Is THIS How They Build Fences in New Zealand? Fence Expert NZ Reaction
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 มี.ค. 2021
- Today we're reacting to a video from Mitre 10 New Zealand on how to build a fence. This is a DIY step-by-step video meant to teach homeowners how they can build their own fences. It's going to be interesting to see the similarities and differences between fence building here in the United States vs New Zealand. Let's dig into our first New Zealand reaction!
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Never thought I'd watch a clip of someone building a fence let alone someone reacting to a fence build, but here we are 🤣
Same, was really interesting
Same😂😂
Lol same- have zero interest in fencing but this is awesome. Hope to see more meter10 reactions 😂😂 watching from NZ!!
@@JoeEverest haha isn't it just!!
Yea I know right
“Meter 10” 🤣🤣🤣
😂😂
Omg 😂😂😭😭
Lol xD
😭😭😭
Bunnings lol
I really like the way you compliment the different ways that other people work and explain the differences. Nice to see someone that doesn't diss other peoples work.
I agree.
The reason that the posts were closer and that he added cement on the bottom before pouring is that New Zealand is a particularly wet and windy place. by placing closer posts he increases the rigidity of the fence against wind damage and the cement prevents the post from drawing ground water and rotting quicker.
Cchurrr Bob
That's standard winter weather in the summer it's hot
@@JohnDoe-tc5bc Not compared to many places in the US it isn't - a hot day summer day in NZ is 30 C- thats 86 F- many places in US hit 100 F (about 38 C) pretty regularly over their summer.
No all over NZ is windy , mostly Wellington is windy
@@tigrayplea5385 That's very incorrect. There are numerous high wind zones across the country primarily due to its proximity to the ocean. The reason why Wellington is perceived as windy is just due to everything in Wellington having been built on the side of a hill. Look up the BRENZ data
Appreciate the shout out from NZ. Our neighbour is Australia though Joe, not Austria. Hope you didn’t struggle with our accent either lol
@@JoeEverest all good fella, Strayans can't pronounce Australia either🙃🔨
lol
@@haydengoodall6767 it's not that we cant it's that we can't be fucked
@@jamespain7479 Neither can 'murcans ...
@@captmulch1 it appears that my superiority has caused some controversy 😏
Watch him build a “deck” and try to keep a straight face.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@Brett Goym Kiwi's would pronounce it closer to "dick". As in "Today we're going to build a dick" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
How’s about six decks!!!
Thick you've got us confused with auzzys
There is a series of commercials about this.
Didnt think I’d spend as much time reading comments on a fence review video-strange how I got here after watching rugby highlights 😂😂😂
Love this. I'm an American living in NZ, in the process of replacing one side fence in our back yard. It's so different than the last time we did this in Dallas. As others have noted, consent from the town council is on a whole 'nother level here, but it's for safety reasons (we're in high wind areas and earthquakes are a thing).
We wanted to get pre-stained pickets as well, but was too hard to find. We have included a space between the pickets because of the wind, using a pencil as our spacer.
The other major fencing difference here in NZ, is that most homes have a boundary fence in the front of the house too - that took me a while to get used to, but now I think of it as a hardscape feature.
Pre stained lol
@@jesseking7668 I know, it sounds goofy from an NZ perspective, but it makes the job go so much faster than installing and then painting/staining.
interesting.. I see the front fencing as extra privacy.. nobody likes the nosy neighbour lol
Front fencing is usually confined to houses on busy roads or where the front of the house is north facing. Very similar to LA or Vancouver etc.
@@yup3398 Interesting - what region are you in? I can only think of a handful of homes here in the Wellington region without a front fence. Our house is on an out-of-the-way street in a small town in the region, facing north (so we get the sun) and we have a front fence about 1.2m tall.
Love how you actually are interested in learning different ways, or at least being open to them. Never stop learning, there is always a tip someone knows that can make your life easier. Too many of these types of videos criticize different methods as being wrong. I'm 66 and just picked up a few tips myself, not just related to building a fence (fince as they say an Kiwi land). These tips can be related to other woodworking and other jobs. Great video, thanks! And remember, good fences make good neighbors!
