From: Kevin Doucet Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 11:05 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] advice putting up a fence
Thanks for this advice. The posts have a flared spade part, which I guess is to give the post more traction, or, grip and I think this sort of post would need a rather large PVC pipe to accommodate it. I do understand your rationale with this idea, I just don't know if it will work with the particular posts I saw. I am still shopping around and might find some posts which will work with this, so, I will keep it in mind. Thanks for this help. At 09:21 PM 9/1/2010, you wrote: > > > > >You've gotten some very sound advice on this, >but I'd like to throw out two additional >considerations just because they're things that >aren't usually thought of when installing fencing: > >1) You may want to consider using PVC pipe for >setting your fence posts. The idea here is that >you buy some PVC pipe that will allow the posts >to fit inside snugly to moderately loosely and >set these PVC pipes into concrete base at no >more than a couple of inches above ground level. >Then you can use these PVC pipes as inserts to >hold the fence posts. By doing this, you can >readily take down the fence for those >unanticipated situations where you say to >yourself, "Self, wish I had a convenient way to >take that darn fence down." I suggest PVC >because it is naturally slippery and will allow >you to easily slip the constructed fence out and >then back in after whatever it was that inspired >you to be able to take that fence down in the >first place. I know this because I did it when I >lived in Wheaton, Illinois. The PVC pieces >should be long enough to allow the fence posts >to drop down as far as necessary with an inch or two of PVC above ground level. > >2) Keep in mind that when you have to do lawn >work that grass will happily grow into that >fencing. It is incredibly difficult to trim that >grass because the weave of the fence likes to >eat lawn trimmer strings like Peg Bundy used to >love eating Bon-bons. Get yourself some sort of >"screen" to run under the fence weave (from post >to post) to prevent that darn grass from ever >growing up into the fencing in the first place. >I suggest several pieces of vinyl siding; a >color that will pleasingly match the fence and >home colors. You can then lay a strip of the >vinyl siding so that the it will be positioned >under the fencing and not one blade of grass >will weave itself into your fence. I can >remember asking my brother-in-law about what he >thought about doing this, he thought I was nuts. >That is, until he had seen what I had done. I >laid the strip of vinyl siding flat on the >ground (having used a hole saw to cut a >perfectly round hole to slip over the fence >posts). He thought it was a great idea once he saw it. >---- >Holland's Person, Bill >E-Mail: <mailto:BillGallik%40CenturyTel.net>billgal...@centurytel.net >- The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese! > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > >__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, >version of virus signature database 3975 (20090330) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > ><http://www.eset.com>http://www.eset.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Flared posts will not work with the PVC idea. The posts I used had a consistent OD (1 7/8" I believe) so the PVC with a 2" ID worked quite well for that application. ---- Holland's Person, Bill E-Mail: billgal...@centurytel.net - The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
