That's it. It's done. Here's what it took to construct 75' of 6' tall fence:10 fence post holes, each dug 10" in diameter and ~24" deep. 20 bags of high-strength concrete (80 lbs. each), mixed one- or two-at-a-time in a wheelbarrow. 10 4"x4"x8' PT hemlock fir posts, laid into the...
OK, this is the last fence post (rimshot!) for a while. I've got 3 of the horizontal rails cut and secured to the posts—so that means I've only got 17 left to go. At the current rate, I'll be done in ... a long time. In all seriousness, the first...
Since I put up the posts this last weekend, this is technically a post-post post. I've actually just removed the bracing 2x4s from the posts, so they're all free-standing now....
See, they hold the drills sideways in all the movies these days....
A lot of wood. I bought this today for the imminent fence project tentatively scheduled for this weekend. As luck would have it, I couldn't find anyone burly to accompany me to buy all this damned wood, so I spent 45 minutes hauling lumber down from the racks onto two...
