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# of Bags of Concrete required - fence build
Posted on 10/1/14 at 2:00 pm
Posted on 10/1/14 at 2:00 pm
6' privacy fence with 22 posts.
how many bags do you think I will need?
Thanks in advance.
how many bags do you think I will need?
Thanks in advance.
This post was edited on 10/1/14 at 2:02 pm
16
Posted on 10/1/14 at 2:00 pm to jmorr34
11
Posted on 10/1/14 at 2:01 pm to jmorr34
One bag per post...
Posted on 10/1/14 at 2:01 pm to jmorr34
6ft tall?
Posted on 10/1/14 at 2:02 pm to jmorr34
22
bag a post
bag a post
This post was edited on 10/1/14 at 2:03 pm
Posted on 10/1/14 at 2:03 pm to jmorr34
40lb bags = 44
80lb bags = 22
Use 6x6 on the corners.
80lb bags = 22
Use 6x6 on the corners.
Posted on 10/1/14 at 2:04 pm to CHEDBALLZ
Also.....
Go ahead and get some gravel and put it at the bottom of your holes. Helps to keep the post from rotting.
Go ahead and get some gravel and put it at the bottom of your holes. Helps to keep the post from rotting.
Posted on 10/1/14 at 2:04 pm to jmorr34
Are they 4x4 posts or 2" diameter posts used for chain-link?
ETA: Nevermind I see that its a privacy fence so its probably 4x4's.Probably about a bag and a half per post. (40 lb bags)
ETA: Nevermind I see that its a privacy fence so its probably 4x4's.Probably about a bag and a half per post. (40 lb bags)
This post was edited on 10/1/14 at 2:10 pm
Posted on 10/1/14 at 2:05 pm to LST
quote:
Are they 4x4 posts or 2" diameter posts used for chain-link?
Why anyone would get a 2wd post is beyond me.
Posted on 10/1/14 at 2:06 pm to jmorr34
50# bag per post
80# will do 2 post
80# will do 2 post
Posted on 10/1/14 at 2:06 pm to LST
Thought I had heard a bag per post. Thank you for confirming.
yes 4x4s. May do the 6x6 on corners as mentioned as well.
yes 4x4s. May do the 6x6 on corners as mentioned as well.
Posted on 10/1/14 at 2:08 pm to jmorr34
Just finished a fence at my house and I ended up using 3/4 of 80lb bag per hole (8in wide and 30in deep) so i would go with one 60lb bag per hole
Posted on 10/1/14 at 2:10 pm to jmorr34
50# fast setting? 40#, 60# or 80#. This matters
Posted on 10/1/14 at 2:16 pm to jmorr34
Are you using a gas post hole digger or Hand(clam-shell) digger? Hand ones, you end up digging bigger holes
Posted on 10/1/14 at 2:20 pm to warr09
Make sure you mix the concrete well in wheel barrow first. I have seen fence companies dump the bag in the hole and just pour water onto it. This may sound obvious to most but just thought I'd throw it out there.
Posted on 10/1/14 at 2:22 pm to NYCAuburn
quote:
Hand ones, you end up digging bigger holes
I feel the opposite. I did both and my hand dug holes were much smaller. I used 1 bag of red fast setting quickrete per hole. Sometimes another half of a bag
Posted on 10/1/14 at 2:23 pm to jmorr34
Depends on how big of a hole you are digging and how deep the posts are set. My fence has 4x4 posts set 4' in the ground and 6' up. I used a tractor mounted auger and put 2-80# bags of cement on each post.
Posted on 10/1/14 at 2:25 pm to NYCAuburn
Will likely rent a gas auger
Posted on 10/1/14 at 2:28 pm to jmorr34
Also if doing this yourself i recommend spending the extra time and $$ to screw the boards to the runners and not nail. I used 1-5/8" torx head deck screws putting two on each runner. Not one board lost for Gustave.
Posted on 10/1/14 at 2:37 pm to bayoudude
quote:
Also if doing this yourself i recommend spending the extra time and $$ to screw the boards to the runners and not nail. I used 1-5/8" torx head deck screws putting two on each runner. Not one board lost for Gustave.
frick that. that takes FOREVER. you only need an auger if you are in a hard clay environment. anywhere in La just hang dig it. the augers are a PIA
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