..other than the newborn, that is !
Finally "mostly" finished fencing the backyard. Think it looks pretty sharp too:
This is the fence to the shop, off the driveway. The fence is 6' tall ornamental steel..my first time working with this. It's a nice clean look and very open feel despite it being jet black.
I'm pretty pleased that I was able to install it all by my lonesome - started in May tho :rolf:.
If you'll excuse my boasting a little bit, it was:
385 running feet of fence
55 post holes, dug by hand with a clamshell digger
58 of 80# bags of concrete moved, mixed and set by hand
4200# of fencing moved by my hand about 3 times
It was quite an adventure...I bought most of the fence materials used off Craigslist. Somebody took down a fence around an apartment building in Maryland and hauled this back to Raleigh. I hauled the fencing back to Fuquay in a U-Haul...during a really hot day in May. Some of you may remember me asking about a welder - since the posts were cut-off short during the removal, I paid a local welder to lengthen these fence posts using square tube I bought at Dillon's in Raleigh. He was very understanding when I accidentally tried to give him zinc poisoning. Oops.
Sourcing materials w/o breaking the bank was a challenge..I needed three 6' gates to get my riding mower through and companies wanted an absolute fortune for pre-made gates (read: $500+ per gate), so I opted for some gate kits I got super-cheap (relatively speaking) from a company in Arkansas. Had to buy some specially post-brackets..those came from CA. My fence has parts from four states - plus wherever they manufacturer Rustoleum paint !
I haven't done a final tally, but figure I have about $3300 into it for everything, including the Makita hammer-drill I had to buy :tool:. I ran replacement quotes in case I needed to adjust my insurance..$14K just for the materials.:swoon:
I'm planning to bend steel for an arch over each gate for a bit of artistic flair and also to stiffen the gate-posts. Still trying to find the right design..a simple curve ? Pergola style ? Incorporate the gates into arbors ? Got any ideas ?
-Mark
Finally "mostly" finished fencing the backyard. Think it looks pretty sharp too:
This is the fence to the shop, off the driveway. The fence is 6' tall ornamental steel..my first time working with this. It's a nice clean look and very open feel despite it being jet black.
I'm pretty pleased that I was able to install it all by my lonesome - started in May tho :rolf:.
If you'll excuse my boasting a little bit, it was:
385 running feet of fence
55 post holes, dug by hand with a clamshell digger
58 of 80# bags of concrete moved, mixed and set by hand
4200# of fencing moved by my hand about 3 times
It was quite an adventure...I bought most of the fence materials used off Craigslist. Somebody took down a fence around an apartment building in Maryland and hauled this back to Raleigh. I hauled the fencing back to Fuquay in a U-Haul...during a really hot day in May. Some of you may remember me asking about a welder - since the posts were cut-off short during the removal, I paid a local welder to lengthen these fence posts using square tube I bought at Dillon's in Raleigh. He was very understanding when I accidentally tried to give him zinc poisoning. Oops.
Sourcing materials w/o breaking the bank was a challenge..I needed three 6' gates to get my riding mower through and companies wanted an absolute fortune for pre-made gates (read: $500+ per gate), so I opted for some gate kits I got super-cheap (relatively speaking) from a company in Arkansas. Had to buy some specially post-brackets..those came from CA. My fence has parts from four states - plus wherever they manufacturer Rustoleum paint !
I haven't done a final tally, but figure I have about $3300 into it for everything, including the Makita hammer-drill I had to buy :tool:. I ran replacement quotes in case I needed to adjust my insurance..$14K just for the materials.:swoon:
I'm planning to bend steel for an arch over each gate for a bit of artistic flair and also to stiffen the gate-posts. Still trying to find the right design..a simple curve ? Pergola style ? Incorporate the gates into arbors ? Got any ideas ?
-Mark
