Fence Project | Week 3 

Thank you for the tips and also the kind words. Thanks for watching

Glad it helped you make the decision. You get what you pay for....always.

Thank you

I agree with you that there should be some gap below the fence bottom, but, the owner preferred it to be tight. Thanks for watching

Thank you and yes she's constantly busy with maintenance on her gardens. It is a beautiful place no doubt.

Thanks and you're welcome. That guy does great work

Horst Carpentry I’m watching his spec house playlist it’s pretty good

Thank you. I lost 8 lbs on that job haha

@@horstcarpentry I believe it, been there done that too.

Thanks appreciate it

I was happy with the overall job cost and it only took another 20 minutes to help her move it.

It was a gate kit from Home Depot. Here's a link to the kit. Maybe can get it from another source over in your neck of the woods. www.homedepot.com/p/Homax-EasyGate-No-Sag-Gate-Bracket-Kit-2614/100020199

If you have a flat yard that you are fencing in then using the prebuilt sections would be easy for sure. I feel it's easier to install the boards one at a time. I prefer the way it looks, but, it does cost more.

@@horstcarpentry thanks it does look more unified

New hardware is triple dipped galvanized.

Galvanized siding nails like the ones you used will degrade and fail. Use ceramic or stainless fasteners.

The gate posts are 6x6's and the field posts are 4x4's.

Thank you,

Is the 6X6 mandatory for the gate post? Or you wanted to do it just to be on the safe side. I’m going to do my fence in a month or two so I just want to be sure. Thanks again

Did it for the extra strength. It is not necessary to be a 6x6 for the gate posts.

Roughly 10k

Horst Carpentry wow😳 3 weeks and 2 days! Plus parts for only 10k, this type of job in the UK would cost much more🙄 good job btw, why didn’t you use kick boards?

Thanks a lot and I'm glad you enjoyed watching. Never thought about kickboards...good idea. Thanks for the tip

Here in Texas that would be $1,200 materials and labor and the customer would still be saying thats to much i need to move out of this area.

I've learned that it may be better to get the job and have a fence company do it for me. They can do the installs so much faster, but, this was done for someone close to me and they wanted it done a certain way. This is mostly why I was involved. If that's all you can charge for a fence like this then you definitely are in the wrong area or you have the wrong customers. I've met some people that will almost pay anything, within reason, as long as it's me doing it for them because they are very particular about the way things are done. The right customers may a world of difference. Thanks for the comment

I believe it was around $10k. That was a couple of years ago, so, today it would be a much higher cost. Thanks for watching

@@horstcarpentry Thank you for responding, much appreciated. Was the $10,000 with materials included? Thank you.

No problem and yes that was the total cost. But, don't forget that was before the coof so price will likely be much higher now.

Thanks for watching

Sometimes contractors are more concerned with doing what the homeowners asks of them, even if the contractor knows it’s not necessarily correct. Money occasionally tends to be what matters most opposed to meeting some crazy made up code requirement for a fence that I don’t believe would have got inspected. Let the guy video his work. It’s a whole lot better than what most people do and no need to ride his ass, he never claimed to be a fencing company and never told anyone that this was how you’re supposed to do it. He built a good fence in my eyes and If I was your average homeowner who couldn’t build a fence by himself I’d likely hire Horst carpentry far before a company with a bunch of fellers that talk like you