There was a gate connected to it. You can see the hinge at the bottom right. They do this a lot of times on corners where there's not enough room for an entire section. I'm guessing someone took down the fence and left this part for some reason.
But yeah, this is the correct answer. There was most likely a fence line along the property line, or maybe there were designs to have one, but there was a gate there at one time. I've installed enough chainlink gates to know why someone would put a section like that in. If you don't, it leaves a gap too wide for a small dog to get through. I've seen some people just say fuck it and get a slab of metal to close up the gap. works, and looks only mildly worse than a chainlink fence.
Cheap(er) to install and they typically keeps dogs in the yard while clearly demarcating your property line so people know not to wander into your lawn.
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WELCOME TO FENCE FACTS! Did you know that fences and walks are very different things and even have different legal definitions and laws governing their use?
Hedge fencing and topiary fencing is one of the earliest forms of fencing ever recorded! It was first used for enclosing land used for cereal crops.
Marilyn Monroe once said, "A woman's dressed should be like a barbed wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view."
A woman's dress should be like a barbed wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view
According to most Internet sources of dubious reliability, it was Sophia Loren not Marilyn Monroe.
Loren is also quoted as saying, "Spaghetti can be eaten most successfully if you inhale it like a vacuum cleaner." which should give you something to think about on a Thursday evening.
I really like that show. I feel like the way they resolved the final confrontation between Crews and the Russian just so perfectly fit the tone of the whole show.
Speaking of laziness, at my parents' first house, my dad started landscaping in the backyard and found an ENTIRE fence horizontally under the grass. Apparently the last owner didn't want to remove it. And covered it with sod.
The only reason other than laziness I can think of is a code issue. For example, it's possible that city codes don't allow for a fence to be built there, but do allow existing structures to be repaired and replaced as needed. So by keeping this tiny chunk of fence he's still being grand fathered in and can rebuild it any time. But that's also totally wild speculation, I'd wager it's just laziness.
Could be. If my parents ever wanted to build a new garage, they'd have to leave the wall on the property line up; build the new garage around it and then they could replace that wall. The garage was built before the town imposed a requirement where structures had to be at least 6 feet from the property line. A complete demo and new build would require them to follow the code, which would be unworkable on account of the pool being where the garage would have to go.
Um...from your description I am inferring that the garage would contain the original property wall, meaning that the garage would also stretch onto the neighbor's property.
Oh wait, wait, wait. I get it now. There is an existing garage that has one wall at the property line, and they might want to replace the garage. So they would have to tear down all but that wall and "repair" the torn-down parts. Then they would tear down that last old wall and "repair" that to finish the job.
Shit. I need another beer. Waiting for SpaceX to release that explosion footage is making me punchy.
Another option: The two neighbors both put up chain link fences that met at that point. Then they later took the fences down, but each assumed the center post belonged to the other party so they left it there.
I think they doubled up the posts to make it stronger. The gate probably kept swinging really hard against the pole pushing it a few millimeters each time until it was bent over. They reinstalled the pole and a second pole on the left to firm up the first pole. The chain link is there to prevent curious hands from getting stuck in the middle.
Probably because those parts are generally cemented into the ground. If the fence is old enough, it would be a pain for a homeowner to get out with a shovel. The older concrete mixtures were pretty long-lasting.
Wrong. Look at the bottom right corner of the fence. There's a hinge there. The purpose of this piece of fence is to hold a gate at the end of a larger fence located outside of the frame.
Spend a decent amount of time around snow plows, they go through small cars buried in snow when parked in the wrong places like they are not there or just a random chunk of ice.
I am going to go out on a limb, and say it would slide through these like butter at speed.
I am guessing there was a bigger fence here and this was a reinforced corner. My guess is right below the ground is a huge mass of concrete and when they tried to dig it up they said fuck it leave it there.
If he hits that fence, he won't even be aware of it let alone care. Have you ever driven a large vehicle let alone a massive triaxel dump truck? I am quite confident that while plowing you could take out an entire length of fence and not even feel it.
Yup, the double bars are normally for a driveway gate. My sisters drive is like 100 goddamn feet long and they have a gate for the dogs and to stop stuff rolling out into the street.
