I spent 6 months digging post holes wrong before a neighbor called me out

Honestly, I used to just eyeball the depth on every hole for wood fences in my backyard jobs. An old guy from down the street walked over one afternoon and asked why my posts were at different heights. He pointed out that my holes were all off by 2-3 inches because I wasn't setting a string line across the top first. I felt like an idiot, but now I use a laser level to mark each hole before I dig. Has anyone else had a simple mistake like that totally change how they work?

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sean481mo ago

Learned that string line trick the hard way too after my first fence sagged.

casey2681mo ago

That string line trick humbled me too... still cringe thinking about my first crooked fence.

logan2711mo ago

You ever see a friend's fence that looks like a roller coaster from 20 feet away?