Privacy Fence Demo - Lessons Learned - 370
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Jay - I did a backyard entertainment area like this a few years ago. You'll be amazed how much you use it so this is time and energy well spent. Before you start, watch the rain drain off your roof where the area will be - if you're going to need some kind of drainage the time to install that is before anything else. Might need a french drain or in my case I put the downspouts into an underground soil pipe to take the water away. Also, consider running electrical and natural gas to your fire pit and kitchen areas before you put down the patio. Nothing like enjoying a fire pit and everyone doesn't smell like a forest fire afterward, and you'll never run out of propane in the middle of grilling again!
It’s amazing what a hi-lift jack can do. I can see how the board attached to the post might help stabilize the system while working alone, and give you a better mounting position for the jack, but it’s providing negligible mechanical advantage when the jack is immediately adjacent to the post. If there was more of a lever arm between the jack and the post, like several feet, then the board would add a mechanical advantage but the post would be moved at a slower as compared to the jack. At the end of the day, you got er done and thats what matters. Thanks for making the video.
I'm on the fence about this project
No need to cause division. Let’s tear down the walls of dissent and let the green grass of harmony sprout forth.
Really corny puns - ones I wish I had though of.
@@TheSteveAS Yes, Pres. Regan
That jack was a big brain move. I remember how we were shoveling around the posts and me swinging a large pick axe to break the concrete for hours.
I had to do the exact same thing a while back. I also ended up drilling holes into the posts and used an old Honda CV axle shaft as the "bolt". Had to use a cut off wheel to take the ends off though, those things are hardened steel. And, like you found out, I posted those fence sections on Craigslist and I had people crawling out of the woodwork begging for them. One man's junk is another man's treasure 😉
Jay i think you're definitely doing the right thing by creating a outdoor entertainment area especially when you have such a young family. The amount of use your family will make of it over the course of the coming years willbe priceless let alone all the great memories yet to be had!!! Now that said there's a piece of bare grass i noticed that is just perfect for a grown ups firepit whether it be the traditional woodburning type or a more modern gass running one either way it would just finish the feel of the entire entertainment area and give the adults a relaxing end to the evening feel once of course the kiddies are tucked up in their beds!!! As always buddy 💯% 👍 🇬🇧.
5:30 Damn Jay, the exercise is going great man! You should sell tickets to the gun show sometime.
It's nice to have your twin brother lend a hand at filling in the dirt. The property does look better.
I pulled 21 posts with a farm jack but I used a chain wrapped around the bottom of each post. I used a small clevis to secure the chain. Took me 1-1/2 days to pull them by myself. It also helps to use water to soften the ground. I used 5 gallon buckets of water since a hose wasn’t available close by.
I also just put up a 12x14 pavilion I purchased at Costco for $1800 on our extended patio. You will love having that outdoor area. We do!
Looking forward to seeing more about your entertaining area.
Lots of fun. I have seen people save pickets but myself I just want them gone. The previous owners of our house put the fence 12' off the property line so we have allot of property we can't use and it creates an alley for shenanigan's to happen in. So one of these days it will get moved for more yard and to keep the kids out of there.
I would run a 220 circuit out to the new pad so you can run a small sub panel. And don't forget to run a water line out there too.
Great timing! I'm in a similar situation and your knowledge from this experience will come in handy. Thank you for your generosity. God bless you and your family.
I'm immediately thinking posts would be great for fish habitat if you screw some additional boards onto them.
Did you think of trying a truck, large tire, and chain? Stump pulling rig. Chain goes from the hitch up and over the tire, thus pulling up on the post (especially if the tire is big enough).
Im looking forward to those build videos. I like to watch the process come along and see the challenges and problem solving involved.
Please make them in depth and drag them out a little! I hope we get some family helping clips too. Those are nice to see lately.
April did a video series for hers too. I know yours will be just as good to see. Whole different layout. Something I'd actually have room to build and would meet my needs.
Your yard looks much better with the fence gone! Great job!
I have to agree with Michael. Last time I did a similar fencing job I used a front loader to pick the posts. Not sure what rental rates are there but might be something to consider with future projects.
