Was reading old fence manuals, found a stat about post depth I never knew

I was flipping through a 1987 edition of the American Fence Association handbook last week, just for kicks. Turns out they recommend 1/3 of the post length goes underground, not the 2/3 above ground I've been doing for 15 years. I've been over-engineering every gate post in Phoenix because I thought deeper meant better. Maybe it's just me, but has anyone else ever checked those old manuals and found something that made you rethink your whole setup?

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paige_bell811d ago

Man, that would mess with my head too after 15 years of doing it a certain way. Solidarity on the over-engineering, at least your gates are probably still standing in those Phoenix summers.

williams.luna15h ago

15 years of digging Phoenix holes just to learn I was doing the job right, guess my fences are just dramatic.