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I am going to put in a new fence which will have to come out in five to ten years and then go back in. Some time ago I saw a method of installing fence posts which intrigues me. You set a section of 6″ PVC sewer pipe in the ground in concrete (with 4-6″ of gravel in the bottom of the hole). Then the wooden 4×4 post is set in the pipe with pea gravel. When the time comes to remove the post you simply vacuum the pea gravel out with a shop vac!! Has anyone used this method and how did it work?
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I am going to put in a new fence which will have to come out in five to ten years and then go back in. Some time ago I saw a method of installing fence posts which intrigues me. You set a section of 6" PVC sewer pipe in the ground in concrete (with 4-6" of gravel in the bottom of the hole). Then the wooden 4x4 post is set in the pipe with pea gravel. When the time comes to remove the post you simply vacuum the pea gravel out with a shop vac!! Has anyone used this method and how did it work?