Ron McNeil
06-20-2003, 1:05 PM
Well it's Friday and I will try again to build my 400' of fence that I started over a month ago and getting nowhere fast. Today is the 17th straight day that it has rained at least part of the day. We have the back of our property fenced with split rail and then steel wire stapled over it so the dogs don't get out and the wild animals don't get in. The fence was part of the house when we purched it in 1999. All the posts were put into the ground and cemented and are in good shape. Unfortunately the rails are dry rotten and breaking. I got an estimate to put a privacy fence up for between $5000.00 and $6000.00 dollars. My wife and I thought if we replaced all the rails with Pressure Treated 2X4 and used 1 X 6 planks we could do it ourselves. So far we have done about 80 feet and it has cost us about $688.00 We still have the material to do 40 more feet and that costs inludes a walk through gate and two 5' gates that make up a 10' gate that opens to drive vechicles into the back of property. We are hoping to get at least another 20 feet up this weekend and I'm hoping to spray stain on the part that hasn't been stained yet. (If the weather will cooperate).
Here's a picture of the driveway side of the house. This is mostly gates but it seems to be working just fine. We figure it is going to cost us about $1500.00 to $1700.00 when done.
Here's a picture of the driveway side of the house. This is mostly gates but it seems to be working just fine. We figure it is going to cost us about $1500.00 to $1700.00 when done.