Fence Building 101

You might remember the storm of December of 2006 that took out our fence and a car and a half. We have finally begun the process of putting in the fence.

We are using 4 x 4 pressure treated posts for about 250' of the fence.

We are also using a 5' wrapped wire horse fence.  Our previous fence was welded wire and the welds really suck.  One branch falls on the top and it will pop an entire line of welds. 

We rented a one man power post hole digger on Saturday.

We were going to rent a two man but the guy at hertz talked us out of it.  We have really rocky soil and apparently they toss you around if you have lots of big rocks in the soil.

 

Once you dig it out with the powered auger though you still have to clean it out with the hand digger.

We got all the holes dug and last night set the gate and corner posts in concrete.

Some neighbors popped over and helped us get them level and staked. 

Now, the concrete needs to set up for a few days and we need to set the rest of the posts with the dirt that came out of the hole.  Then, they need to set up a bit and we can stretch the fence. 

Comments

[Liza Lee Miller]

Cool. Looks great.

[Jennifer]

Oh, that brings back memories of last summer! We wrestled with that one man auger for 8 hours. Got it stuck in the ground 4 times. (We just don't learn, do we!) Stupid clay soil.

Good luck with the rest of the fence building!