I dug a 3ft 9 inch deep hole with a diameter of 14 inches. Due to rain, the 3ft 9 inch hole got about 9 inches of water in the hole. Crazy thing is the hole was completely covered prior to the rain but somehow 9 inches of water still got into the hole. I have been waiting for the dirt to soak up all the water in the hole however it doesn't seem to be doing that. After two weeks the water is still there. So my question is what would be the best way to drain the water out of the hole? I thought about just putting a few thick bed sheets in the hole to soak up all the water like a sponge but wasn't sure if that would work efficiently. I then thought about just pouring dry concrete in the hole and mixing it with the water that is already in the hole. What do you suggest? One more question. If I drained all the water out of the hole and the dirt/soil in the hole is still wet and soft is it still okay to mix concrete and pour it into the hole with the dirt/soil already being fully saturated with water? Oh wait....one more question LOL. How many bags of concrete would I need for a 3ft 9 inch deep hole with a diameter of 14 inches? I will be installing a fencing pole with a diameter of about 2 inches. Thanks for your help. Reply
By the sound of it you have what is called a hi water table. Plese note I’m not an expert on concrete. But in your situation I would do the following Put the pole in to hole add some concrete to use what water is in the bottom of the hole up and then add your wet mix concrete on top. ( yes the concrete may stay wet on the bottom but should do the job) for how manny bages you may need is up to you. You may be able to do math on it and figure it out. When I did it in my garden I think I use abought 2 bages per pole. Keep in mind it is hard to figer it out. You can buy more and all ways return if not used. Hope this helps you out. The growing farmyard.
Nice video. My fencing contractor wants to dig five feet into the ground without using concrete. Is it common to not use concrete for this type of project? Thanks!
We have never used concrete on any of our fence posts in the country in town you might. And if you are by heavy winds, that could push your fence over.
@thegrowingfarmyard6937 thanks for the reply. we have a lot of wind during hurricane season. So the concrete could cause the wind to push the fence over?
It should last with out any problems. ( this is how electric poles are done.) it should last my life time as long as the wood post lasts and does not rot a way. I may have to add some dirt on top to make it level again. Thanks for the question
Thank you for sharing your way of setting up the posts, Jeff. Hope you have a great rest of the day too.
You have beautiful land buddy one day i hope to have piece of property like that
Thank you it takes lots of work .
Run a second string from top of end post to other end post and use it to set height of inner post.
That would work if the ground is level. That is why I marked each post. I did use a string line to make Shure they are in a row as you look down them.
I dug a 3ft 9 inch deep hole with a diameter of 14 inches. Due to rain, the 3ft 9 inch hole got about 9 inches of water in the hole. Crazy thing is the hole was completely covered prior to the rain but somehow 9 inches of water still got into the hole. I have been waiting for the dirt to soak up all the water in the hole however it doesn't seem to be doing that. After two weeks the water is still there. So my question is what would be the best way to drain the water out of the hole? I thought about just putting a few thick bed sheets in the hole to soak up all the water like a sponge but wasn't sure if that would work efficiently. I then thought about just pouring dry concrete in the hole and mixing it with the water that is already in the hole. What do you suggest? One more question. If I drained all the water out of the hole and the dirt/soil in the hole is still wet and soft is it still okay to mix concrete and pour it into the hole with the dirt/soil already being fully saturated with water? Oh wait....one more question LOL. How many bags of concrete would I need for a 3ft 9 inch deep hole with a diameter of 14 inches? I will be installing a fencing pole with a diameter of about 2 inches. Thanks for your help.
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By the sound of it you have what is called a hi water table. Plese note I’m not an expert on concrete. But in your situation I would do the following
Put the pole in to hole add some concrete to use what water is in the bottom of the hole up and then add your wet mix concrete on top. ( yes the concrete may stay wet on the bottom but should do the job) for how manny bages you may need is up to you. You may be able to do math on it and figure it out. When I did it in my garden I think I use abought 2 bages per pole. Keep in mind it is hard to figer it out. You can buy more and all ways return if not used.
Hope this helps you out.
The growing farmyard.
@thegrowingfarmyard6937 Thank you sir. I will try that.
@@BlackHamRadioUniversity i understand this comment is super old, but you could have used a shop vac
Breathing loud
I was out of breath from digging. And trying to talk. Lol
Nice video. My fencing contractor wants to dig five feet into the ground without using concrete. Is it common to not use concrete for this type of project? Thanks!
We have never used concrete on any of our fence posts in the country in town you might. And if you are by heavy winds, that could push your fence over.
@thegrowingfarmyard6937 thanks for the reply. we have a lot of wind during hurricane season. So the concrete could cause the wind to push the fence over?
It will help hold up the fence better. We don’t have that kind of wind. Most we have is 80 km
@@thegrowingfarmyard6937 ah, ok. Thanks again.
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How long will the fence last without concrete in the whole?
It should last with out any problems. ( this is how electric poles are done.) it should last my life time as long as the wood post lasts and does not rot a way. I may have to add some dirt on top to make it level again. Thanks for the question
@@thegrowingfarmyard6937 thank you so much for the quick response and interesting video…..it was very informative.
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