[jcon40]

you may mean a Cubic Foot of water ?

which weighs a little over 60 lbs not 112 lbs

[Pontiac]

I did mean cubic foot but thanks for making me think again.

Water is 62.3 pounds per cubic foot and if we are talking about a six foot fence there would be 6 cubic feet of water on top of every linear foot of a fence one foot wide.

So I did make an error. That should be roughly 374 pounds per square foot of fence that must be supported by some kind of footer or foundation.

When I wrote that post for a second I thought that doesn’t seem right but I didn’t stop.