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A job in Boulder last month taught me to always check the frost line
We were setting 8-foot cedar posts for a ranch style fence and hit solid rock about 18 inches down. The homeowner was sure the frost line was only 12 inches there, but my old code book said 24. Had to rent a demo hammer to go deeper, which added a day and about $300 to the job. How do you guys handle rocky soil when the specs call for a deeper hole?
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miasanchez3d ago
Ugh, rock is the worst.
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evan5432d ago
Yeah, "charge for rock, not soil" is the real deal. I had a client who swore up and down their yard was clear, but we hit a shelf of limestone two feet down on every single post. The quote was for dirt, so we had to stop and have that tough talk about the extra cost for a rock bit and time. It's never a fun conversation to have in the middle of the job.
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