Everything NOT To Do Building Privacy Fence 

I used some retrofit braces like that for a small 3 foot wide by 5 foot tall privacy fence for an HVAC unit. Seems to work OK for that application but I wouldn't use one on a perimeter fence or one subject to any wind loading.

My wooden fence in my backyard was built from a rig like that, Someone put a wood fence with posts every 8 feet apart, when they are supposed to be 4 feet apart. Hurricane Katrina blew it over so I took it apart and reassembled it in my yard. For posts I used scrap sign posts spaced every 4 feet. It still stands to this day .

Ahhh the good ol “I know a guy who knows a guy that will do it for cheap” kinda fence. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

The deck of my childhood home was rebuilt and around the sides of the building using another style of more-simply constructed 8ga steel "post-saddles" 30+ years ago. (irrespective of the neighbours predictions that they would rust through in months with the wet soil and exposed facing.) Laterally supported, that deck still appears to be standing on the same posts in the 2022 streetview. Though the stairs from the lower tier to ground level appear to have been taken out with the steep 'cleavage' shaped hillside that used to direct runoff from the street away from the houses and into the spillway; to be replaced at the bottom by a comically dark/opaque pool compared to every other neighbour's ft. dark stains at the bottom...

Those cedar pickets were in perfect condition and could have been reused.

Screwed fences are not only stronger but way easier to dismantle. I don't know why you didn't just take the pickets off 'n reuse them. Were the pickets bad?

Great video as always It’s a shame that you see it all to often people ripping off customers, getting over their heads and not giving a good effort to do the project and a bad experience for the customer. Always get references and look at a project they did over a year ago and recent projects and if your going to hire someone it helps if the company says fence company, ( not landscaping, handyman etc)

I have a similar situation where I have the post almost two feet away from the house because of underground wire and foundation extending. I used a PT section of 2x6 under ground to prevent accidentally tamping wire near post and I have a flat top 2x6 top plate trim for the entire fence. For that section I think I'll need to attach the fence to the top w 2x4 like the rest of the fence, or I considered a mini gate.

The pea gravel at the bottom of a post is from people who don't know fence. Probably 25% of my customers ask me to put gravel at the bottom of the post because they read an article about it. 20 years of putting up fence and the posts are always rotten at the top 6 inches. I tell people it's better to have the stability of a deeper post.

I wish I had found your channel when I started replacing the fence around our property last year! I've learned a ton from your vids and you've made me a believer in the postmaster posts! Keep up the good work 👍

those posts are awesome and you guys do nice work.

Nice job guys. SWI has a new star, watch out Dan. Lol.

Nice pro job. Homeowner here. Why Quik Rok instead of the usual Quikrete? I looked it up, it seems to be another type of cement but harder to find...

This was a great video! My exp is limited. I've said no to a couple jobs because of this, however the best job I've had so far, was one I said no to, but my references said I could do it to this client. I came back and only agreed to do it if A. They knew I was learning and had never done such a job before. B. They were willing to pay for me to go slower and learn. Its been over a year now and im still doing punch lists for them and have completed many reno jobs around their house.

Great video! No fuss!!

I am very impressed.

What core bit diameter should be used for a 4x4 post?

I could be wrong, but I’m pretty sure they use those braces on porches.

Help please I am a 44 year chica and I am dearing to build my yard fence. I am researching what to do and not to do.

Can't teach stupid, good video! Wood is still a crap material for a fence, looks like 💩 after awhile.

I have never seen a wooden fence with a metal support post. Is that something new? Does it make the structure stronger than using a wooden support post.

The home owner wanted to get it done cheap. It got done cheap. She got her money worth.

I'm confused about what you actually used to set the steel posts. At first I saw Quik rock, then Quikcrete 🤔

looks like all those pickets could be saved.

I just replaced a fence held up by mailbox post holders they had It for 5 months before it fell ove

I would never mix concrete in single wheeled wheelbarrow. That's just waiting for an accident.

Sad to see all that good wood go to waste.

What kind of core drill do you have?

Nice 👍👍

And that is y you are taking all the pickets lol

U guys always handmix?

Seconds into the video I saw that top runner picket reveal I knew this one was going to be trash

WHY DON'T YOU WEAR MASK WHEN WORKING WITH CONCRETE POWDER? IRON LUNGS

Good job 20k later

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Boy howdy! That’s a ton of stupid… How do you tell me you don’t know how to build a cedar fence, without telling me you don’t know anything about building a cedar fence? However, it wasn’t exactly everything that could be done wrong. After all… The dog ears of the pickets were up. It had that going for it! Thanx for the good danged video.

Bullshit you could reuse it but it a lot of work

Wow , that takes talent to do such a bad job .