Time for a New Fence Part II

This post is part of a series. To get the full story, check out Time for a New Fence before reading this piece.

Fence building is a lot of work. Building a fence while ensuring 2 dogs remain in the yard is even more work. 

My handyman has dogs of his own and had an ingenious dog-containment strategy. More about that in a bit. 

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The first step to building a new fence is taking the old one down . . .

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. . . including the delapidated posts.

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Now that the fence was down, we had to figure out how to contain the dogs so they do not go on vacation without permission from their humans.

For a day or two, I took the dogs out on their leashes, but my handyman made things easier on me. He used my old fence as a temporary fence! Genius!

I still stayed in the yard to ensure the dogs didn’t just hop this shorter fence, but at least I could do yardwork and check on the dogs every minute or so instead of not letting my eyes off them.

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The work took a few weeks, and during that time, as can happen in early spring in Illinois, it snowed.

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After the temporary fence was up and the snow melted, things moved quickly. My handyman put in the posts . . .

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. . . and started to build.

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Dude cleaned up my yard, and it was done!

Ok, in the pic above, he still had some things to clean up, but the fence looks great.

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It’s pretty amazing that this pile of wood . . .

. . . could become such a lovely, sturdy structure that, as a shadow fence, looks nice on my side and the neighbor’s side.

In terms of cost, the materials were about 2K, and labor, which included a new raised garden I will share with you soon, was about 1300. So the total was 3300. I don’t know if this is a good deal or kind of expensive for a fence.

Working with my handyman, though, was great. I was happy to give him the work, and I’m happy with his work. 

Peace Out (and In),

Julie