Disclaimer: That title is not meant to offend anyone...
Our fence was in poor shape when we bought the house, and this little section fell down a while ago. Our neighbors did a temporary fix, but the problem was that they 4x4 snapped at the bottom, so it needed some serious attention. And of course the day Brandon finally could get around to it, it was raining. So Brandon and Brittany's husband Nathan (who was a huge help) rigged what they called a redneck solution. Note the scrap wood, the shovel, and something, I'm guessing an old mop pole, used to prop up the tarp. But it got the job done and the new fence looks great. You can definitely tell the difference just because the new wood is so much nicer. But it doesn't fall over in a windstorm!
For all who are dying to know what they had to do, they had to chisel out the old cement that the old post was in, then pour new concrete around the new post and then put up the new slats. Luckily a guy in our ward let them borrow a hammer drill, which made the whole chiseling process very much faster. And who doesn't love playing with large, powerful tools? (For all wondering, I don't.) But they sure appreciated it. Kudos to my handy husband and brother-in-law.
1 comment:
I think you can only call it redneck if you were going to use a tarp instead of a fence :) How nice to have husbands huh?! I'd hate having to try to figure out fixing that but they almost relish it.
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