Fence Project!

[70k52wd]

This has been my reason for not working on my truck.
Both my neighbor and myself with a crew of help have been putting about 700ft of hand built fence with six walk through gates and a driveway gate will be going in my place.



This will be my driveway gate











This is my fire pit for burning leaves. All the pavers are for another project. I will make a brick surround for the pit along with a small patio so we can burn leaves in style.



These next two pics are the neighbors back yard.





Down the side of my garage, more room to hide truck parts.



Next weekend the boards go up, gates get built, install hinge and latch hardware.
I'll post the completed job next weekend. It's soo cool FINALLY getting this job done!!

[lolife99]

Man,... You've been busy!

[VA72C10]

Looks like a lot of work. My fence is one of the few things I didn't do myself...mainly because I had a guy bid 400 over my Materials cost. So for 400 bucks I told him to have fun...Took three days and came out great. I just finished an 18X16 deck at my house...so I've been throwing some lumber as well

[70k52wd]

$400 over what you priced for materials only. What was he thinking. He must of had a killer hookup on materials.
Lucky you.

[VA72C10]

Originally Posted by 70k52wd

$400 over what you priced for materials only. What was he thinking. He must of had a killer hookup on materials.
Lucky you.

Yeah, I'm sure he did, that was with me going to Home Depot and Lowes AND using a 10% coupon...I know he went to a smaller lumber yard and actually used NICER wood than I had quoted. So it worked out for me and hopefully he made some money in the end. He did try to get a few hundred extra out of me in the end, but I had a written contract and he only did what was in it so I wrote him a check for what was due and that was that

I had the same guy estimate my deck and he wanted 4400 for that...I did it for 2200 including paying a family member for his help to help him out.

[ETsC10]

Originally Posted by 70k52wd

...my neighbor and myself with a crew of help have been putting about 700ft of hand built fence...Next weekend the boards go up...

Looks like your "Crew" is already storing energy for next weekend!!



Great job...that's a LOT of fencing!

[msgross]

wow, that's a lot of fence... I put up 600ft of split rail fence with wire mesh a few years ago... $2500 was my cost and the closest bid was double that price...

[robin58]

Can I make a suggestion. I noticed you only used 8' 2x4's as stringers. I've usually found you get extra strength by using 16's with them spaced so all 3 of the joints are never on the same post at the same time. This tends to help with sagging over time. Obviously it's too late to change that, but I would put a diagonal brace on at the corner posts, like so:

[70k52wd]

Originally Posted by robin58

Can I make a suggestion. I noticed you only used 8' 2x4's as stringers. I've usually found you get extra strength by using 16's with them spaced so all 3 of the joints are never on the same post at the same time. This tends to help with sagging over time. Obviously it's too late to change that, but I would put a diagonal brace on at the corner posts, like so:

Thank you, great idea, I will see if I have enough material to do this before it gets boarded.
What a great forum, truck help, fence help. Any investors with the tip of the day?

[sleepertruck72]

Originally Posted by robin58

Can I make a suggestion. I noticed you only used 8' 2x4's as stringers. I've usually found you get extra strength by using 16's with them spaced so all 3 of the joints are never on the same post at the same time. This tends to help with sagging over time. Obviously it's too late to change that, but I would put a diagonal brace on at the corner posts, like so:

X2 I Agree and also I hope after all this work, you stain the fence. You may have to stain every 2 years but it lasts alot longer. At least here in California the sun burns up the redwood boards and dries quick. usually lasts 5-7 yrs without stain.

[70k52wd]

Here are the finished pics of the fortress.

This is the driveway gate. I'm not happy the way it turned out, neither were the two guys that built them. They had a tough time with them, they're Very Heavy. We will tweak them in the future.



Standing at Driveway gate looking at garage.



Standing at walk through to back yard.



Other side of house.



Back yard pic.



The reason for the fence.



Aside from the driveway gates, it looks good. I'll water proof it in a couple weeks.
I love it because now I have two separate fenced areas for the dogs to play, and to stay out of my way when I'm working on automotive stuff.
Btw, The dogs have never been sooo quiet and this layed back. I love it more than I can express.
That's all folks!!

[VA72C10]

Looks good! Nice work and I'm sure a lot of it...now get back to working on the blazer's powerplant so you can get down this way before the end of cruise season

[sleepertruck72]

The fence doesnt look that bad. Maybe the posts are not perfectly plumb ?
Are those blue nose pit bulls ? If they are, they are good dogs because the blue nose pits I have had will kill each other even though they are brothers and sisters. They do relaxed though, they must like their new castle !

[70k52wd]

Originally Posted by VA72C10

Looks good! Nice work and I'm sure a lot of it...now get back to working on the blazer's powerplant so you can get down this way before the end of cruise season

I'm on it.

Originally Posted by sleepertruck72

The fence doesnt look that bad. Maybe the posts are not perfectly plumb ?
Are those blue nose pit bulls ? If they are, they are good dogs because the blue nose pits I have had will kill each other even though they are brothers and sisters. They do relaxed though, they must like their new castle !

Yes blues, they are all related by the same father. One of them is our production from the little brindle girl, and the clipped ear dark blue boy. They sleep with cats, play some what nicely with one another. I call there play time "Gladiator sport"
We just love em!!