I should have gotten pictures while we were doing it, but we were so busy working that I didn't have time to take pictures! Anyway, this is the finished project.
The boys worked 3 and 4 days respectively doing back-breaking labor helping me dig out all the bamboo from behind the garage, and repairing the fence. To save money, we used the same fence posts, just put in steel "sleeves" that fit around the base of the post and are then pounded into the ground with a 50-pound sledge hammer. We took off the old fence boards, and replaced the boards across the top and the boards along the bottom that were too rotted to re-use, then re-attached all the boards.
I say slave labor, but I actually decided to pay them $50 and $40 respectively for the work. They were so happy they were jumping up and down. I'm sure it will be the last time I get to see someone excited about earning less than $2.00 an hour for hard labor. The total to repair the fence was less than $200, including the money I paid to the boys, and my neighbor is going to pay for half.
Now I can spend that $1600 to fumigate the house.
I had previously fixed my front fence with the steel sleeves, also. Now that needs to be painted.
Why do home improvement projects always lead to MORE home improvement projects? Can't we ever just be DONE??
The boys immediately spent their money on "Gundums" which are a Japanese version of a mix of Bionicles, Transformers and GI Joes.
Pretty! Now that we have finished our roof, we are going to replace the floors: no more carpet! And we will repaint - outside and inside.
ReplyDeleteNo, I don't think homeownwers ever finish. There is constant maintenance.