Projects of the day !!! DIY - What ya' buildin' ?

[blacksmithden]

Another 110ish feet of fence is done, along with my hips and knees.

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[Camo tung]

Another 110ish feet of fence is done, along with my hips and knees.

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Are the boards no-gap, expecting some shrinkage?

[blacksmithden]

Are the boards no-gap, expecting some shrinkage?

Yep. We clapped them tight together right across the entire run. The boards Home Deathspot sells are wetter than stuff you'd drag up off the bottom of a lake. The back run has only been up a few days and most of the boards have already shrunk enough that theyre not touching and there's 1/8th to 1/4" gaps between almost all of them. Here's a pic of a random section. Those were tight together a few days ago. If any of you guys are planning on building a fence this summer, go anywhere EXCEPT Home Depot for your stuff even if it costs a little more. I ran a 75% material rejection rate on this project. The ONLY things that were ok were the 4x4 posts. Everything else was a garbage sorting expedition.

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[Haywire1]

While not as visually impressive as BSD’s fence, i got 300 feet of fencing done around the new septic, and another 100’ stretch behind the chicken pen done as well. Just 2 strand for now, eventually ill put cattle mesh up on everything as well, but it’s enough it will keep the horses out of the chickens and septic. Bonus, I didn’t have to go to 75 home improvement stores and sort 40,000 board feet to do mine. 1 stop at Peavey Mart for a roll of barb wire and a bundle of postsIMG_7297.jpgIMG_7299.jpg

[R&R Rancher]

Looks like you’ll need some bracing at your end post or you’ll never be able to keep the wires tight

[Haywire1]

I knew someone was going to point that out lol. just under a crunch to get the horses back, bracing is in now, just not when i took the pics, corner post isnt in the pics, and except for the gate posts, the end posts are 4” steel pipe 8’ in the ground.

[Stealthfall]

Ripped out the linoleum and vinyl plank overlaid floor on my bathroom yesterday. Layed the Decoupling membrane down last night and in about an hour I'm starting tiling.

[Brad]

Since everyone is posting fence pictures. Trying to finish up the pasture fence. This is a steep section that the wild rose has taken ahold of. Yes there are ticks, mosquitoes, blackflies etc. The auto rotate is screwing it up
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Here is another view of the pasture
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[SIR VEYOR]

Looking at covering the gap between two seacans about 12.5’ apart, 40’ long. It can’t be anything too substantial, or county permit guy becomes a busybody.

What’s light, waterproofh(ish), and might pass the muster of acceptable viewing?

I’m thinking onion skin but not sure what the real name is.

Maybe Tyvec, don’t think it’ll do. Supports will be scaffolding X braces split apart and bolted lengthwise. Likely attached on the ends to wood planks on the cans to form a rectangle. Probably tires on the boards for extra weight.

Any material or design suggestions? Budget is kinda important in case the plan so far hasn’t made that clear..

[Rory McCanuck]

Quonset tin?