Vent: Overheard a landscaper in Denver say 'a fence is just a wall with holes in it'

I was grabbing coffee last week and heard a guy from a big landscaping crew say that to his buddy. It's that kind of thinking that gets you a wobbly, leaning mess after one Colorado winter. A proper fence needs proper footings, not just posts shoved in dirt. How do you guys handle clients who think our work is just 'putting up sticks'?

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seanjackson22d ago

Proper fence needs proper footings" is the part that got me. You're in Denver and you still have to explain that? The ground heaves like crazy out there. A fence without good concrete footings below the frost line is just temporary art. That guy calling it a wall with holes is why so many fences look terrible after a year. It shows he doesn't get the basic forces a fence has to handle.

wesley_adams22d ago

Remember that fence that leaned after one winter?

the_spencer21d ago

Wait, he called it a wall with holes? That's actually kind of funny but so wrong.