"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
07/24/2020 at 20:39 • Filed to: None
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"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
07/24/2020 at 20:39 • Filed to: None | 1
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The fence is thirty years old and this procrastination project will add at least another ten years t o it s life.
Naturally, we installed the butt resses on the neighbor's side of the fence... Here, too, as in Zoidberg's case, Neighbor paid all costs.
ClassicDatsunDebate
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/24/2020 at 21:00 |
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You know they still make fences, right?
Dead_Elvis, Inc.
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/24/2020 at 21:01 |
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Are those sisal panels?
ranwhenparked
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/24/2020 at 21:02 |
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That is brilliant - I am all about that around my house. Just got a clean bill of health on my ozone depleting HVAC installed during Reagan’s first term, so I can kick that can down the road at least another season. Fix and make do, conserve cash, avoid debt, that’s my philosophy.
Kiltedpadre
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/24/2020 at 21:20 |
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I may have to do something like this in a few spots. Before I replace my fence there are three silver maples that have to go. Their roots are pushing up on the bottom of my fence.
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ranwhenparked
> ClassicDatsunDebate
07/24/2020 at 21:44 |
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Yeah, but they’ll also still be making them in 2030
Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/24/2020 at 22:28 |
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Chain link is just as pretty from behind a screened Matt and a whole lot more durable. Good work though. We certainly have some real concerns of a couple fences falling over. We may have to employ that idea.
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> ranwhenparked
07/25/2020 at 09:40 |
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Thanks. The fence was so decrepit that some wind blew it over. Those buttresses cost about $80 and two hours of work.
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> ranwhenparked
07/25/2020 at 09:41 |
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And this costs about 99% less.
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> ClassicDatsunDebate
07/25/2020 at 09:41 |
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Can I order one and send you the bill?
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available
07/25/2020 at 09:42 |
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That project was about $80 and two hours of effort. Very high ROI.
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> Dead_Elvis, Inc.
07/25/2020 at 09:43 |
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It’s a plastic sun screen fabric that the neighbor installed for privacy. It give a nice look. I just slapped the buttresses up overtop.
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> Kiltedpadre
07/25/2020 at 09:44 |
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It’s super-easy. And the concrete footings are small enough that they’ll not be difficult to remove in ten years.
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Dead_Elvis, Inc.
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/25/2020 at 14:20 |
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Ah, makes more sense. But it looks good, and *not* plastic-y, at least in your pix.
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> Dead_Elvis, Inc.
07/25/2020 at 14:43 |
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I think it looks really good. The fence is so UV-bedraggled that it's literally about the consistency of balsa wood. But having that stretch replaced by the reputable fence outfit would cost about three grand. So the ten-year buttress plan is sounding good.
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Dead_Elvis, Inc.
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/25/2020 at 16:06 |
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I’ve replaced some fence sections that looked about like yours, but would crumble when touched. I think the lichen covering them provided as much structural stability as the remaining wood did.
The buttress plan seems like an excellent work-around!