[TheForge] planting gates

Wed Oct 16 10:00:04 2002

I think it's something Frosty marks on his metal with a Prismacolor pencil.

Walt
-----Original Message-----
From: lama <[email protected]>
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 9:46 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] planting gates

>"Frost Line"?
>That must be the line at the snow ball stand.
>dave m
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dave Brown" <[email protected]>
>
>
>> One rule of thumb that I'd follow is to be sure the bottom of the
concrete
>> and post is deeper than your maximum frost line.  Anything less will be
>> subject to frost heaving.
>>
>> Dave Brown
>>
>> At 06:18 AM 10/16/02 -0600, you wrote:
>> >Is there a rule of thumb about guestimating the depth and volume of
>> >concrete needed to plant a gate post? I would assume that the height
>> >of the post and the weight of the gate are important factors, and I'm
>> >sure there's some science involved - I'm just looking for some ideas.
>> >
>> >edge
>
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