local fence company?
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local fence company?
I wanna price out a new fence for my yard, I looked around online but couldnt find anyone who does the 'basket weave' fence. anyone know of, or know of a good company to get this thing built by? Only doing my small back yard, and would like it to be like 6 foot or so high.
looks like this...
looks like this...
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Re: local fence company?
Fences are pretty easy to install. Why not build it yourself? Use the wood screws made for pressure treated wood, not nails. For my fence, I rented a tow behind auger from Sunbelt which was very easy for one person (me) to drill the necessary post holes. Skip the cheap two person handheld because if you hit a rock with that thing, you're gonna be hurtin'. Get the little plastic tumbler concrete mixer and use Quickrete, works very well.
For 6' it's called a "privacy fence" so you may want to check if there are any homeowner association restrictions first if applicable. Do you have accurate survey lines? Got mine with the mortgage closing documents and there were metal spikes underground to mark the property lines. Found those pretty easily and used string to mark the property lines before building. Had to keep the fence something like 6" on my side and not directly on the property line, iirc.
For 6' it's called a "privacy fence" so you may want to check if there are any homeowner association restrictions first if applicable. Do you have accurate survey lines? Got mine with the mortgage closing documents and there were metal spikes underground to mark the property lines. Found those pretty easily and used string to mark the property lines before building. Had to keep the fence something like 6" on my side and not directly on the property line, iirc.
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From: Raleigh, NC
Re: local fence company?
Fences are pretty easy to install. Why not build it yourself? Use the wood screws made for pressure treated wood, not nails. For my fence, I rented a tow behind auger from Sunbelt which was very easy for one person (me) to drill the necessary post holes. Skip the cheap two person handheld because if you hit a rock with that thing, you're gonna be hurtin'. Get the little plastic tumbler concrete mixer and use Quickrete, works very well.
For 6' it's called a "privacy fence" so you may want to check if there are any homeowner association restrictions first if applicable. Do you have accurate survey lines? Got mine with the mortgage closing documents and there were metal spikes underground to mark the property lines. Found those pretty easily and used string to mark the property lines before building. Had to keep the fence something like 6" on my side and not directly on the property line, iirc.
For 6' it's called a "privacy fence" so you may want to check if there are any homeowner association restrictions first if applicable. Do you have accurate survey lines? Got mine with the mortgage closing documents and there were metal spikes underground to mark the property lines. Found those pretty easily and used string to mark the property lines before building. Had to keep the fence something like 6" on my side and not directly on the property line, iirc.
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Re: local fence company?
Pizza and beer on a weekend afternoon for the holes, posts, and concrete. You can screw in the boards with a buddy's help anytime after that.
You can rent a truck from Lowes and Home Depot for about $20 for an hour and a half, which should be enough time to unload the lumber and concrete then pickup the rentals. Delivery charge if you didn't want to rent is something like $50-75 from Lowes and Home Depot, they drop it off in your driveway with a small forklift. The auger has a 2" (very common size) trailer hitch and tows easily. The mixer can fit in the back of an SUV or pickup. Home Depot also rents the mixers, but not the tow behind auger (at least in my area) and I've found Sunbelt was the cheapest.
Labor on fencing is quite high in summertime, prime season.
You can rent a truck from Lowes and Home Depot for about $20 for an hour and a half, which should be enough time to unload the lumber and concrete then pickup the rentals. Delivery charge if you didn't want to rent is something like $50-75 from Lowes and Home Depot, they drop it off in your driveway with a small forklift. The auger has a 2" (very common size) trailer hitch and tows easily. The mixer can fit in the back of an SUV or pickup. Home Depot also rents the mixers, but not the tow behind auger (at least in my area) and I've found Sunbelt was the cheapest.
Labor on fencing is quite high in summertime, prime season.
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Re: local fence company?
im going to look into it i guess.. i mean my yard is almost 100% flat too so it shouldnt be hard to do only thing is my yard has a lot of clay and sand in it.. so it'll be a bitch to get down deep. ;(
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