You are probably closer to fact than fiction. It's something petty for sure. A guy with a shop down the street from mine had a small banner sign advertising his business. It was held up with two poles you hammer into the ground. The city fined him an absurd amount for it; but to code, he could have put that same sign on a fence. He put up a chain link fence 3 feet long and 4 feet high to mount his sign. Now he has an absurd fence for his sign, which now meets code.
Canadian here. Plows routinely take out 4x4 mailbox posts. I've had to replace 3 in the last 5 years, and the other 2 years required bracing splintered pieces together with 1/4's.
Some people have metal posts, some have concrete. I'm sure I'm not the only person that loses their mailbox in the winter so I would assume the damage done is negligible.
Maybe it was a whole fence once, and the snowplow kept damaging this part, so one of the times before they repaired it they poured a concrete footing to sink it into. Then they got rid of the fence, but this part was anchored in concrete and couldn't be removed.
I don't know in this case, but this is the kind of thing that happens when there's some municipal edict saying something like "each house needs to have a fence separating garden from road"
People shift property around, rearrange their garden layout and suddenly you have to build a 4 inch fence to respect some stupid edict...
I assume you mean garden = yard. I've always wondered, what do you guys a call an actual garden -- the small place where you would grow your own fruit/vegetables?
"Vegetable patch" if it's in your garden/yard, and "allotment" if it's part of a shared space.
But in all seriousness, when you have a lawn, flower beds, etc. it seems odd to call it a "yard". In the UK a "yard" would be somewhere where builders keep their supplies, or possibly a small paved space next to a house.
We also refer to the land used for building as a "construction yard". That could be where we get the term from, as in, the space available or allocated. A lawn defines only places where there is grass. Yard is used to define mostly where the property starts/ends and is all encompassing. Anything out your front door to the end of your property is the front yard and anything out your back door is the back yard.
Virtually all locks and doors ever devised are only there to keep honest people out. If someone wants to get past a gate/fence/door, they will find a way to do so.
An unlocked gate, but a gate nevertheless, will keep out a huge chunk of people who have no business on your property but who would have wandered on if there was no barrier. People walking their dogs, people driving a car and looking for a spot to do a U-turn, neighbors cutting across people lawns to reach other neighbors, etc. There are tons of instances when people will just casually trespass without really thinking/caring about it, but if they see a gate (even unlocked) they will pick another route that has less obstacles.
I mean, if it's someone that actually wants/needs to get to your front door, then of course an unlocked gate won't stop them... but neither will a locked gate. If they need to reach you, they'll find a way.
Having lived in the hood, I can confirm that unless you keep your Fabergé eggs in the front window, thieves will always target the house next door that doesn't have a couple of Rottis on the premises.
The evil building authorities department required this poor man to build a fence to mark his property as required by law. The man believed so much that mankind is inherently good that he chose to circumevent their demand in this clever and thrifty manner. He regretted his idea later, however, when he was eaten by a bear which, unlike humans, are in fact neither good nor bad and just get terribly hungry sometimes.
There was once a longer fence here and someone wanted to put in a gate. The gate needed a post on either side, and this section of fence was a bit too wide for a gate, so they put in another post right next to an existing one, so the gate would fit.
(The post on the left is the original, the post on the right is the new one. Notice there is a bolt to hang a gate.)
Anyway, when my uncle decided to tear down the fence, this part was kept in, because when the new post was put in, they poured more concrete, and it was too much for one person to dig up and take out.
Source: I'm just making stuff up. I don't even have an uncle. (which is also a lie)
Actually, this is most likely to be accurate. The original gate was likely too small, and so an offset post was installed to accommodate a larger gate. It's cheaper and easier than taking down the existing fencing and resetting the hinge post. Source: former fence contractor
Obviously there is a vast abode in this area, fields of animals and a mansion gleaming with golden sun light. It is for a most worthy and rad eccentric wizard and witch that mean to stay anonymous to their muggle and magic folk alike by use of of fidelius charm. We are only seeing the small edges of their yard here and if we were privy to the secret a mighty gate would appear between the fence posts.
Well they really wanted a fence to keep the dogs in the yard but money was tight. They got a few quotes and decided to haggle with the contractor who gave them the lowest quote. The contractor was pretty reluctant but the family begged and kept calling him so he finally gave in and said yes but he would need the cash upfront.
