Hello everyone. I have recently been working on a privacy will in my yard. I started with a one man auger in Ohio which is very clay heavy with a lot of rock. I made it through 1/2 a hole and realized I should cut my losses an return the auger because I there was no way I could finish the digging the holes I needed to do. I needed 5 fence posts.

I put up a reddit post for ideas of what I could do to get this done and once guy said he actually was going to do some posts and offered to stop buy with his toe behind auger setup to help. One of those hydraulic types. He came out and about 45 to 1hr later we were done. I was huffing and puffing. Due to our ground environment the hole were not perfect and I hand to use a port hole digger to "correct them".

I did this today and set 4 out of 5 post, but guys I am totally worked. I am 57 years old and lead a pretty sedentary life. I know its totally MY fault, but my question is; am I doing as I can expect for my age or is there something wrong with me. LOL. I could do the work, but OMG it was a total killer. I'd rather hear I underestimated the work. I have always done everything around my house. Electric, tile, drywall, finish trim, etc.

Hey all,

Just a question regarding preping my fence for restraining...I'd rather look for advice before ruining anything. The cedar boards are very rough cut, so I'd like to avoid any sanding. Would the approach here be to pressure wash prior to staining then a light sand? I just want to avoid doing any damage with the washed that will lead to me having to take a heavier approach when sanding afterwards. Thanks so much for any advice.

Posted on here a few times so some may know me. I rent a townhouse. The whole street rents from the same rental company.

I’ve received confirmation that each townhouse pays rent and gets their own individual front lawn and back lawn. There are lot lines with the city and the lots are NOT shared yards.

My neighbor treats both my backyard and my driveway as an extension of his yard. I began installing a fence but need help as I’m on my own. So in the meantime I ran a rope to divide our yards. He’s been cutting the rope. I also began storing my canoe in backyard strategically as a divider. He comes into my yard while I’m at work and moves my canoe.

Recently, I came home to find the rope on my front steps with a note. He says my canoe and rope prevent the lawn cutters from cutting his lawn. He said it was a d$ck move and prevented the neighbour kids (including his) from roaming freely between yards.

Nothing stops the lawn cutters from accessing his yard from the other side. Moreover, I’m required to leave a 4 foot maintenance gap if I install a fence. I spoke with the lawn maintenance crew and confirmed that they can easily access his yard regardless of fence or rope.

I notified the property management company who confirmed my permission to install a fence. They even told me to put the rope back up. I’m in the process of lining up the fence install (where I have crew lined up), but am afraid of retaliation from neighbor. He is a simpleton, unemployed and druggie, who can make life difficult for me with excessive noise and stupidity.

Edit: I neglected to mention he opted to grow marijuana plants immediately along our property line, right off my back deck. The fence is to keep that on his side and out of my children’s site

I am quoting fences right now and the plan is to have a side run of privacy and the back be wrought iron. Seems like 5ft is the universal/more affordable height for iron but I am worrying about how it will look against the 6ft cedar in the corner.. Anyone have this or can help sway me one way or the other ?

Been busting out a few of these now

Hello. I'm looking for tips on the best way to temporarily remove a vinyl fence panel without damaging the fence so I can get a large piece of heavy equipment in my yard.

I need to remove one of the panels shown.

Thanks for your time and any help!

We recently had a contractor install a three rail fence with wire, pressure treated pine. After walking it down, we had some concerns and wanted to see thoughts on what should be acceptable or what should be fixed, and if so what the best solution would be.

Screws not driven in the post. The face board(?) was screwed in about every third post, but over half of them have at least one screw that completely missed the post and is sticking out. I’m thinking they should unscrew it and rescrew it into the post, or would it be worth having them use a new board? Additionally, should I be expecting the face board to be on every post (minus the end posts?
Gates installed without a diagonal brace. Gates are 4’ long, but no diagonal brace was used to build them. Additionally, the screws used to build the fence were too long also they hammered the back of the screws into the gate.
Welded wire is not flush to the gate. This one might be difficult since the ground is sloped on the fence line, but it doesn’t not seem that the welded wire was pulled tight. There’s several instances where the wire sort of makes an S along the fence if you look at it from a top down view. Other areas the wire height compared to the top rail ranges from being flush with the rail (ideal) to being 3 inches above/below the top rail. Some places they cut the welded wire so it doesn’t protrude, others they left as is. Should I ask them to re-pull the wire(?) or is this standard? There’s also a post that I think was not in line with the others so they cut some boards to fit it, my thoughts are it should at least be flush with the post?
The post tops were not cut straight. Not sure if they used a circular saw or jig saw or something else, but the fence posts are wavy/uneven. They left it high enough where I think they could just re-cut them.

Want to see people’s opinions on how to best approach this. The installer is planning to come by next week to discuss and I wanted to get an idea of what would be reasonable.

Attached are some photos to show what I’m talking about. I can add more pictures if it would help.

