Re: fencing question for the handy types
- From: Paula <mmmtoblerone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 08:39:07 GMT
Janet Boss <janet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:janet-
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In article <Xns98F4DB874FE18mmmtobleronelurvscho@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,I'd do six foot. My old fence is five foot, with one side latticed topped.
Paula <mmmtoblerone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
If you have friends, you can have it done pretty inexpensively. It is
the labor that is expensive.
In this case, the labor would be challenging as well. The original
owners gave no thought to tree placement (typical - people put in small
trees not thinking about them getting huge).
Back in 1982, we put in 100' feet of privacy fencing in a rowhouse yard
(40' deep, 20' wide). OMG was it a challenge. We rented a power auger
and we still wound up digging by shovel and post hole digger - we hit
ROCK an awful lot. Putting the fence up was the easy part - the posts
were a bitch! We also did it in March, in mud and wind. Needless to
say, I think I'd choose May!
Here, we have roots of all sorts to contend with, plus a dog in the yard
behind us (we share that fence line and she is left out unattended all
day).
Still, I'm thinking of only doing one side, but have to look into the
zoning stuff. I'd prefer to not have to do 6', but I think I'd have to
because of the pool. Maybe 5' with lattice top would look less bulky.
The new six foot actually looks much sleeker. Also, be sure to check the
code on what kind of lattice and other work is allowed. Some friends had
to redo a whole section of new fence before they could put water in their
pool because it had something to the design that kids could possibly use to
climb it. I am paying for my fence outright so that I can have all the
support 2x4's and hardware on the other side and just straight boards with
top rail on my side so there is no question of any climbing apparatus. It
turns out at least 2 of my neighbors are using the money saved on not
sharing the cost of the fence they share with me to have the rest of their
fencing done by my friend's husband and his crew, who are charging him
closer to market rate (but still cheaper than guys with lots of overhead).
Since they are making money on side jobs they wouldn't get otherwise, they
are going to do all my landscaping for me after the pool guys get done with
the pool and concrete.
I have lots of overgrown trees along various sides of my yard, too. The
worst is one neighbor's bamboo which some idiot before them decided to
plant right next to their side of the fence. I can't grow grass anywhere
near my side of that fence area because the roots are so invasive. It
caused some problems with post digging, but my guys were able to work
around it. They had to cut back lots of tree brances all along the fence
line to be able to put up fencing. What did they do when they had to put
in the support posts for the chain link you have now? You should be able
to piggyback on that for the most part.
We have kids and dogs in several neighboring yards, so coordinating when
fencing would be down where has been a pain, but doable. I had them stop
going the direction they were going and start on the other side after this
past week. The pool guys got the rebar in and then had to wait for
inspection before putting in the gunite. I don't want the fence down where
there are kids or dogs when the pool is in the rebar stage, so they had to
skip around to the retired couple on the other side of the house (would
have been last of all in the original plan). Inelegant, but I care a lot
about safety issues.
I am getting sick and tired of living with dogs who are all pissy about not
getting to go out and supervise the strangers digging up their yard and
having to be on leash even for potty breaks most of the time. It gives a
whole new perspective on the people who wonder why their dogs are such
pains in the patoot to live with even though the dogs don't get enough
exercise, etc. Mimi got a Nintendo DS and a Nintendogs game for her
birthday from Grandpa. My new advice to people is to get those dogs if
they really want easy care dogs. I am thinking of trading mine in! Of
course, once the fencing is done and the pool is in and life is back to
normal, I'm sure I'll be glad I went with real live dogs. If we all live
to see that day! :)
Paula
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