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re: Am I being too picky about a new fence construction? Pics inside.
Posted on 6/28/16 at 8:50 am to CharlieDay
Posted on 6/28/16 at 8:50 am to CharlieDay
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Posted on 6/28/16 at 8:52 am to MrPappagiorgio
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judging from the OPs pictures, I doubt whoever built his fence has the capability to put something like that together
I meant why didn't the HOA require that instead of the alternating ugly side idea.
Posted on 6/28/16 at 8:53 am to cleeveclever
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Why is the middle facing the opposite direction of the rest of the fence?
That's how a lot of houston has started doing it. I asked when we first bought our house here. They said something about its the neighbors fence. you take care of the portions that face you, and your neighbors do the same.
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Posted on 6/28/16 at 8:55 am to Nado Jenkins83
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Thats what I don't get. Why not have it flipped so the ugly side faces neighbors
??? The "nice" side of the fence should face outwards. If you don't like seeing the boards in your own yard, put up more fence boards on the inside. Nothing worse looking than a neighborhood where the shitty side of the fence is showing in everyone's yard. Only time that is acceptable is if you are against the woods where no one will see, or there's a drainage ditch/right of way that no one is going to really see regularly.
Posted on 6/28/16 at 8:56 am to PrimeTime Money
That is the ugliest fence I've ever seen. I threw up in my mouth when I looked at it.
Posted on 6/28/16 at 8:56 am to MrPappagiorgio
The 2x6 toe board will lengthen the life of the pickets. It will take the abuse of lawnmowers and weed eaters. My fence has 2x12 toe boards.
Posted on 6/28/16 at 8:56 am to TheCaterpillar
quote:Probably more expensive. They could probably build these kinds of fences cheaply and cut down on neighborhood disputes about fencing.
I meant why didn't the HOA require that instead of the alternating ugly side idea.
Posted on 6/28/16 at 9:00 am to PrimeTime Money
PTM, can you finish the inside completely if you care to pay for that? It would look the same to your neighbor but your side would have the same look all the way. Not that it looks terrible.
As I said, be firm. Also, point it out NOW. The longer you let him go the more he is likely to have to fix. As far as the one 4 x 4 already warping/twisting, make him replace it. If it going to be part of your gate it will be trouble.
As I said, be firm. Also, point it out NOW. The longer you let him go the more he is likely to have to fix. As far as the one 4 x 4 already warping/twisting, make him replace it. If it going to be part of your gate it will be trouble.
Posted on 6/28/16 at 9:01 am to drexyl
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Don't be nice about it. Tell him he screwed up and it's gonna be fixed.
OR...he could approach the dude like a man and be respectable and reserve being an a-hole only if some common ground isn't met. You know, be a decent human and understand that mistakes happen.
Your way would is as childish as a kid kicking and screaming in WalMart because he can't get a toy he wants.
Posted on 6/28/16 at 9:02 am to drexyl
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If you don't like it don't pay. If you pay and it stays like that you'll have to look at shoddy work for years and regret not speaking up and demanding it be fixed. Don't be nice about it. Tell him he screwed up and it's gonna be fixed.
Yep. You are the customer. You are paying good money for a job done right.
Posted on 6/28/16 at 9:02 am to KG6
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??? The "nice" side of the fence should face outwards. If you don't like seeing the boards in your own yard, put up more fence boards on the inside. Nothing worse looking than a neighborhood where the shitty side of the fence is showing in everyone's yard. Only time that is acceptable is if you are against the woods where no one will see, or there's a drainage ditch/right of way that no one is going to really see regularly.
Personally I like it this way as well. I grew up with it this way and I always consider it more important as to how people see your house over how see it from only the backyard. It's almost never done this way anymore.
Posted on 6/28/16 at 9:03 am to PrimeTime Money
Is your neighbor splitting the cost of the fence with you? I thought that was the idea behind these fences
Posted on 6/28/16 at 9:03 am to KG6
I would just double side it and be done
Posted on 6/28/16 at 9:05 am to Nado Jenkins83
just buy like 15 fatheads to decorate fence with to take the attention away from all the defects.
Posted on 6/28/16 at 9:06 am to stout
Calm, respective discourse is becoming less of an option to people. It's a form of cowardice to me.
Posted on 6/28/16 at 9:07 am to Chad504boy
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15 fatheads to decorate fence with to take the attention away from all the defects.
Clay Matthews would make it awesome
Posted on 6/28/16 at 9:09 am to Nado Jenkins83
I had a fence built at a prior home where we chose the shadow box design on the portion visible from the street and the side shared by a neighbor. We put the ugly side facing outward on the backside where there was no neighbor.
Posted on 6/28/16 at 9:09 am to PrimeTime Money
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Am I being too picky about a new fence construction?
My wife is the same way.....
Oops
Posted on 6/28/16 at 9:09 am to PrimeTime Money
I would highly recommend that you stain the fence so that it will last longer. Did they use nails or screws? Screws are the way to go.
Posted on 6/28/16 at 9:09 am to bigberg2000
I don't know why people don't put up "shadow box" wooden fences. It looks much better than that crap and uses about the same amount of fence boards. Its win, win for both sides.
But if I had an HOA that required that I'd move or never bought.
Just hang boards on your side and be done with it. Make them change the crooked corner post but the others will be hidden. Plant shrubs in front of it.
But if I had an HOA that required that I'd move or never bought.
Just hang boards on your side and be done with it. Make them change the crooked corner post but the others will be hidden. Plant shrubs in front of it.
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