called " telephone poles" put your name on the list at your local town hall. they will give them to you for free as they come available.
| || | >Retardo | >
| >* I won't be holding my breath.
I wish you would for about 20 minutes. |