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Woodworkers Thread
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The throwaways weren’t bad at all so far. The stuff I got from Home Depot seems better than the 4x4s I got from Menards. I’m halfway done after this weekend.
The neighbor said a fence guy told him 300 dollars a post and I believe it now. Our ground is rock hard. I was doing this by myself and the post holes took me over a day and the rest was less than a day. The fence looks like it’s leaning a bit in the pics but it’s straight as an arrow.
Did you rent an auger for the posts or do it the old fashioned way with a set of post hole diggers.
I borrowed the auger below from someone but it would completely stop or sit and spin once I hit about 18 inches. Once it wouldn’t move anymore, I had to repeatedly loosen dirt an inch or two at a time by hand, add some water and try the auger again. It was a pain in the ass. Setting the posts and building the actual fence was pretty easy, even by myself. A lot of screws.
Oof those are rough. I think I would have thought long and hard about renting one of those post augers on tracks.
Your wife owes you a back rub and a couple beers after that.
Last time I put in a fence, having struggled with a two-person auger several times before, I rented a mini-loader, and it was some of the best money I’ve ever spent.
Oh I wished I had once I got going. The other side I have to do is it’s own challenge though. I dug all new holes for the side that’s done but the other side I have to use the existing holes. This means digging out the concrete because I’m sure the posts are gonna snap when I pull them. Oh and those neighbors put a chainlink fence on their side about 6 inches from my fence.
That and there are utilities coming through our yard everywhere.
Can’t wait.
Then it’s onto the deck…
Got the rest done this weekend. Holy **** fencing sucks by yourself. I’m guessing I saved somewhere between 4-6 grand though after I stain it in a few months. No idea what fencing costs but I feel like it’s a lot. It took me probably 5 days if I don’t count getting rid of the old stuff.
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This might be stupid question but the next project in a week or two is the deck. I’m putting on either round or square metal spindles. Do you drill holes for the spindles into the top and bottom of the rails or use connectors to attach? And do you connect the rails by toe nailing/screwing or some other way.
I’ve really never done any of this **** before.
I’ve really never done any of this **** before.
I bought square ones from Menards that have like a 20degree cut on the top and bottom and just screwed them into the outside of my 2X6 horizontal runner.
Toe screwing is the way to go.
Oh, we’re talking about DECKS? My bad. Same answer though. I found a billion (approx) different options for railings, each with several possibilities for installation, none of which my wife and I could agree on. Once you’ve settled on a style, manuals (if they exist) and YouTube are your friend.
Talked to a concrete guy a few months ago as we were looking to pour the same size pad for a hot tub and I believe he was quoting around 3k.
My next project is a pergola and shed. Looking forward to both!
Already done.
Wow... Not an avid HD guy, but had no idea this existed at all. Thank you for bringing to attention. Menards you can't go one aisle without seeing the 11% sign.
Totally going back a few months on this one, but had to catch up from my last read.
I’ve been going to HD a lot lately. The Ankeny menards is just annoyingly busy. The wood products have seemed to be much better at HD lately too. That being said, they don’t have everything because there’s nothing outside.
I think ours was around 800 to pour it myself but probably add another 2-300 bucks in concrete for a thicker pad because of the hot tub. I’m assuming they quoted a 6 inch slab? I think that’s pretty reasonable to not screw with it.