You mean like the Metric System 😂
How’d this come up in my recommendations lol watched the whole thing as I’m from New Zealand and have never seen a fence reaction video, thoroughly enjoyed 👌
Mitre10 is a classic big box hardware store here in New Zealand, and we love these helpful ‘how to’ videos they make. Also loving your assessment of how other folks around the world do this.
Good to know, I appreciate you watching!
We still have pickets in NZ but they are normally small white and with a point
Year a bit like your point hahaha,,,,,,,,,,,
Same as here in Australia. Palings for a fence like in the video and pickets are the short ones, quite often with a point to them :-)
@@JoeEverest In Canada we call them fence boards. If they were shorter and narrower we might call them pickets, but you don't generally see that style being built these days. Might see them on a century home, or around someone's vegetable garden.
Same in Australia.. perhaps because the western(?) dream of owning a house with a white-picket fence is usually conjures an image of a lowset house with a small white pointy fence in front.. and a wife/dog/2.3 kids behind it.
2.5meters is a little over 8 feet
Palings are large planks like he has there. Pickets are generally used for smaller fences - decorative or possibly front fences. Often picket fences have a small gap between each one.
@@JoeEverest Pale, palisade are related words. A pale is a fencepost. In heraldry, pale means "arranged vertically". In Ireland, The Pale was the area around Dublin ruled by Britain (within the fence). Language is interesting.
In the UK we mix metric and imperial, we buy 4 by 2 (inches) in 2.4 m or 3.6m ( 8 0r 12) lengths
Not sure how I ended up watching this vid from watching Crossfit, but Im not dissapointed 😂😂
Lol don't forget ur chalkline 😂
Big mistake, he did not piss in each post hole, the fence will never last now.
Fuck me, I laughed at this!
Nah bro, we piss on the fence after it's built 😂
@@soltrain7949 nah bro we get on the piss after the fence is built😂😂
cheeky fence piss to christen for years to come
🏁🏁🏁
I'm in NZ and this guy is great. Sometimes in NZ wind zones, the rail has to go in the center of the posts and the palings alternated each side, overlapping so you can't see through from one side to the other. This of course uses more palings, but lets the wind through and prevents the fence blowing down in high winds. Also, the premix wet concrete is stronger if mixed in the right proportions.
Throwing some 🤙respect from new Zealand 🇳🇿big bro joe🔥🔥🌍
Interesting that your video showed up in my feed, Joe. As a New Zealander myself, I followed that Mitre 10 video a few months back to build two fences on my property. One included a gate (as shown in another Mitre 10 video). I followed the steps exactly as shown and it came out perfectly. Cheers.
I ever thought I'd watch a 20 min video about fences 😂, it was actually really good haha
I have zero interest in anything fencing or diy but yet I stayed for the whole video. I surprise myself sometimes
Never have I been more interested about the differences between fences in my country and fences in USA.
There's generally a few variations to this. Normally we don't use that sort of concrete for the posts, most of the time its 2 40lb bags of Rapidset in the hole, fill it with water, quick mix by hand and job done. Also bugle screws for the rails are a little bit overkill, a lot of the time they're just shot on with a 3.5 inch galv slick. We don't get 3.5 inch ring shanks here otherwise we'd probably use them. The timber we have for 99% of what we use for construction is treated Radiata Pine with some degree of CCA treatment (with the exception of framing timber which has a boron treatment). The concrete pad at the bottom of the hole is to stop moisture tracking up the end grain, and while an H4 post is pretty rot resistant, it will still rot away eventually
I've nailed rails before and after a year they twist the connection weakens. Bugles are way better for the small price increase. Nogged rails I nail though.
I watched Tim when I built my garden gate. I found him to be the best with showing how, plus he's funny which makes watching even more enjoyable.
I’m from New Zealand and this just came up on my recommendations. Nice to see the Americans reacting to some kiwi building. Cheers guys!👌🏻
I though this was like a full serious reaction but when I saw the bloke do the maths at 5:40 and all the math equations popped up I just bested out laughing 😂 subscribing now 🤙🏾 love from the aussies
Its always funny seeing an American have no clue about the rest of the world when the rest of the world has half a clue about America.
