Custom Framed Picket Fence
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"Paying attention to detail is a vital part of both the design and implementation of any project. I pledge to listen to the details you want, to ask appropriate questions, and to not settle for less than the design that makes you completely satisfied." ~ Todd
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This attractive fence is a custom designed framed picket fence and is about 4 1/2 feet tall. The outside and inside of the fence are framed at the top and bottom and there is a running cap on the top of the fence line.
Quality Construction ThroughoutEverything is hand made on-site and assembled using high quality exterior deck screws. No nails!
The fence was built with #1 grade, kiln-dried, pressure treated lumber. The panels are supported structurally with 2x4's on the inside, use 1x4's for pickets, and are framed in with more 1x4's on the outside and down the top of each panel. |
Four quality gates
When standing in the driveway pictured and looking at the fence, the land slopes from right to left and gradually goes downhill as it goes back away from you. The fence lines are carefully built to create straight, even lines, but to also hug the grade of the land. If you look closely at the complex of four gates across the driveway area, they gradually step downward when looking from right to left.
Also part of this project...
We widened the driveway, rebuilt the home's crawl space access door, and added 4 cubic yards of organic screened topsoil to the back yard, and overseeded it to help establish a new back yard to go with the new fence!
Progress Photos, Before & After ...
There was a chain link fence which previously ran through the asphalt driveway. We removed the chain link and constructed the new fence around the driveway instead of over it, patching up the old holes and reusing one in the corner. This required careful use of a demolition hammer adjacent to the house's foundation and the aggregate base beneath the back patio.
The new fence has four gate panels: One pedestrian gate to the patio area, a double vehicular gate centered at the top of the driveway, and a gate to a special area made for their trash can & recycling bin.
The new fence has four gate panels: One pedestrian gate to the patio area, a double vehicular gate centered at the top of the driveway, and a gate to a special area made for their trash can & recycling bin.