If you’re interested in learning how to install a peace pole, you’ve come to the right place! Here we’ll go over the process from start to finish so you’re aware of the details you need to know in order to properly install a peace pole.
How To Install a Peace Pole:
Below is the right size hole for planting peace poles. The less earth that is disturbed the sooner the peace pole will be sturdy.
With a post-hole digger, dig a narrow hole like the one above. Set the peace pole in it and then back-fill it with the earth that came out of the hole, tamping as you go, perhaps tamping with a 2-by-4. Stone poles need a hole 32 inches deep. It usually is marked on the pole with others. There is no need to reach the frost line in any case.
A narrow hole is the goal when planting peace poles. The less the earth is disturbed around the peace pole, the better it will support it.
Before digging, you could mark a spot on the handle measuring from the bottom of the digger to help you judge when to stop.
Traditionally with peace poles it is called “planting.”
Posthole diggers, like the one seen above, can be rented from tool rental companies for about five dollars per day or purchased for around $30 at places like Home Depot and Amazon.com. “How-to” videos wisely tell you to wear steel toed boots and not sandals like me.
Once the peace pole is in the hole, to get it plumb (which means vertical and not leaning), it can be useful to hold two levels against two different sides at the same time, and not on opposite sides – one at noon and one at three o’clock (except on poles that get smaller as they go up, like my large stainless ones).
What should surround the pole in the hole is the earth that came out of it. If you put sand or gravel in there instead, that would attract moisture from the surrounding soil, which would not be good. It is best to make the peace pole more or less invisible in the soil by having what is holding it up just be more of the same soil surrounding it.
Even with stone peace poles, you will be able to twist it in the hole to orient it in the direction you choose before backfilling around it.
There you have it! Your guide on how to install a peace pole. If you have specific questions, comments, or concerns, please don’t hesitate to reach out.