Kitchen and Living Room Combined Designs: fence

<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaW9arfGQsTt9qfwSx1PDO4UufmVgHcKvj4ACX6VlXRgTeMFly6HMeauL62Lki8TlbcrbCzL-MZ1Bm2hGeENAsTU0dgvPQdpS_RT4JaqorlPaEG5jlCWopp61oiTBwTrC7Wr0UJxLlgmE/s1600/IMG_0948.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473366853065182658" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaW9arfGQsTt9qfwSx1PDO4UufmVgHcKvj4ACX6VlXRgTeMFly6HMeauL62Lki8TlbcrbCzL-MZ1Bm2hGeENAsTU0dgvPQdpS_RT4JaqorlPaEG5jlCWopp61oiTBwTrC7Wr0UJxLlgmE/s400/IMG_0948.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /><div><div>Mr. Darcy can not be trusted outside without a leash... Some dogs are able to be let out to go potty or what-no and then come right back inside. Not Mr. D. He takes off running as quick as he can... the guy loves to be chased! So, it was high time we put a fence in to keep him from escaping our grasp.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNcDjE81vcOXErGykySNAUUDmj-p2eX-oit9IBqjhNHk9JeyewEa2ld_9Q0jmcN4iLz80ExRp2hyphenhyphenusV7bGrWq4q14oe6bbulCAs5Eg7Ptrl9GQ1MDcD4JE8S2kKt23E2LAqgxW0IzCTcI/s1600/Fence.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473371184164872514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNcDjE81vcOXErGykySNAUUDmj-p2eX-oit9IBqjhNHk9JeyewEa2ld_9Q0jmcN4iLz80ExRp2hyphenhyphenusV7bGrWq4q14oe6bbulCAs5Eg7Ptrl9GQ1MDcD4JE8S2kKt23E2LAqgxW0IzCTcI/s400/Fence.jpg" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 310px; height: 400px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><div>We had to submit the above design to the city of Fairway to get a building permit for the fence.  Our objective was to prove that the new fence would not block the sightline at the stop sign.  </div><div><br /></div><div>While I can take credit for the layout and design of the fence, I cannot take much credit for the actual building of the fence... turns out digging post holes is, as much as I hate to admit it, really hard.  Mike was much better at it than I was.   </div><div><br /></div><div>Materials :</div><div><br /></div><div>30 - 4" x 4" x 6' posts</div><div>20 - 8' dog eared cedar fencing pre-assembled picket panels (Lowe's)</div><div>100 - single pickets for customized sections</div><div>12 - 2" x 3" x 8' pieces of wood for rails of custom sections</div><div>2 - Black Wrought Iron Gate Kits</div><div>2 - 1 pound boxes of 2 1/2 decking screws</div><div>10 - bags of concrete</div><div>10 - bags of gravel</div><div>1 - level</div></div></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW6HLt0IJUAefQJMTkKRKZgIrxeTCWI5EQR0DIiRCjJmGmSxMTexvPy-n8m-cFWakKOOMhFQ3vv7gBCNFJ26mE5n9VW3mXyPhEJT1uWTxC46ggNR53rDEp23IvDqBI2jpUSNEAPnfOoVI/s1600/IMG_0835.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473366577385867794" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW6HLt0IJUAefQJMTkKRKZgIrxeTCWI5EQR0DIiRCjJmGmSxMTexvPy-n8m-cFWakKOOMhFQ3vv7gBCNFJ26mE5n9VW3mXyPhEJT1uWTxC46ggNR53rDEp23IvDqBI2jpUSNEAPnfOoVI/s400/IMG_0835.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><div>I laid out the fence with garden stakes and string that I leveled to gage where we would need to lower the panels of fencing.  I plotted the posts 8 feet apart (except where the gates would be).  Mike dug the post holes 24 inches deep and 10 inches in diameter.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjK14BakwQq_PXEX5OL6o1MEnH7yE71V0NhbHEC2N3EvYFuMpBqHytKeBzDDSEmXElAyZodeNueEW-ND5ByxQ9jgElReVuIgyaviw8SwZKCngf05PUvS5H6sv25osCzR8IEB8u4_GoHcY/s1600/IMG_0836.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473365804292753330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjK14BakwQq_PXEX5OL6o1MEnH7yE71V0NhbHEC2N3EvYFuMpBqHytKeBzDDSEmXElAyZodeNueEW-ND5ByxQ9jgElReVuIgyaviw8SwZKCngf05PUvS5H6sv25osCzR8IEB8u4_GoHcY/s400/IMG_0836.JPG" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><div style="text-align: left;">As we went along, we found that it was easier to install the panels as we go vs. setting all of the posts and then hanging the panels.</div></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ9p3LdH-sHsEzR6Kg5Kk3e6_7tKTrm1cIAqio1BIrVM1Miz9vKD-oCswlpMpp2OkksDwcuXEQQaflgnlRxERNha50LDhy29leOdhNKkQ7sb29pV-7YwKw8JoHT4_xNDePKVIP6BRQ42g/s1600/IMG_0831.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473365825927038866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ9p3LdH-sHsEzR6Kg5Kk3e6_7tKTrm1cIAqio1BIrVM1Miz9vKD-oCswlpMpp2OkksDwcuXEQQaflgnlRxERNha50LDhy29leOdhNKkQ7sb29pV-7YwKw8JoHT4_xNDePKVIP6BRQ42g/s400/IMG_0831.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a>Here is Mike setting a post.  My job was leveling the posts and panels as Mike installed.<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXD8lP7EcB7CY0XpPiDuA2HZi6bU6A6bMZdQBY3pRgmzQoAU0jvlFVah4W9FNxabE6dAWDwRYCKHLMldn9uuRvNvQZESqfmUOktbP28zsqgm1BTBh5Pmm4TC31pHqljRAXnXeKWVH3xsk/s1600/IMG_0830.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473365822402265714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXD8lP7EcB7CY0XpPiDuA2HZi6bU6A6bMZdQBY3pRgmzQoAU0jvlFVah4W9FNxabE6dAWDwRYCKHLMldn9uuRvNvQZESqfmUOktbP28zsqgm1BTBh5Pmm4TC31pHqljRAXnXeKWVH3xsk/s400/IMG_0830.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjImUY8vUo32J22JvKv2vzoqS3jTMT_RwokTyP-GQiStpVWBgKVTz5pohZs1gLIemjjTnWdeSa07BhwebyBz2Y_n9EVd36y2GiwA6oI9KP6rsggzYO4vxI4eR1FHu7gXrg3GoBxMAA8tzI/s1600/IMG_0832.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473365814345463026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjImUY8vUo32J22JvKv2vzoqS3jTMT_RwokTyP-GQiStpVWBgKVTz5pohZs1gLIemjjTnWdeSa07BhwebyBz2Y_n9EVd36y2GiwA6oI9KP6rsggzYO4vxI4eR1FHu7gXrg3GoBxMAA8tzI/s400/IMG_0832.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /></div><div>We will trim the posts later this week and top them with tailored post caps... I'm looking for them online today!</div><div><br /></div><div>Besides leveling and designing, my job was painting...  photos to come soon!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>

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