Great timing. I have just started taking down my old fence also. I have removed several panels and found out that my posts are in concrete so I've been wondering what was the best way. Now I wish that I could clone myself a twin like you did. I could really get stuff done then!
Nice work Jay. I thought i had perfected the farm jack post removal with one man process and mods, but your 12 ft 2x8 lever pined to the 4x4 is a great technique. Impressive. I would use a 18" clamp in addition to the bolt to avoid needing to use any nuts, but keep the board from tilting while under tension. It has a tip resistant surface and it gets the base away from the concrete plug (sometimes 18" in diameter at the top). I don't think the mechanical force advantage is a significant improvement, but it doesn't hurt either :). If you run out of height, you can even place a stump at the far end to give you another foot of rise, so long as the post doesn't sink back into the hole (it does that when the soil is too wet and is a royal pain to deal with).
For reference the other two methods for one man operation: 1) attach a 2x4 top nose on the jack lift plate to contact the 4x4 when tension is created for far greater stability; 2) attach two 60 inch 2x4s with a loose long bolt at the top hole in the high lift jack to form a tripod hovering over the 4x4 and concrete base. In both cases use either a 60" piece of chain (smaller rungs are better) or use the drill a hole and attach a short 2x4 foot towards the bottom of the 4x4 as a lift point.
looks so much nicer with the fence down, i like open as well, pity my new neighbour does not and put a massive high fence up. i am in the UK so garden is tiny as it is, now the fence is almost as high as garden is wide.
Yes indeed, it looks really nice. I think the no fence option is great here. I couldn't go that route because of my dogs but it does make it feel more open and neighborly.
When i had to pull a post like that i used a strop/strap in a chock configuration around the post, this worked like your hole drilling without the work. Same as you it took a couple tries to find the best method for me.
I've been working on a similar project on my property, pulling out old fencing that was used as a horse corral, my posts are the round agricultural style. I have a very similar farm jack that I had originally used like you were doing. Someone suggested I get a length of chain and some hooks. I wrap the chain around the base of the post, hook it to itself and to the bottom hole on the farm jacks' lifting pawl. The chain grabs into the post and lifts pretty well and is adjustable to different sized posts thanks to the chain's length. My posts had no concrete but where driven 4-5' into the ground, so when I reached max lift all I had to do was drop the pawl and reposition the chain around the post again to lift the last bit out of the ground.
Edit: Should have looked at the comments, a lot of ppl have already commented the same technique I've just written lol. Anyways jealous of your yard, looks so good. =P
Someone has already mentioned it, but wrap chain around bottom of post, roll tire up to post, lay chain over it, hook chain to truck and pull it right out. Get your buddy to do the tire and chain and you won’t have to get out of truck!😂
Only 14 years for a fence !!! Is this in a Malaysian jungle??? The first wood fence on my property was easily 25 years old when it got torn down. And its replacement was 24 when I removed the pickets to use as spacers, and saved every single post and all but two of the horizontal 2x6s, to use in my latest fence. Granted, I live on the frozen tundra.
I don't just want to see the progression of the entertainment area. I want an invite to the first BBQ. :D Looks awesome, great work. Thank you for sharing
Hopefully it will be an offset smoker full of ribs :)
Why didn't you flood the post bases with water first to soften the soil? Messy, but makes pulling them really, really easy. They almost fall out. And, the grass and trees in the area like it too. I resisted a privacy fence for 18 years, but the neighbors and their landlord just don't respect the property lines in my area. Landlords think they have eminent domain and love to challenge the property lines. They have money, and lawyers and like to make you spend yours. Nice looking area you're in.
When I did the farm jack to post removal, I used a 2x4 like you did with the 2x6, but I just chained the board to the post at one of the cross beam points so it would not slip down or up.
I loved your improvement process!
Landfill? Do you guys not have a recycle centre for unwanted timber? Love the thought that goes into your projects to improve efficiency.
Looks great Jay! I love the post removal technique with the beam - I’m totally going to use that idea! And good call on not replacing the fence - now it looks like you live in a park! More room for your daughter to run amok. Cheers!
