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  1. Landscaping & Lawn Care
    Getting 212’ of 6’x8’ white full privacy vinyl fencing installed. A general contractor is installing it, but told me to pick and purchase the fence. He wasn’t familiar with brands. I’m torn between brands and they all seem similar in wall thickness, features (all have steel reinforced bottoms)...
  2. Building & Construction
    Any help is appreciated. New to fencing and trying to erect something to keep the dog in prior to the snow flying in the next couple of weeks. Would like to build a fence parallel to the neighbours, and preferably a gate over to the corner of the house overtop of the paving stones. What is the...
  3. Building & Construction
    Hey y'all. I'm looking for some suggestions for a project that's been rattling around upstairs for a bit. I'm looking for a cheap way to convert my split rail fence into a privacy fence, using the split rail posts. I currently have a 4' tall, 3 rail wood split rail fence, with welded wire...
  4. Building & Construction
    I’m looking to install a deck in my back yard on the side of my house just above grade. I have a 6’ vinyl privacy fence surrounding my yard. The space I’m looking to install it is roughly 12’W X 30’L . The issue I am encountering when trying to come up with a plan is the 12’W space is the...
  5. Building & Construction
    Project: Looking to a picket fence. Paint it white with primer and quality exterior paint. Will use PT 4x4 posts. PICKETS Materials Question: Have found some 4x4 cedar posts cut in the last few months. Have been drying on sticks under tarps. Thinking of sawing these up to create the pickets...
  6. Building & Construction
    Hi, These may be rookie Q's but building a driveway gate. Will have metal frame and the facade or visual part will be cedar, and will stain the cedar. I cannot decide what level or quality or type of cedar to buy. I think I have it down to two options, or at least I can find to buy...
  7. Building & Construction
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  8. Building & Construction
    I want to buy fabric fence screen typically seen around construction sites. I want dark brown that is tough with a 10 year life expectancy. Would like to buy 20-foot lengths. I currently have 8-foot tall commercial quality chain link fence that I can attach it to. I have searched using...
  9. General DIY Discussions
    Hello everyone, Could you please share advice on how to repair severely rusted metal fence posts? The bottoms of the posts were covered in accumulated dirt for a long time, which caused varying stages of corrosion in the posts. In the photos you can see three of the posts, from best to worst...
  10. Building & Construction
    Hi All, First time posting, so I hope I don't inadvertently break any rules - thank you for bearing with me. I'm in the process of building a garden deck, using pressure treated wooden decking boards. My garden is an imperfect rectangle, longer that the width of the house. The deck spans the...
  11. Building & Construction
    Anyone have experience with these types of PVC vinyl fencing? What is unacceptable to me are the scratches and the incorrect bracing. Also it just looks somewhat sloppy. The cuts aren’t straight and the gaps are large. Am I within reason to rake them over the coals?
  12. Landscaping & Lawn Care
    Looking to build a fence for our back yard. My neighbors have a privacy fence that is set 1 foot off the property line. My question: Would I be able to place a post on their property uo against their fence? Do I need some sort of contract? I'm in Pennsylvania. Thanks
  13. General DIY Discussions
    We had two replace two fence posts. Previous panels were reused and we have been charged 380. 5050 on cost for labour and materials. I just checked the posts and they appear to be split. Should this happen and is the cost reasonable?
  14. Carpentry
    essentially want to replace the rotting pickets and, unfortunately, repaint. wish the previous owner just left the wood natural. as for the basement door, i was just planning to replace with a fresh 3/4 sheet of plywood. got an estimate of $800 (not incl. materials) to have a handyman do...
  15. Electrical
    Hi, I would like to buy an electric fence charger, to protect against wild boars, etc. My doubt is how to know the approx electricity running cost if the charger has the following info: V max: 15 kv V 500 ohm: 5.7 kv 230v - 50/60 Hz 7.4 W 6J/700 ohm Would it be similar to bulb of around 20W...
  16. General DIY Discussions
    Construction just began on my new home (first time home owner) and I've found myself stressing quite a bit about a fence. It's a corner lot in a pretty standard midwest subdivision. No HOA or anything like that, just standard small/medium size town regulations. My concern is where to place my...
  17. General DIY Discussions
    I'm planning a build a racking system (basically a fence for solar) similar to pictures below. For the vertical posts into the ground, i'm looking at a couple options: 1) u-channel galvanized post (this is 2 lb/foot, but could jump to 3 lb/foot if recommended) 2) square sign post Looking at...
  18. Building & Construction
    I am about to install a 6' tall vinyl privacy fence that will assemble to 8' wide. In my area, I will be digging a 10" wide post hole 36" deep. There are two runs of fence that are not divisible by 8 and I would like your opinion on how to space out the posts. One run is 25'6". Should I have...
  19. General DIY Discussions
    Just got done putting together 2"x 2" black aluminum posts for my cable wire to run horizontal. There are two normal sizes of cable thickness, one is 1/16" and the other is 3/16". We would prefer a bolder look, which steers me to 3/16", but not sure if it will make much of a difference. Were...
  20. General DIY Discussions
    I'm just anchored down my metal posts on top of retaining wall. I was getting ready to put wire cable across (every 3") all the way up, and cap top rail with metal (prob paint all metal from black to silver). However, i've been searching around to explore different type of materials besides...
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