I put up a fence awhile back. It was going to be subject to very strong
North winds, so I built accordingly. I potted the posts 4ft deep, and used
the "board on board" fence design. Board on board lets the wind pass
through the fence and reduces wind loading. You might want to go with
longer posts and install them deeper. I've seen fences easily blown over
with posts that were 2 feet deep.



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Joe Michel
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When it was very windy over the last weekend, my backyard fence was
swaying quite vigorouly. to the extent that if I didn't secure it, it
would've bent or broken. I guess one of the posts wasn't secure enough
inside the ground. so we tied that post to the one opposite to it and
it stood the wind for that day.

I need a long term solution for this. Should I remove that section, dig
the hole deeper for the post, possibly put some concrete in it and
secure it that way? Or is there an alternate solution that works just
as well without removing the section of the fence?

I don't have much help or tools to do this. Could you offer any
suggestions? Thanks.