Latest argument at the XemaSab house:

[XemaSab]

The fence in the back yard is falling down. Multiple boards are falling off, and the dogs are getting out.

Yesterday my mom told me to go fix the fence, and I told her I couldn't because the cross-beams were totally rotten.

Argument ensued. :eyes:

[cwydro]

1. So go fix the cross beams!

;)

[Oeditpus Rex]

2. Did one of the cross beams go out askew on the treadle?

:shrug:

[bbernardini]

10. Damn. Beat me to it. nt

[struggle4progress]

3. cue Belafonte & Odetta

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJs_XiUf36c

[DS1]

4. shoot the dogs

problem eliminated

[XemaSab]

7. I looked at the electric fence kit LONG and HARD today

x(

[Rabrrrrrr]

5. And fixing the cross beams is not a part of "fix the fence" because....?

:shrug:

"Hey! Your barn is on fire - you better go put it out!"

"Can't - the doors are on fire."

[XemaSab]

6. Replacing the crossbeams properly is beyond my skills

And I don't trust the losers at Lowe's to make an accurate cut.

Yes, I've built things before, but they're a little... off. If I'm going to spend hundreds on materials, I want it to be a solid fence and not a pile o' crap.

[Kali]

8. well shit, why dint you say that?

cross beams are rotten - how rotten? are they still up? get some tie wire - baling wire would be WAY better, but it comes in 100 lb rolls IF you can even find it.

Tie the vertical boards back to whatever is left of the horizontal boards - one at a time - invest in a real fence tool and it will go faster. Figure out how long of a piece you need to wrap around once at an angle - if using useless thing guage tie wire, double it. Cut up a bunch for your repairs and start working - one tie per "intersection" - oh and don't get carried away twisting the wire too much - a couple turns with each side actually bending. You want some kind of pictures or can you get what I am trying to convey?

[Whoa_Nelly]

9. Get a sheet or two of fiberboard, 6x6 or 8x6

Remove the amount of fence slats necessary (fences are usually 6 or 8 feet per section), pre-drill holes in the fiberboard corners, use deck screws, and screw the board to the posts.

Easy, inexpensive fix until the section of fence can be repaired. Fiberboard can be bought in varying density, so you could use a 1/4 width, and it would work fine.

Screw the argument.

Screw fiberboard instead ;-)

[Oeditpus Rex]

11. Plywood would be preferable

The life expectation of fiberboard outdoors, even MDF, isn't much.

[Whoa_Nelly]

12. Well. now the advice is complete!