{"id":276723,"date":"2025-01-26T19:40:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T19:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/media\/276723\/"},"modified":"2025-01-26T19:40:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T19:40:47","slug":"fence-post-mistakes-avoid-these-3-errors-fence-installation-fence-post-repairdiy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/media\/276723\/","title":{"rendered":"Fence Post Mistakes: Avoid These 3 Errors #fence installation #Fence post repair#DIY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"Fence Post Mistakes: Avoid These 3 Errors #fence installation #Fence post repair#DIY\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IlPMSE0FVnI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\n**Myth #1:  Posts only need to be buried 4 feet.** WRONG!<br \/>\nStandard 4&#215;4 and 6&#215;6 posts are 10 feet long. Why?  Your fence is 6 feet tall, plus a 2&#215;4 top cap, plus a bit extra for the cap itself. That&#8217;s 6.5 feet above ground, leaving about 3.5 feet underground for stability. <\/p>\n<p>**Myth #2: Concrete must be above ground to prevent soil contact.**  Wrong !!!<br \/>\nNot quite!  Many posts are designed for some soil contact.  The main stress is on the above-ground portion, bearing wind load and the fence&#8217;s weight.  Concrete and soil work together to secure the base, but the biggest stress is at the ground line. No amount of concrete eliminates that stress point. <\/p>\n<p>**Myth #3: Using cardboard tubes for concrete forms.**  Wrong &#038; Bad idea!<br \/>\n This prevents soil-concrete contact, reducing stability.  Soil helps anchor the post against wind. Cardboard tubes are for decks (vertical pressure), not fences (lateral pressure from wind). <\/p>\n<p>Avoid these mistakes!  For more fence building tips, check out my full video!<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to build a fence\" width=\"770\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sKH6eEL31DA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>**Myth #1: Posts only need to be buried 4 feet.** WRONG! Standard 4&#215;4 and 6&#215;6 posts are 10 feet long<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":276724,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26129],"tags":[90460,90459,35233,143125,197113,90627],"class_list":{"0":"post-276723","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-drama","8":"tag-2023-winter-drama","9":"tag-2023-","10":"tag-diy","11":"tag-fence-installation","12":"tag-fence-post-repair","13":"tag-90627"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}