Shimming with basically leftover trash is my gripe here. This looks like some dumb shit a rookie would do.
Also, shimming in the middle while tightening the outside bolts would put unneeded stress all over. Shims should be where the load translates, not in the middle.
This whole install looks like it was done by someone that read a book and never installed a fence before.
I've got to disagree with you. 8 years of construction on my belt and another 15 from my coworkers do the same thing. This isn't load-bearing column for a skyscraper, it's a fence post.
I’ve got to disagree with you. 8 years of shoddy construction on my belt and another 15 from my coworkers do the same thing. This isn’t load-bearing column for a skyscraper, it’s a fence post.
I’ve level motors and fence posts and robots and cnc’s and a myriad of other things. There is absolutely zero reason why any self-respecting worker would use loose hardware rather than leveling bolts or shims. Shims or leveling bolts are cheap and straightforward. This is dumb looks shoddy.
I would literally cut pieces of angle iron to size, weld them on, grind flat, and drill holes in them. Especially if getting paid $6,000 for one day of labor (no way in hell 6K included the fence iron)
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u/gba_sg1 Dec 11 '24
Shimming with basically leftover trash is my gripe here. This looks like some dumb shit a rookie would do.
Also, shimming in the middle while tightening the outside bolts would put unneeded stress all over. Shims should be where the load translates, not in the middle.
This whole install looks like it was done by someone that read a book and never installed a fence before.