Privacy Fence Project

That is nuts... I feel bad that you got screwed that hard... they prolly heard you brit accent and though here's a sucker :D
 
LMAO. No, they dealt through my wife. In fact, the woman tried sending me away in our 'heated' argument - LOL.

They were trying it on because:

1. We were brand new to the area.
2. Knew we were first time buyers.
3. Knew the wife was a nurse. (so apparently must have money.:confused:)

I wasn't really 'in the loop' much. Most of my time was spent tree cutting.
 
Lol, ford nut.

It's only a 1/2 acre but was more than I was willing to attempt, being a noob. Plus, the top half of the yard was very dense with trees etc. I cleared it out so that the fence could be run to the plot line and kept as straight as possible.

Having done all that work myself, I was sooo pissed to find out that the fencers came 2 Ft in on the long side.

Words can't express how mad I am about the whole debacle.
 
Looks like they were trying to install in level or close. The had to be pretty stupid to try that with that long a run and yard slope. If the yard drops 3' you will have a 3' fence at the yards high point to have 6' at the low point, who would want that.

I'm guessing they realized they were WAY off on bidding it and just bailed the job. That and realized the had to backtrack to save it. With the poor workmanship why would you give them another penny.

On the plus side that looks like a fair amount of lumber and if you can live with the posts being set where and how the are, or maybe at least fix, you probably got a fair amount of the moneys worth. Of coarse the aggrevation has a cost. But I bet if you figured out whats there, its probably at least 2k or even more, hard to tell from the picture how much there is.

The fence I just finished was half the length and build abit different with a more complex design and cedar, but lumber went near $4500.


It will be hard to fix the screw up though and look at it every day and learn to like it.


I would if you are willing to take the time.... take her apart. Carefull beat the pickets off, de-nail. Beat the cross members off, de-nail. At worse you have extra nail holes, use that lumber away from the house....you'll probably never see it. Use the new stuff closer to the house, by then you'll have a rythem and be a pro.


You could even dig the posts out and cut the concrete off the bottom. If they didn't use much and it looks like there is better than a foot on top. Plus with that style of fence you can stop the post at the top cross member. So about 5.5' out of the ground and 3' in. If they used 10' posts you may be able too, ALOT of work though. Judging by the pictures they would have to be 10' posts, that or they are only 1' in the ground.
 
Lol, TC! They are all 8Ft posts! That means some are less than 1 Ft in!

I honestly don't see how I can sell off any of that lumbar - the concreted posts will (likely) be junk and the deck panels are already cut - only a few are actually 6Ft tall.

What I'm gonna do is build the opposite side of the house nice, so we'll have a working (albeit mis-matched fence) and then gradually replace the rest.

All I can do really?

But yeah, looking at it everyday will make me angry - especially as I'm greedy about my land and want to use EVERY INCH of it (for my workshop and vacation home projects). I'm sooo mad they came in too far, all because they were too lazy to remove extra trees! When I confronted them about that, they gave me a bunch of B.S. building code regs - I had to walk away at that point.
 
Nope. All I can do is make my side nice, fit a nice gate and gradually replace the rest - maybe use their lumbar for other minor projects, like make a work bench, a hobby horse etc. Heck, maybe use some to throw up a few shelves in the garage!
 
Is there any point in the yard that 4' would be good enough? Could save the lumber then. Or maybe 5' would save alot of it....

I guess since the yard heads up towards the back you could tapper down to the size you have.....kinda like them but better.....and right.


Just throwing out some ideas.

I block of wood and a nice 3lb hand sledge should get the pickets off.


The posts at about a 1 foot deep in soft ground will likely blow down some day.
 
No, 4 Ft at any point is unacceptable. We have a sheepdog and will get more in the future.

At the back, the fence is currently 5Ft 3'' all the way along. If I was willing to have a 5ft fence, alot could be saved. But, I don't want a 5Ft fence - they are building more houses and I want the added privacy a 6 footer gives.

Na... We'll just cut our losses, build the opposite side with 10 Ft posts and make it 6ft at every point, then maybe next year take down the rest and make that same. (to the plot line this time)

Hopefully I can make good use of the leftover wood for other things.

It's been a 'live and learn' experience, to say the least! :)
 
My grand parents got screwed by a contractor who removed two trees from their yard... unfortunately for him my Grandma isn't the type to let things lie... she got here money back and the guy got sent to jail for several counts of fraud lol!
 
If the shortest pickets are over 5'. You could make all the pickets 5' and do the top 1' with a different material or run the top 1' diaganal or something.

Again just throwing stuff at ya. Hate to see all that waste.
 
Trouble is, TC - it will always seem like a hack job to me.

I'll make good use of all that wood - my future projects will make that stuff useful.

I just want it all done right now, the way I want it. I'll see how I do with the next long run and gates, take it from there.

Thanks for all the advice. Been some good info here.
 
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