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"Me" wrote in message
...

Tell him to leave a message on the Saturn Forum detailing his
problem. Lots of good help there.




On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 22:50:08 -0400, meirman
wrote:

In alt.home.repair on Sun, 14 Aug 2005 18:33:15 GMT "Edwin Pawlowski"
posted:


"Charlie Bress" wrote in message
...
Since you know the measurement of the section in question, I would try
getting a quick telephone estimate from a fence company or two. This is
not
a complex job and can be well enough priced as a sanity check. It is
all
in
how you phrase the question. Then ask the neighbor for a copy of his
estimate. If he has a price he wants you to share, he ought to have
something on paper to back himself up. Or maybe he is trying to get you
to
pay for the whole thing.

Remember what Pres. Reagan said "trust but verify"

Charlie

You make good points, but the neighbor want $125, the OP is thinking $30.
You can't buy much wood for $30 today and no fence company is going to do
anything at all for that price.

My 30 (or 50) was only supposed to be a sixth of the price, half of
the third we share. I thought before that it was less, but I'm pretty
sure now the last ones I heard about were about 300 dollars. I did
mine myself, so I don't have any firm number anymore.

I had called him and left the message I wrote about, but called back
later to tell him I'd pay the whole thing**. He said the guy did do
this sort of thing for a living (maybe that's what makes him more
expensive), and had built (temporary?) stages for the church.

(BTW, the fence is about 5 feet high, T1-11, with a 2 x 4 along the
bottom, another along the top, quarter round moldings at the 2x4s and
at the 4x4 posts. Treated lumber, but still a lot cheaper than cedar,
I think.)


**Then he complimented me on my knowledge of home repair and car
repair, and asked if I could fix his Saturn, for which the light
behind the radio's LCDs doesn't work. It's not even his car anymore;
it belongs to his brother now, but I said if he brought it by, I would
look at it. I'll look at it, but I don't plan to fix it.

tHANKS FOR all the help.

Meirman