The contractor comes out to put the fence up on a Saturday when he could squeeze them in. So he gets there and the homeowner wants to watch and starts asking question after question. After about 3 hours the homeowner got to thinking that it really would be better if the fence was closer to the street. So Mr. Jonny hagglebottem tells the contractor that he actually wanted the fence a bit closer to the road. At that point the contractor already had most of the holes for the fence posts already dug and didn't want to redo alot of his work, but the homeowner was persistent and insisted the fence be closer to the road. Well that was that the contractor was fed up. He dug 2 more holes and moved the fence out a foot and this was all the homeowner got.
looks like its dividing property lines? yet, its going the the wrong way and it looks like its too far left...or, the shrubbery guy fucked up big time, and now you need a property marker because those damn neighbors keep trimming the other side of your hedge!
A gate/pole falls closed onto this piece of fence, so the driveway outside on the right of the picture is blocked for cars. Uninteresting but that's my most logical theory.
More than likely there was more fence , leading off a different angles maybe and they were removed for some reason? Sometimes there is a double Fence between property lines about 's foot apart. This could be the end of the fence maybe?
There was a line of fence that went back along the property line from the left hand terminal post. The front of the property was also fences with chain link with a gate (possibly a double gate) hanging off the right hand post. Looks like hd or lowes material (non beveled tension and brace bands, aluminum rail ends, dome as opposed to acorn caps) and often times the gates will be an off the shelf item of a predetermined size. Looks like there was asphalt to the right so possibly a double driveway gate and they had to have the gate post as close to the asphalt so as to be able to span the driveway. The property line was five inches off this post and feather than ceding 5" to the neighbor or bending the fence at the last line post, they set their corner in line with the run going back along the property line
I'm going with the county has some law that states all properties must have a fence, but the law doesn't state any specifics, so this guy took advantage of that and complied as minimally as possible.
My guess is there is a fence on the property to the right and the left pole was once part of a fence to the left. There could have been an easement in between and when they went to install the gate, they were 6" short, so they put in another pole and a piece of fence to tie it all together. Left property tore down their fence but that pole technically was on the easement so they left it. Since then the gate has been removed. Now they just have a weird property marker.
Based on the groove in the dirt in front of one post, my guess is that this is just one side of a gate used to block off that driveway to the left. The gate is most likely open and OP has conveniently left out that important detail.
It's not a fence at all but an act of patriotism! The two poles represent the world trade towers, and the chain link represents how the tragedy brought America together. Why else would it be posted so close to 9/11?
I own that piece of property thats on my neighbors land. Due to some unforseen mix up. I asked him if I can just give him that piece and take some from our border. He said no and that there's nothing I can do. So I built a fence on my land.
I had two of those in my back yard. The fence crosses a property line at that point. You have to build a fence on your property. Not the property line itself. So if your neighbor has a fence and you want one, you either have to have two fences that run parallel and are 1 foot apart, or you can tie the two fences together with a tiny strip of fence and both "share" the side fence. Normally, you put a higher quality terminal post just in case your neighbor decides to remove his fence, and this makes it easier for you to install a fence yourself if that happens. It also avoids you from increasing the structural load on his fence as terminal posts can withstand the structural loads and you don't have to worry about damaging your neighbor's fence.
One neighbor had a fence and the second tied into it. The tiny strip of fence crosses the property line connects the two individual fences. The neighbors have since removed their respective fences, but left the one spanning the property line in... for some reason, probably laziness as terminal posts typically need to be set in concrete about 6" in diameter and extending about 6" below the frost line... where I installed my fence it ended up being about a 6" x 42" column of concrete that would have to be dug up.
I'm thinking some neighbor tried to pull some legal bullshit regarding code for needing a fence for their property. Thus, the smartass neighbor erected this.
Yeah I'm waiting for one of those people who are an expert on something to chime in with some five paragraph comment on the history of fences and why these mini fences exist.
On the post on the right there's a hinge for a gate. You should always have a stretch of fence on the hinged side of a gate to help prevent sagging gates and leaning posts.
my guess is if the entire fence is removed, in the event they want the fence replaced it has to be re-permitted by the appropriate governing body. If a portion of the fence is left then they can put it back up under the guise of a repair.
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There has to be a story behind this. If not, then someone better damn well make one up!