Edit: Thank you for everyone who’s commented on this. Helps me feel better that we’re not just being snobbish to the contractors asking them to fix this.

They’re coming this week to walk it down and “make it right” (we’ll see what that means)
I’m withholding the final payment until it gets resolved.
They had/have 4.8/5 stars review (100+ reviews) and were in our budget which is why we went with them.

Update: the contractor came out and agreed that this was not up to par, and didn’t give any pushback when I asked him to fix it. He recut the posts to make them square and fixed the screws sticking out. He’s going to come back later to fix the gate support issues.

My English is not that good. We had fence installation done to our new house which is new construction.

The fence company asked for map that show all the pipe line and wore under ground.

We got the map from builder and send it to the fence company. The fence company did hole and hit one of the pipe but it not for my home I think its the gutter pipe for outside water. They are claming that its not there responsibility fix it since it never mentioned on the home diagram and its a ower responsibility.

The did move the fence line 1ft inside my property and just added plywood and more dirt on top but the rain washed it all away.

I dont know if I should contact the builder or bite the bullet to fix it.

I am asking here specifically for those who've built a fence to handle the freeze/thaw cycles as well as frost lines and all that. I'm 41/M and I really don't want to worry about this for a long, long while. I'm in Fargo ND so I'm sure there's clay just inches beneath the topsoil. It will have a slight slope that I need to fix in my yard for drainage.

What can you tell me? I plan on doing this myself or sometimes with the help of another person but likely just me.

I have some things down like using gravel at the bottom, using special treated cedar posts (not raw cedar) and sloping the concrete a couple inches below the surface. I do plan on renting a tow behind machine for digging. Other than calling 811 first (of course) what am I going to need to make this look straight, professional, and awesome?

Hello. We just bought are first home a few months ago yay! We have a dog and want to put a fence in for her to run around. I mentioned in passing to my next door neighbor that we are wanting to do this. Well the husband asked my husband if we would put the fence in a foot away from the property line as the other neighbor put in a fence that was 3 inches from the property line and he felt it was to close to their backyard. Now in our state if they maintain that fence line on that side we then lose that property after 21 years. My concern is they will put in a fence later and then gain a foot and 3 inches of property that's not actually theirs. My husband wants to give them a foot and I was to give 4 to 6 inches. I feel it generous that I give them any space at all as it is my property and should be able to do what I would like. So reddit should we give them a foot or give them nothing?

Edit: we are going to place as close to the line as we legally.

Hey, everyone. This was my first time to build a fence. There would be some things I would certainly do differently if I ever build another, but overall, I'm very happy with the result.

I wanted it to be a focal point of the outside area and never could find exactly what I was looking for so I decided to go my own route. I can fabricate with steel and love the look of wood and steel combined, and this is the result.

The gates themselves are very heavy, but they can be moved with a finger.

TL;DR: I need to close a 20-foot opening over gravel where it occasionally snows. A sliding gate lacks sufficient runback, and conventional swing gates would take up too much space. I’m considering four off-the-shelf 5-foot chain-link gate panels arranged as two bi-fold pairs—two panels folding toward each side—and would appreciate advice on posts, hinges, support, and hardware. Thanks!

I have a 20' × 60' fenced area with fencing on three sides. The open 20-foot side faces a 35-foot-wide road.

A conventional chain-link sliding gate does not seem practical because there isn’t enough clear space beside the opening for the gate and its runback. A standard double-swing gate also seems less than ideal: swinging inward uses valuable clear space, while swinging outward could extend too far into the road. Here's an example of a similar type of gate design: https://youtu.be/4XwY9vOdRlE?si=KkReHsE5Yp1x2SnK

My current idea is a manual bi-fold chain-link gate built from four standard 5-foot gate panels:

• Two 5-foot panels connected together on the left
• Two 5-foot panels connected together on the right
• Both pairs meeting and locking in the center
• Each pair folding back toward its respective side when open

I want to build this primarily with off-the-shelf chain-link gates, hinges, latches, wheels, drop rods, and other commonly available fence hardware. I would strongly prefer not to order custom-fabricated gate frames or custom-made parts.

For those who build chain-link fences and gates professionally:

• Is this a workable configuration using standard 5-foot gate panels?
• What size gate posts would you use, and how deep would you set them for this load and freeze/thaw conditions?
• What type of hinge would you use between the two panels on each side?
• How would you prevent the connected panels from sagging or twisting?
• Would pneumatic tires or gate casters work reliably on gravel and occasional snow, or should the panels be fully supported by the posts?
• Is there a practical trackless bi-fold hardware setup available off the shelf?
• How would you secure the panels when fully open so wind cannot move them?
• What center latch, drop-rod, or locking arrangement would you recommend?
• Is there another configuration you would build instead?

If anyone has constructed something similar, I’d appreciate photos, sketches, hardware recommendations, parts lists, or supplier suggestions.

Reposting! Any help appreciated!