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Fence Posts for a 200 Foot Fence

How many posts, sections and bags of post mix you need for a 200 foot fence.

Fence for 200 ft

8 foot post spacing, 2 bags per post.

Posts
26
Sections
25
Post mix bags
52
posts = (200 รท 8, rounded up) + 1 = 26

About 61 m of fence.

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About this estimate

Divide the 200 foot run by your 8 foot spacing for 25 sections, then add one post to close the run. Gates and corners change the count, so adjust for your layout.

Setting posts? A post hole digger or auger saves hours over a shovel on a long run.

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Common questions

How many posts for a 200 foot fence?

At 8 foot spacing, 200 divided by 8 is 25, rounded up to 25 sections, so 26 posts including the closing post.

How many bags of concrete per post?

About two bags of fast setting post mix per post for a standard hole, so about 52 for this fence.
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