Whoopeeeee

I've just found the original invoice for the fencing It was done in 1996 !

I'll phone them tomorrow and see if they are still in business

Now I need to find a proper fencer , who knows what he's doing . I've a nice wee handyman who has done my reconstructions so far - but I think this is not his style .

Also I want the uprights to be properly protected , set in , what have you. I really don't want to be replacing stuff every year or two.

HG - how on earth did you get away with buying just 3 knives ?

If I have to build a total new fence it will be as I want and on MY ground

Doubt that a claim would be successful - one look at the base of the uprights and they would probably say lack of maintenance - They would be right too - when the timber treatment was done last [ after my kitchen was done , only the planks on my side were treated . Sadly a lot of the stuff that's come off has been bowed so I'm not sure if it could be re-used.

I really don't want to spend a huge amount - daughter #2's wedding coming up. I had also seriously been thinking of the K5 with the SRS price and the £90 cashback BUT now - not a chance [ I got fed up with the lousy weather and thought that at least with a WR camera I could get out a bit more ]

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Here's the mess As you can see there were horizontal planks on each side of the uprights. Originally it was full height for about the first 3 sections , then it dropped roughly 1 plank for the next 2 and then another 1 plank drop for the last part , but in the reconstruction [ done by 12 year old boy and his Uncle ] the whole thing got to be full height

Taa guys

Snag is that the fence is joint . whatever we stick up has to be maintained and I can't see that being done properly [ I'll organise my side's regular timber treatment but the other side will need to be done as well ]

You've certainly given me some thoughts and I'll let them sink in and simmer and we'll see what comes up. We used to have a 3 foot wall , but that wasn't enough so that was removed and well - this mess is the result.

Right - I need some help guys - and you are just the folk to give me your expertise.
I need a new fence between the neighbours and me - once again the gales have made a mess of it - 3 uprights are down [ rotted at ground level ] and the horizontal planks are more or less piled up in an untidy heap. I have piccies but can't put them up as they were discreetly taken on my phone.

They like their privacy [ err understandable if you keep bikes openly in your garden ] so we had this 6 ft high fence . Now it's been reconstructed once and wasn't done properly the last time - horizontals weren't staggered correctly and the gaps between the horizontals clearly weren't right either .

Can anyone suggest what we can put up ? I'm not made of money . Any routine maintenance will have to be paid for by me [ they do none on their own house either ] and I'll have to get a wee man in to do that.

I would like what's at the bottom of my garden between me and the common entry way - chain link fencing with solid metal uprights . They can then let the bushes on their side grow up to the top of the fence and will have their privacy BUT the wind/gales etc will be able to blow through and won't meet solid planks.

Comments on this scheme would be welcome even though this is not really pointless I know.

Cut it down gently HG - total removal after Christmas day can be a wee bittie drastic

Some of those shots take either real bravery or just plain stupidity in the face of danger.

Take my hat off to folk like that

Just returned from the folk across the road - turkey and ALL the trimmings and plenty of wine