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I'm about to extend my backyard wood privacy fence. The fence now stops
at
the back of the house. I want to extend it 20 feet going towards the
street.

Since there is no old fence on the 20 feet of yard I'll be working on, I
need to make sure where the property line is. I have the diagram from the
1993 survey which says there are iron rods in place.

Do you think I'm safe to just find the rod myself and pull a string tight
between it and the last post on the old fence?

Or should I pay for a survey? I've heard that you can get a survey a
little
cheaper by calling the original survey company and just have them do an
update.


Because some people have neighbors (like me) who are jackasses.
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Sounds like you have a the normal small sub division lot.. and it was
surveyed 10 years ago and as usual they (The survayers) have left 9
iron (markers) in place.... .

Grab the copy of the survey and look for some of those markers... My
home was built almopst 40 years ago and a few years ago I found the
markers that I needed in almost no time at all... In ten years they
should be easily found...

Then you can install the fence (as per local codes..set backs etc)

I truely have fantastic neighbors but I sure would not sign off on a
project for them that could affect my own property nor would I expect
them to sign off on one for me....

Bob Griffiths.