Don’t usually go for the review video thing but actually quite enjoyed this one, thanks for this mate
P.s I’m a New Zealander and have built a few fences and retaining walls over the years pretty much the same way they explained
I watch gaming and videos to do with cars and bikes ect, this randomly got suggested to me. I’m in Australia and I know nothing about fencing but I’m 15:21 in and freaking loving this video 😂
here in california its super common to put concrete in before the post goes in as well glad they do it in new zealand too (helps post not rot out over time since its end grain loves to suck up water)
We treat the cut ends of our H4 posts so they don’t rot on the ends. Products most likely differ in the USA but your trade supply hardware stores will have the right product for the job. I treat all cut piles (we don’t have termites like Australia does) decking timber, fence timber, pergolas etc that is external. Yes I’m a girl and girls build too.
Hi, From Australia so very similar
Like the saying, There is more than 1 way to skin a cat
The concrete paver is used to keep the timber post of the soil, a lot of people believe that if the timber post is in the ground it will be wet / moist, especially in Australia where a lot of the soil has clay very close to the top soil ( sydney can have clay 10-12 inched down )
Also the same theory is not to concrete the post in the soil for the same reason but to have the post at least 15 inches into the ground then find your level and fill the hole with say 9 - 15 mm gravel ( 1 inch = 25mm )
In saying that i dont see anyone using a treatmen on the base of the post, years ago i am sure they had something similar to a tar coating, the same used on utility poles to keep insects and termites from eating into it - i dont know if it helps water resistance
Lapping the paling is more work and more materials and is just the owners preference, the only benefit is that each paling is not hard up against the next one and thus will not cause issues with expand and contract and warping during wet season or extreme summers , many older fences ( 40 years and older ) where i live are actually U-shaped warped
You can buy dog ear boards or straight board - normally whatever is cheapest at the hardware shop or your preference
The fence at my parents, is strange , it is dog eared, but about 3 months later, my father decided to use a horizontal strip on the top of the palings - this was to minimise the water damage - well the theory is it will only get size water splash not any water hitting the top and rotting the top - it sort of does work
Most finish is just raw timber, you can use a long life 10 year stain same as gutter weatherboard or decks but the australian sun will dry and ruin stain as fast as 2 years if it is in direct sun
Finally i have a personal preference to the base of the paling not touching the ground, i like a 2 inch gap so that i can mow the lawn next the fence or trow some weed killer or petrol to control it and the fence palings do not stay in contact with wet ground or the wetness of grass
Something dad said and the old school carpenter that done the work, anyone can make something new or nice, but if you do it with the wrong materials or wrong method it wont last and you do want it to last 30 years dont you ???
Finally as for location of the fence line, if you have a good neighbors it does not matter, 9/10 times you just remove the old fence and place new posts where the old fence was or dead centre between the rear boundary fence posts then draw a string line up to the front of the yard.
As for utility services most places have utilities parallel to the footpath, so the front lawn and footpath is the area you have most caution, typically water line will follow the footpath and sewerage and stormwater will follow the side fence
Any new housing construction before @ 1985/1990 will not have utilities showing on the local council map the entire street will have the same sewer grid pattern approx 1 meter of 3 foot of the side fence, you just need to work out if it is the left or right side, most power if of overhead power poles, phone land line you look for the small concrete pit cover then visualize it going to either corner of the house or in the middle
I have lived in 3 different houses in different councils, i have asked for existing plans ( all lots that i lived in were subdivided new between 1945-1960 ) the council plans were either blank or showed proposed mains sewer - a grid pattern covers about 6 houses or 4 to 6 houses form a common T then it goes into the sewer mains , the linesman at the phone company just all said - no plans until computers came in the 1990's, if the house was vacant they ran conduit , if the sewer or power or gas was being installed at the same time and the trench open they used that for convienience
HEy man sending love from new zealand! i actually remember watching that guys videos years ago! chur brudda
You should watch some scott brown carpentry videos
+1 for Scott Brown
Yes Scott Brown carpentry is a must see.
Scott Brown here
Scot brown is top quality
Scott brown is on👌
This is how we build fences in New Zealand in Landscape Gardening ,people have some slight differences obviously,i went back in February 2020,12 years after building one of our many,and it was still as sturdy and robust as the day we put it up,but for a little bit of colour fading, great video mate,stay safe.
I installed fences for about 5 seasons in Erie PA. Never did I think there was a fence TH-cam channel! Love it man keep it up. Most enjoyable job I ever had. Can’t wait to put one around my house but lumber is just insane now.
