Recent content by Suma Vupputuri

Update: after the thunderstorm last night the fence is already leaning again. I went to look at the base of the posts and I don’t see anything but dirt with gravel on top — pic attached. (Maybe I needed to dig down deeper)

Thank you all for your comments! We are in the midst of a severe thunder storm so I guess that should be a test. I will take a photo and post it tomorrow. I will also text the guy who did the job and try to clarify what he meant by drywall.

So I think the posts were originally set in the soil as you said, but after a few years must have come loose. The handyman seems like a nice guy and said he would come back and fix for free if the fence came down again. Do you think I should ask him to come back now and reset the posts in...

I’m in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Hi, I recently had my fence repaired by a general handyman who I had used before for small jobs. Part of my fence was leaning and part totally falling down. Instead of using cement to resecure the fence posts the handyman used “drywall” (I’m assuming he meant drywall mud??) which he only told me...