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Fence Repair
I have a 17-year old fence that is look a little worse
for wear. I'm hoping some simple repairs/maintenance will give it a few more years of life since most of the lumber is in very sound condition. In particular, all of the posts appear to be rock solid. Some pics he http://www.malch.com/DSC_5189.jpg http://www.malch.com/DSC_5190.jpg http://www.malch.com/DSC_5191.jpg http://www.malch.com/DSC_5192.jpg This fence in a shared responsibility and hence I won't be doing anything until I've spoken to the guy who lives on the other side. Fortunately, the relationship is cordial. Quite a few of the vertical slats need re-positioning and re-fastening. I'm concerned that a lot of nail hammering will only shake more slats loose. Therefore, I'm thinking about using screws. This will given me a chance to test a recently acquired and seriously heavy-duty Bosch drill/driver! Is this wise? What type of screws should I use and where should I insert them? Should I screw the overlapping slats to each other? Or screw them to the horizontal retaining strip along the bottom of the fence? Some completely different approach? I've not really tackled anything quite like this so any advice or comments, general or specific, would be most welcome. -- |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| | Malcolm Hoar "The more I practice, the luckier I get". | | Gary Player. | | http://www.malch.com/ Shpx gur PQN. | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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