So, Dave, what’s on your agenda this weekend?
- (11) 4x4x8′ cedar posts ($11)*
- (18*) 2x4x8′ cedar boards ($8)**
- (TBD) 9/16x4x6′ cedar picket $1.30 (to be purchased later? or now, while I have access to the truck?)
- (11) post caps
- (2) sets of gate frame hardware (“No Sag Easy Gate” $30; “Quickgate” hinges (2) is $15.)
- (TBD) 2x4x8′ to make gate out of.
- (2) sets of gate latches.
- (TBD) QuikCrete dry-pour bags of cement
- (11) 2′ form tubes (diameter TBD)
- (TBD) gravel
- Mason line
- 1×4 stakes, boards
- line level
- post level
- layout paint
- (TBD) #8 2.5″ deck screws (stainless steel if cedar; hot dip galvanized otherwise)
- (1) Power Auger (rental)
*Pressure-Treated Wood is $6 ea.; redwood is $14.
** Redwood is $6 ea. 10′ is $7.40.
Unresolved questions/issues/to-dos:
- How to scab ends onto existing fences (stability, gap).
- Wood material. Everyone says, “Cedar, redwood, or 60# (or 40#?) pressure-treated wood.” Cedar seems to have the advantage, slightly, when I look on-line for advice; need to use stainless steel screws, in that case, since the tannins will interact with the galvanizing on the others.
- Sprinkler wiring on short fence.
- Gate location on long fence (and leveling it).
- Removing the dead aspen by the long fence.
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