Rent a mini excavator. It was not very expensive and only about $2 worth of fuel. Took less than 1/2 do to remove my fence and most of 3 of my neighbors fences that they asked me to remove too. So much fun running the excavator too and very little effort . Also very easy to load and haul. Make sure it has a thumb too.
Lucky your twin came along to help fill in the holes.
Digital labor!
I think i would have rented a toro dingo from home depot. Sometimes a couple hundred bucks for a rental pays dividends when you can finish a job in a fraction of the time and all the hard labor is done by hydraulics. Just plan it out to get other jobs done around the house too so you get your moneys worth and a full day out of the machine.
Haha, isn’t that always the way, coming up with a better way when your near the end, great video as always Jay 👍
I had never seen a fence with more than 2 horizontal supports that looks another more sturdy than what I currently have and need to replace i think I'm going to steal that idea
I was thinking the fence might help mitigate snow drifts, but then was like, wait a minute...drifts are fun!
I am blowed away with your idea how to remove the posts. A friend of mine just removed the posts and took him 6 hours to remove ONE post. If He knew your method before he wouldn’t take that long.
Beautiful property and a great look at your shop. So what do you do about the dogs? It’s pretty obvious that the old fence wouldn’t keep them from leaving the yard.
They stay in the yard for the most part. Rarely do they wander.
thanks for the video
Awesome!!
Nice work & video
Damn, Jay, you got a license for those guns, buddy?
Re: No Fence - We put in a 4 ft black chain link fence that still looks good. We then planted hedge cedars which are now starting to fill the spaces. On one side we are keeping the height to 4-5ft.
Nice
Jay you're so right "would of should of could of senario", too bad with all of your great neighbors and friends one didn't have a tractor with a loader or backhoe to pluck those posts right out. Also right on again as any exterior use of wood degrades instantly.
I thought about the tractor method about half way through but figured the time invested tracking someone down would be too much compared to just getting it done. Definitely planning for that if I'm ever in this situation again.
@@JayBates A tractor may have also torn up your yard though, so it wouldn't have been without it's own challenges
Jay, that looks hot. MS heat and humidity sucks.
Truer words have never been spoken hahaha
From FL I can relate
I'm on the fence.
Did you think about maybe using your truck, wrapping a chain around the posts and pulling them out with your truck? That’s how I’ve pull fences down.
This could cause a much larger hole instead of pulling straight vertical.
But using a truck, chain and spare tire as the fulcrum would have brought it up vertical.
build it on your side of the boundary then no one can complain
Good tip!
Did you say play area for "kids"...as in plural?
Yes. No surprises though. Our daughter and her friends. Life may change but as of now, our family is staying at 3 :)
I caught the same thing and was wondering! We started fostering to adopt our daughter right before Jay got his little cutie. We are also content with our one little one. We're the Phelpsy Party of 3 :)
It's nice not having more children to keep up with and we can just do play dates and such to let her socialize and play with peers :)
Looks great, Jay. You'll really enjoy the open area. It makes everything brighter, too. Any problems with poison ivy or poison oak in the wooded area? I'm constantly fighting it in mine (Ohio).
Bill
Nope
Once you drilled the holes weren’t you able to use that hole with the jack?
I find it odd that you have to build your own fences on your homes. in England houses come with fences, would be weird your garden just being open to neighbours gardens
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the homie lookin swole
No worries about the animals taking off when outside?
Work smarter, not harder.
What? You don't dig around the concrete, swear and curse everything, and pulling it out with a rope around your waist while squatting over the hole?
Why wouldn't you have just rented a skid steer for about $400 per day and within hours using a Post Puller attachment pulled every post and piled them somewhere. No manual labor!
$400
You can easily tear up a yard if you are not very experienced and $400 is a lot of money to some people.
He saved $400.
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Jay, here in Australia the boundary fence is owned by me and my neighbour so permission would be needed to remove it and not replace it. Is that the case in the US?
it depends if the cost was shared when it was built
No. In the USA, the fence is required to be put on (your) land. Typically this is just inside the property line. In some states there are rules in which the "nice Side" is required to be faced out to the neighbor but otherwise there are no permission requirements (other than perhaps a city permit) to remove a fence under normal circumstances.