Love the Kiwi content review on your channel. That is pretty typical build style for a fence over here. For our standards that would a well built fence with good attention to detail like putting preventing the post from sitting on the soil and rotting over time and cutting the top of the fence posts to allow the water to drain off.
Love your videos I live in New Zealand and I have to say I have learnt pretty much everything there is to know how to diy off this guy he pretty famous here in nz he knows his shit so 2 years on I've built a fence a deck and am 70% the way through my sleepout that is 15 m2 and I'm a sparky by trade I brought all the tools from mitre 10 a mitre saw a skilly a nail gun and a planner a Hamer and i ain't looked back lol cheers for the vid
Then the videos worked! Mitre 10 got your money off you ;)
sweet as bro, good kiwi fence
Great reaction! very humble hello from Australia
Ha cool vid man, I followed this mitre10 video last December and built a boundary fence just like that one. Mitre10 is one of the big box store chains here in NZ. My neighbour works there in the timber yard.
I think the piece of concrete in the bottom is there so that no portion of the wood touches dirt, keeping the termites out
Mitre 10 has free in-store learning classes for kids to build a project every so often. My nephew made a birdhouse...he loved it.
Good to know!
This is the generic kiwi fence lol. Post and rail was our choice for our property, but that fence is great for privacy. The mitre10 diy vids are good 👍
Good stuff man! You’ve earned another subscriber from New Zealand
I used metric weight measurements for many years in a manufacturing environment, then started using metric measurements around the house - I LOVE IT! Much easier calculations (addition, subtraction, division, etc.) and so far I haven't screwed up completely. I have a "Fall" project in the works using metric and I'm looking forward to getting started.
As an older Kiwi who grow up around timber I would call a 1 inch board a picket and 1/2 inch one a pailing. Dry set is also considered cheating, and yes many a beer has been consumed discussing the matter.
Its 1am in the morning here in NZ, and im watching an American Fencing Expert reacting to a NZ Mitre 10 instructional video on how to build a fence... the modern world.
I appreciate you watching!
Hello from Auckland New Zealand,
You are my new Fence Hero. Your videos have inspired me to build my own fence - thank you :)
You’re very welcome, best of luck on the fence!
I never had any intentions on watching any of the metre 10 videos but congratulations I did.
In NZ we call pickets the ones with a model or feature on them and they about 69x10x1.2m ,(hence picket fence)the ones they are 150mm wide are pailings.
We do have regulations for fencing act and contact council is a must . On a new house you will have that already marked to the boundaries. On a old one no need to do anything apart the share costs with the neighbors.
Majority of the fences are 2m apart . He referred at the old ones as concrete as back in 70s concrete posts were used everywhere.
The guy usually refers at diy ers . I followed his advice before and came out better than a lot of contractors will do around.
Majority of contractors use dry set as goes faster. I prefer wet set .
On the in-between posts rails not really agree with that and I consider it a waste as we can get here either 4.8m or 6m lengths rails .
Any questions please shoot. Happy to answer.
Nice comments mate
No idea how I got to this channel, but quite interesting that I am watching commentary on building fences, lol but you got me, I think I am hooked, lol, just subscribed and hit the bell, Joe Everest love the positive vibes, commentary, and ya work! Gonna watch some more of your content, its an enjoyable watch!
Welcome to the #fencefam!
Joe this video is for DIY, so he is considering the home owner trying to do this himself. Thus you have the pegs and additional items to self check. A fencing contractor would probably by pass a lot of these practices with a team. Mitre 10 post lots of DIY handy man hints so that customers feel that they can have a go. Thanks for the review.
The TH-cam algorithm does it again! A video I would have never thought to look for gets recommended and it's really good. I'm not even from the USA or New Zealand.
Hey man, just found your show and liking it heaps. I’m a landscaper over in Australia mainly fencing and retainer walls. We do our fences very different to this miter 10 clip. I’d say just about every second person would have their own ways. We use rapid set pour it in dry then ad water and we post, rail and Pail all in 1 day. Always surface fix this rails and unless otherwise specified 1.8m (roughly 6foot). We cut tops at end the same though, that’s about it.
First thing, it’s Mighta 10 mate, boundary act mostly relates to pools(%90 of 50 odd pages) sheds, trees neighbours responsibilities and permits for new fences longer than 20ft in the rest of it...
