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Janeybug

Fence Building 101

by JaneybugComment Published at 11:3311:331 comments 1 comments53 Visits 53 Visits
This post is from from my other blog here

You might remember the storm of December of 2006 that took out our fence and a car and a half. We have finally begun the process of putting in the fence.

We are using 4 x 4 pressure treated posts for about 250' of the fence.

Pressure_treated_posts

We are also using a 5' wrapped wire horse fence.  Our previous fence was welded wire and the welds really suck.  One branch falls on the top and it will pop an entire line of welds. 

Wrapped_wire_fence

We rented a one man power post hole digger on Saturday.

Power_digger

We were going to rent a two man but the guy at hertz talked us out of it.  We have really rocky soil and apparently they toss you around if you have lots of big rocks in the soil.

Rocky_soil 

Once you dig it out with the powered auger though you still have to clean it out with the hand digger.

Hole_clean_out

We got all the holes dug and last night set the gate and corner posts in concrete.

Fence_help

Some neighbors popped over and helped us get them level and staked. 

Now, the concrete needs to set up for a few days and we need to set the rest of the posts with the dirt that came out of the hole.  Then, they need to set up a bit and we can stretch the fence. 

 

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 CraftyAtWork
Trainee CraftyAtWork | Vote: | February 2008
Re: Fence Building 101
starting to look good already. Great job


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