Not overly exciting, but certainly a top priority was to get the yard fully fenced in so it was safe for our "puppy" Chloe to enjoy her new yard off leash.
For whatever reason the previous owner only fenced in 80% of the yard, leaving a large opening approximately 30ft x 15ft.
For whatever reason the previous owner only fenced in 80% of the yard, leaving a large opening approximately 30ft x 15ft.
To save some time & back breaking labour I hired a post hole digging company to come and insert 6 posts which would become the framework for the fence and new gate.
While enclosing the yard was a priority, building a fence was not. There was far too much work to focus on inside, so we stapled a snow fence to the new posts to keep the dog safe and so it remained for the past month. Sorry neighbors, renovation life is certainly not glamorous! But hey, at least I splurged and paid the extra $2 for green temporary fencing instead of orange.
One afternoon a few weeks back Ty had a few hours to burn and put together the first section of fencing. We decided to match the style of the existing fence, although we are going to bump up the remaining sections to 6 feet to provide a bit more privacy to our new dining room landing deck.
The following week he had another couple of hours to kill so he hung the top and bottom boards for the next three sections of fence. Apparently this was becoming a patchwork project.
Thursday evening the drywall guys were here working late so again we had some time to work on the fence. Three more sections went up.
And finally over the labour day long weekend we had time to devote to building the gate and "finishing" the fence! All that's left to do now is trim the excess off the posts and screw on the post caps.
Update: Ty finally cut and capped the posts, so this project is now officially complete. Oh and look, we finally had time to mow the lawn.