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Originally Posted by FlamingHomer
Make sure you move before you need to replace the posts. Once cemented they tend to rot quickly at the base and they aren't fun to replace. Think jackhammer. I never cement mine. I backfill with large rocks. You can still dig them out, they last longer because of no concrete which escalates rotting and the rocks still hold the post in place quite well.
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It'll take more than one random post on a messageboard to convince me that using large rocks to fill post holes builds a fence sturdier than using concrete in the post holes.
Treated 4x4s 3 or 4' deep with concrete should last longer than most people live in a house. How many fences have you lived through, FH?