So there’s this fence in our back yard. When we first saw the house two years ago, we said, “That fence has to go.” It was rotten and practically falling down and had these ill-conceived trellises tacked to them. We bought the house, moved in, had a housewarming party, and still the fence lists a little more toward the neighboring house every day.
No, this is not a trick of perspective. It really leaned that far.
Nathan’s been trying to talk me into removing the trellis, which he knew was weighing the fence down. I didn’t want to get rid of it because it was sort of obscuring the horrible yard next door. I should have listened. It was a great idea. It also gave me a nice big piece of trellis to put behind my green beans.
Then we used some L brackets to affix the fence to our deck, and while I wouldn’t call the fence “upright”, I would call it “not actively falling down.”
The fence still has to go, but this was a super cheap fix and will tide us over for another couple of months. Now it is time for gin.
It is definitely a significant improvement. This was a good day’s work!
I fixed my fence, too. There are these “sleeves” you pound in around the base of the fence posts and drive into the ground. You buy them at the hardware store, and borrow Bob’s huge, heavy sledge hammer to drive them in, and your fence is good to go for YEARS.