If you need a fence

[4VR4CY]

Call out for bids now! They are fighting for business. One of the companies was going to knock $400ish off the quoted price to beat another guys offer. They are installing 3/11/08 per my choice.

I had bids by American Fence, Des Moines Steel and Metro Fence.

Am going with Metro Fence and didn't take the offer for $200 less from other company as I don't want the quality to go down significantly.

 

[Wesley]

They usually charge you labor for a 100 ft run. Right now they might even waive that. The home project industry is grinding to a halt. Someone called me last week for work and he is working on my house this week. Tough times for the remodelers, inspectors, realtors, finance makers. I have had two of my old realtors call and send me cards in the last two weeks looking for referrals. Hmmm.

 

[dmclone]

I don't have a clue what a fence costs. Is it in feet. What would a six foot tall fence cost me per foot? I have about 200 feet that I'd like to get done.

 

[4VR4CY]

What kind of fence? We can only do black vinyl chain link. It is by foot. Usually it is $10.50-$11.50 per foot for chain link.

 

[wartknight]

3/11 huh? Will they dig down through the snow to put it in?

 

[CYdTracked]

No need for a fence but if you are doing chain link I can't imagine that it's that tough to do yourself. Just measure it off, set some posts in concrete and attach the chain link. Guys here at work have done theirs before and said it's really easy.

 

[dmclone]

Something like this;

 

[frontrangeclone]

can someone notify the Feds about this deal? I think they are looking for a long, long fence along the southern US border, and a deal like this would save all of us taxpayers money!

 

[4VR4CY]

No need for a fence but if you are doing chain link I can't imagine that it's that tough to do yourself. Just measure it off, set some posts in concrete and attach the chain link. Guys here at work have done theirs before and said it's really easy.

If I wasn't working full time/ in grad school part-time and my husband wasn't working 54 - 60 hours a week right now, that would be a good idea. Right now it is worth paying someone else to do it.

 

[CTAClone]

No need for a fence but if you are doing chain link I can't imagine that it's that tough to do yourself. Just measure it off, set some posts in concrete and attach the chain link. Guys here at work have done theirs before and said it's really easy.

I've built wood fences myself. It's pretty easy also. You can buy the precut wood at Home Depot and it goes up in Jiffy.

 

[CyTom]

Having put up a chain link fence before...it's not hard, but it is a pain in the butt with only a couple people. Not sure if I would pay someone to do it the next time or not.

 

[C.John]

No need for a fence but if you are doing chain link I can't imagine that it's that tough to do yourself. Just measure it off, set some posts in concrete and attach the chain link. Guys here at work have done theirs before and said it's really easy.

Actually, for chain link, there is no need for concrete. We have a 5 foot tall chainlink fence and the posts were 10 feet long and you just use a pneumatic post driver to pound the posts in. The installing of the posts and the stretching of the fence for 250 feet took half a day. The rest of the day was the tedious inserting of vinyl privacy strips. That was the worst part of the install.

Up here in the land of cheese, concrete and fence posts are frowned upon due to frost issues.

 

[CTAClone]

Actually, for chain link, there is no need for concrete. We have a 5 foot tall chainlink fence and the posts were 10 feet long and you just use a pneumatic post driver to pound the posts in. The installing of the posts and the stretching of the fence for 250 feet took half a day. The rest of the day was the tedious inserting of vinyl privacy strips. That was the worst part of the install.

Up here in the land of cheese, concrete and fence posts are frowned upon due to frost issues.

I did the wood fence all by myself. Also didn't use concrete. Probably won't last as long because of that but it was only about 50 feet long and took me only about a day and a half. 1 full day was digging the holes and only a few hours to actually put up the fence.

 

[C.John]

Actually concrete and wood is a no no. The concrete traps water and quickens the chance for rot. Tamped gravel on the other hand allows the water to drain away from the wood posts.

 

[CTAClone]

Actually concrete and wood is a no no. The concrete traps water and quickens the chance for rot. Tamped gravel on the other hand allows the water to drain away from the wood posts.

Good to know. The fence was built in LA so it rarely ever gets wet and the ground was pretty much gravel to begin with, so I think I lucked out.

 

[dustinal]

Somewhat off topic: Can anybody recommend somebody to remove a line of hedges? We have about 30 or 40 feet lining our front lawn that we're thinking of removing. They look nice in the warmer months, but they're a lot of upkeep and they're ugly in the winter. We're thinking of just replacing them with a nice picket fence.

EDIT: We live in Ames.

 

[Phaedrus]

Actually concrete and wood is a no no. The concrete traps water and quickens the chance for rot. Tamped gravel on the other hand allows the water to drain away from the wood posts.

The couple of fences I did, I got around that by using a concrete "necklace" below the frost level and filling the hole with dirt. The best of both worlds!