Hi I am putting up a fence for the first time and my wife has finally chosen the panels which are a fairly common 180cmx180cm. I will fit a weatherboard at the bottom which is a fairly standard 15cm and I have always been told to put 60cm of post in the ground, well that all totals up to 255cm. It seems a fairly common layout to do yet the posts are sold at 2.4m and 2.7m with the 2.7m costing a fair bit more especially when you buy in quantity.
I had a load of vouchers for B&Q which I wanted to use to get the posts, but their posts are even worse at 2.36m which would only give me 46cm in the ground, is this enough. I'd like to get them here as not only are they cheaper, I can use my vouchers but I don't want to do a bodge job, what do you think. If I dig a decent hole and fill with cement will 46cm do it or is 60cm a minimum.
Any help or advice appreciated.
I had a load of vouchers for B&Q which I wanted to use to get the posts, but their posts are even worse at 2.36m which would only give me 46cm in the ground, is this enough. I'd like to get them here as not only are they cheaper, I can use my vouchers but I don't want to do a bodge job, what do you think. If I dig a decent hole and fill with cement will 46cm do it or is 60cm a minimum.
Any help or advice appreciated.