The fence installation has begun!!! Yippee!!! (Read my
previous post to see why this excites me so much). On Saturday Ryan and our neighbor Mike (whose fence you see in the background...he's done this before) started putting up fence posts. It was a beautiful day and we are so grateful that Mike gave up his entire day to help us!! They spent the majority of the day figuring out the logistics of things. My dad would be so proud of all their measuring and leveling. I think they actually had four levels that they were using.
The guys got six posts installed before a thunder storm rolled in and they got lots of holes dug!!
On Sunday we actually skipped church so we could get some fence panels hung (we're in a time crunch to get this fence installed because it's
"fireworks season"). Unfortunately it didn't end up being a very productive day. Thanks to some confusion over brackets (and three trips to Lowes) we only got two panels hung by about 7pm. Now that we've got it figured out the hanging of the panels should go rather quickly, Ryan doesn't seem to think it's that hard.
So next weekend is the BIG weekend. We've recruited some help and we're going to try and get it all done, well at least get all the posts in (Ryan can hang the panels by himself if need be). I'll keep you posted on our progress!
The fence installation has begun!!! Yippee!!! (Read my previous post to see why this excites me so much). On Saturday Ryan and our neighbor Mike (whose fence you see in the background...he's done this before) started putting up fence posts. It was a beautiful day and we are so grateful that Mike gave up his entire day to help us!! They spent the majority of the day figuring out the logistics of things. My dad would be so proud of all their measuring and leveling. I think they actually had four levels that they were using.
The guys got six posts installed before a thunder storm rolled in and they got lots of holes dug!!
On Sunday we actually skipped church so we could get some fence panels hung (we're in a time crunch to get this fence installed because it's "fireworks season"). Unfortunately it didn't end up being a very productive day. Thanks to some confusion over brackets (and three trips to Lowes) we only got two panels hung by about 7pm. Now that we've got it figured out the hanging of the panels should go rather quickly, Ryan doesn't seem to think it's that hard.
So next weekend is the BIG weekend. We've recruited some help and we're going to try and get it all done, well at least get all the posts in (Ryan can hang the panels by himself if need be). I'll keep you posted on our progress!
8 comments:
I am so glad that the fence is atleast started, and that you will soon feel safe in your own backyard again. I am praying for you guys as "the season" looms near!
Hi Judy, What a pretty blog you have! You are right about the duo-trio change. It hadn't even occurred to me yet!
woohoo!!! what a nice fence! It is going to be so nice to have it up, i'm sure---you won't have to worry about the kids leaving the yard (or dogs coming in!).
So glad that you got a jump on this so that you and your kids can have a great summer playing in the backyard. Very nice looking fence.
It's funny to think how fast things can get done when the kids' safety is involved. Maybe "neighbot" will get the hint and keep his pets under lock and key! Anyway, good luck - hope you have good weather this weekend!
Great pics!!!! I love the fencing too...very nice! Let us know when its all done and the kiddies are safe from the pit bulls!!
What a relief to have a fence going up! I bet you'll love having it once it's all done. It's a nice looking fence. I'm guessing you all have some hills...or at least more than I'm used to here on the flat land....
It's going to be beautiful!!!! And you're right - the panels are the easy part...once he's got all the holes dug and posts put in, the rest goes very quickly. This is going to be GREAT!
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