As a Pom who worked in NZ for a while I can tell you they forgot to say that the essential ingredients to the day are a potato topped Ponsonby pie ended by several " tinnies" of Lion Red. Sometimes the other way around .
It’s fun to see that there’s different ways to build, but also how some things are the same even on the other side of the world.
Agreed!
I was recommended this, never looked for it but it was quite good. Good tips as well when doing it yourself.
I'm a builder in NZ. Fairly standard fence build except for the infill timber. Usually it is installed on the post.
The 2m spaceings are typical as we tend to use 6m lengths.
The concrete at the bottom of the hole is usually 100mm below which stops decay. Normally this is done by measuring the hole, minus a 100mm and mark on the post, nail a piece of timber across so the post sits at the required depth.
An angled cut at the top of the post is also standard procedure to stop decay and it looks nice as well. I would have gone through before the cladding went on and cut them with a skillsaw to speed it up.
FYI this is basically a home handyman's version. Each builder has their own way (some better than others). A typical fence usually has 10mm bolt's through the rails and posts to aid in wind hardiness.
The metric to imperial conversion part of video, made me laugh too much 😂 recently started watching your videos, lots of interesting content, keep em coming my friend 🙌🏻👍🏻
Randomly stumbled upon this vid and was not expecting to watch the whole thing but here I am😂 good vid mate
@@JoeEverest anytime mate. Also on a side note, we call it "myter 10" lol
I like using 2x4 hangers when running rails between posts. Toe nailing causes too much damage.
One of the subs that I use here typically uses hurricane straps. He prefers to not do in between but when matching an existing fence he won’t insure it if he doesn’t have straps.
I like them too but unfortunately they don't make them in NZ It would be a welcome fixing option if they were available in NZ.
I helped my husband fix many a fence on the farm, but Ive never built a residential fence nor ever intend on building a fence. Still, that was a very relaxing and enjoyable video to watch while I ate breakfast. Then its off to Mitre 10 for some plywood :D
In Wyoming, we use white and pink.
Pink when it snows.
Yeah, it can snow during the summer.
Great videos
Great video, i enjoy watching the differences and if we don't learn how others do it how can we make it better
The 2.5m height mentioned was when Building Consent would be required. Most often fence heights are around 1.8m (5ft 9 inches).
In new Zealand this style fence has been used in towns and suburbs for over 50 years with slight variations in my families last house the fence was 30 years old and had seen plenty of floods and cyclones and only got destroyed when a tree fell on it
Very amusing. I live in New Zealand and that's an average timber fence. It was interesting hearing the running commentary on what was happening.
Thank you TH-cam for recommending and thank you for an entertaining video ❤️
Good fences DO make good neighbours. Enjoyed the video. A good rule of thumb for metric to imperial units is that 10cm = 4 inches. One metre is 40 inches = 3 foot four inches. Funnily enough many metric sizes for boards and timber reflect the older units.
Imagine being an expert in fence building must be so excited every day
in AUstralia, the posts have a rebate for the rails and the palings are overlapped not side by side, so you put up the palings with about a 50mm gap then cover the gap with another to keep the nosey neighbours from peeking at all and not worry about shrinkage or expansion.
Most people these days are using colourbond which is a whole different system using painted aluminium sheets
The double paling is not universal in Australia. I've lived in plenty of houses with only a single paling - there were always gaps we could peek through as a kid. I think the better the area, the more likely you'll get an overlapped fence.
@@calebfuller4713 My parents house has a single paling but my dad made it
Another kiwi finding your videos - liked the review and hearing some points on how you guys build up there in the states! Stay safe.
I suspect that there are as many ways of building a fence in NZ as there are in the US, just with local flavour for material availability. Most fences in NZ use Pine as it grows REALLY well in NZ with tree's maturing in 8-12 years with 9-10 being the usual time. NZ Exports a lot of this timber. New Zealand has national standards for most of it's building codes, but local body authorities (councils) can place additional restrictions. While the national limit is 2.5m without a permit most councils will restrict you to 2m to lowest ground, that means that if you have a retaining wall and are putting a boundary fence on top of it, the total height is 2m not just the height of the fence (you need to set the fence back a certain distance from the boundary/edge of the retaining wall to then go up to the full height.
