Jim Stapleton
Tue, 04 Jan 2005 18:00:14 -0800
At 07:40 PM 01/04/2005 -0600, you wrote: >At 07:58 PM 1/4/05 -0500, you wrote: >>I am located in the Harrisburg, PA, >>I plan on digging post holes about a foot and a half deep, - Joe > >Joe, > MY frostline is 18" so yours will be more, as much as 36". Your >local building codes office will be able to tell what the local minimum >recommended building frostline is. >>>SNIP I'm not saying you absolutely must drill >to Oz with this but you KNOW that if my building frostline is at 18" then >yours should be somewhat deeper than that. > >Harry Wade >Nashville TN ========= Joe / Harry When I replaced all the single 4x4 posts on the IE&W with pairs I went down 18-20 inches. I backfilled with Sakrette. On the first layout we set the posts at 24-30" and backfilled with earth. This was not stable enough when someone leaned on the track. I have seen no frost heave or settling in the four years since I did the reconstruction. Jim Stapleton Purcellville -- in northernmost VA