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The Home Stretch
Jun. 13th, 2010 08:07 pmThis weekend we finished up the last few details on the fence (a little 1 foot section in front to meet up with the front gate, and filling the last remaining 'odd board' gap in one section), and then built and hung the gates (a front gate on the side of the house, and a double-gate out back). This week we'll try to get all the posts trimmed and the toppers installed, and weather permitting we'll stain it this coming weekend and be completely done.
It's been quite the project, but I'm very pleased with the results. We used 3216 linear feet of lumber, 18# of deck screws, and spent about 50 hours all told building 187' feet of cedar fencing. I'm really glad we paid someone to post, as it has been a great foundation to work from and it would've taken us a month of weekends or more to get it in. Paying a crew to do cleanup beforehand was a bit pricey in retrospect, but it saved us another month of backbreaking labor so I think it was definitely for the best.
It's been quite the project, but I'm very pleased with the results. We used 3216 linear feet of lumber, 18# of deck screws, and spent about 50 hours all told building 187' feet of cedar fencing. I'm really glad we paid someone to post, as it has been a great foundation to work from and it would've taken us a month of weekends or more to get it in. Paying a crew to do cleanup beforehand was a bit pricey in retrospect, but it saved us another month of backbreaking labor so I think it was definitely for the best.