Before the easy availability of pine timber fences were not common and the most common type of fence had concrete pre-fabricated posts that once sunk into the ground gave you a fence height of about 1-1.2m. You then ran 3 tensioned wires across top, middle and bottom and attached a wire mesh to it. All in all this produced cheap but really ugly fences. There are still a lot of them around.
The law here allows you to claim 1/2 the cost of a functional/safe/appropriate fence back from the neighbour, so that if you build a fence out of expensive materials or special design that neighbour on has to legally pay half of what would have been a reasonable (Pine pailling) fence not half of your cost so most shared fences are pine pailling. The Rail across the face is the most common structure but the rail between is becoming more common. NZ does not have termites, there are borer beetles but not a massive issue, so treatment for pests is not common for fences, and if you are going to use treated it tends to be only the posts that will be treated with a water/rot resistance treatment.
It is more common to paint or stain the fence once it is in place rather than before hand, but as mentioned you can get pre-painted/stained paillings.
Sorry for the long verbage, hope it helps understand some of the local differences.
That "flat top" pailing look is pretty normal in Australia as well.
2.5m is 8.25ft, that's a pretty tall fence.
we do debate wet set vs dry, and both are used, and the second way you said mitre 10 at the end of the video was correct
Pretty similar to what we see in Australia. We only really get pine palings as everything else is a lot more expensive. Usually either flat top or colonial palings and 1.8m (6 foot) fences are most common. Although I've always seen gaps between the palings for heat expansion.
I only see colour bond 5foot rubush
mitre10 is pronounced MY ter ten. When we did our fence, we used a machined cap-rail on top as a finisher. Just adds a waterproof top to stop rot. NZ has very broad wind gusts and generally, light friable volcanic soil. so our posts are usually closer than places with heavier soil.
Nice to hear someone not bagging on another persons work. Well done!!!
Thanks Mike, I appreciate you watching!
The Fencing Act 1978 is a national law but just defines very basic things. Such as, if and how "occupier of any adjoining land shall be liable for shared costs" of a fence. It's just a way to reduce disputes. It doesn't regulate the construction of fences or set standards or anything like that. Often people build a fence just inside a boundary line to make sure they will have no disputes anyway.
2.5m is very high and would be the max. It depends on your zoning which is defined by the local body council.
However the vast majority residential would be limited to 1.8m max.
I would not be surprised if there are more posts than other parts of the world. Apart from wind, New Zealand has a lot of volcanic soils which are more likely to move - and that doesn't include Earthquakes which are common.
The concrete bit (or usually just a stone) at the bottom before inserting the post is what we do to reduce rot (water wicking).
In Australia they have to worry about termites but there are no termites in New Zealand. Also in Australia hardwood posts are still common, but not for last 100 years in NZ.
The pine palings shrink as they age but these small gaps allow a little air to move through the fence and actually make it more durable.
awesome video brother all the way From New Zealand here :) :)
You got the Mitre10 pronounciation correct at the very end (it's named after the mitre join).
That's the second time I've watched that Mitre10 vid, it's one of their YT ads that plays in my area.
Good commentary!
Hi Joe
It’s very common the fences being built like that. Either fixing your 4x2 on the face of the post, but having in between is fine. Wet concrete is what I’d prefer to do when doing fences.
Mitre 10 mega are one the big supply chains here in NZ just like your Home Depot you have in the U.S.
Keep up the good reviews!
Like to see other building technologies and techniques from other countries/cities/etc....as it’s fascinating.
Also 2:35, think would be really nice to have a central database to type in your address for jobsite and be able to find codes, permitting (filing and all that fabulous paperwork that can take you from office to office and across 3-6 blocks, lol, to to submit and get signatures 😉) for your local area where project is at. Maybe one day we will get there; since we do have a system in place now, that “does” offer some of these things....but imo, could be a bit more “streamlined”😉
Can’t wait for another “how it’s built in.....” video✌🏻
@@JoeEverest no prob, and thx For the reply and saying so, appreciate ✌🏻
Hi as far as dry mix is concerned for fence post concrete it was found that in the after clean up in the Christchurch Earthquake it was discovered that lots had never set solid and were mostly still in powder form, interesting enough.
Hi Joe, I'm from New Zealand i sent you the link to this video asking you to do a reaction, don't no if this prompted you but thanks anyway I'm proud of my fellow countryman Stan the fence builder.
Do you ever build any Rural Fence? We take that very seriously in New Zealand, we even hold a National competition to see who is the best fencer is. It's like a marathon
Them Kiwi boys are the kings of Ag fencing to. We do the same here when setting posts in the ground sit the post off the soil and keep its feet dry. We’ll set posts 1.8-2.0 m centres due to wind interference. I shy away from domestic fencing. Prefer putting posts in with the tractor and post driver. We like the Mitre 10 boys videos, you’ll always learn something from other peoples way of working
As always excelent content in your chanel, And.... It was hard not to catch it.
Love mitre 10, it’s mighty helpful… mitre 10! Bomaderry mitre 10 for ten years helped me out when I lived in the south, now I’m back in Bellingham WA, no mighty helpful mitre 10 here… sad days 😢
I work for Mitre 10 and normally you would face mount the rails; but , if your neighbor who in NZ is held responsible for half the costs of a boundary fence objects to face mounted rails on there
side or has an existing fence that you are adding on too; can dictate as to the design of the fence.
You can build a fence with out next door paying half but you still have to have the rails on the same side as an existing fence for continuity. Our fence posts are 100mm x 100mm H3.2 treated
" 4 inch square " common fence rail is 100mm x 50mm ( 4 x 2 inch ) H3.2 this treatment is non-grade contact treatment
For a post to sit on grade it must be H4 treated ( house pile 125 x 125mm ) , our top treatment is H5 marine grade
He used Handi Crete which has a mix of cement and aggregate just add water and use 20Kg per post, we also use Rapid Set which is straight cement, pour the 20Kg bag into the hole then add the water not as strong as Handi Crete but sets in 1 hour.
The expanding foam has been tried here but not taken off very well.
@@JoeEverest Thanks for giving us such honest feed back Joe and keep up the excellent work.
Cheers
Gordon
For spraying in the UK we use whatever spray comes to hand. But you have to put a symbol on your line to say what you've sprayed.
I don't even build fences but I'd have a beer and talk about fences with Joe
Love it!
I recently just built a picket fence at my house. I agree with you that toe nailing the 2x4's isn't very sturdy. Home Depot actually sells fence brackets made by simpson strong tie that you screw into your posts and set the 2x4 in them, almost like a joist hanger. this way you can set your 2x4's between your posts and still have the same strength as face nailing them.
Oh trust me, they're huge fans of orange. The Mitre 10 Mega building in my city is a giant fluorescent orange rectangle that you could probably see from space, it stands out that much among everything else lol.
2.5 metres is over 8 feet
He’s referring to the Fencing Act which standardises the fencing rules right through out the whole country. Makes it easier and more accessible as councils could have different rules.
It looks good now but I’d be pretty sure that is you saw it is 1-2 years the boards would be warped and buckled. We use quick growing pine in NZ which is pretty green and wet. Different rules for house framing.
I caught it...wish my neighbors would make a good fence, then I wouldn’t have to!
You would still have to pay half the cost.
@@harrycurrie9664 Only for a basic fence, any extra is their prerogative.
@@Cheepchipsable If the local area is wood panel that's what you build and if the area is brick ...that's what is called basic ... and it's up to you what you do with the surface of that fence, paint, grano, etc. on your side, it's your choice.
I can honestly say I never thought I would see the phrase "Fence Expert" become the basis for a TH-cam react channel. Good on you for making that a thing, I guess! I'm sorry, did I hear that there is a fencing app that doesn't involve sword fighting?! These are things?!
The concrete in the bottom is so the bottom of tho post isnt stuck sitting in water when It rains soaking it up, we used a layer of gravel just to suspend to post until the concrete dried u can also tar the bottom to prevent it from rotting out as well
I caught it, you nailed it.
I prefer to dry fill the post hole with agitate adding a shovel full of builders plaster to the bulk mix as this will quicken the drying and hardening time once you pour your water on top. Once you have 3 or 4 posts in, the first 2 posts are solid enough to start putting the rails on.
In Australia when marking underground assets white for comms,blue for water ,red for electricity pink for excavation ,yellow for gas.
The chalk line is smart. But I much prefer the look of the fence here in Canada.