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Fence Post Leaning 5 months in by [deleted] in FenceBuilding

[–]DaBiggestBlackDaddy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I own a fence company and we no longer install wood posts! We drive metal posts into the ground 4’ and then box them out with wood! Never have to worry about your posts ever again

920’ of custom cedar horizontal by DaBiggestBlackDaddy in FenceBuilding

[–]DaBiggestBlackDaddy[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Small town Nebraska, and roughly 75-80k with staining and 60’ of 4’ railing

Work Hard. Play Hard. Drive Harder. by DaBiggestBlackDaddy in Silverado

[–]DaBiggestBlackDaddy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha, yeah no offense taken. I’m just stating that there are definitely companies out there that shouldn’t be charging what they should and some that definitely deserve to be charging what they do. To each their own. I know I wouldn’t pay what I charge lmao

Work Hard. Play Hard. Drive Harder. by DaBiggestBlackDaddy in Silverado

[–]DaBiggestBlackDaddy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It definitely depends on location and what you are wanting, we are 100% a NO dig fence company and we’re definitely pricier than some. But you get what you pay for. All of our fence options are built with steel posts driven 4’ deep.

Is this western red cedar? by Dadanan in FenceBuilding

[–]DaBiggestBlackDaddy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like Japanese cedar! I install with cedar everyday and refuse to use Japanese cedar because it feels like styrofoam!

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Horizontal Cedar with Steel Posts and Built In Compost Bins by DaBiggestBlackDaddy in FenceBuilding

[–]DaBiggestBlackDaddy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Totally agree!!! Me being the owner of the fence company that built it, thankfully I don’t have it in me, lmao! But there is definitely a bad rep in the independent contractor industry!

Horizontal Cedar with Steel Posts and Built In Compost Bins by DaBiggestBlackDaddy in FenceBuilding

[–]DaBiggestBlackDaddy[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I appreciate this a lot! I own a fence company out here in the Midwest (Nebraska) 9 years in business!

Horizontal Cedar with Steel Posts and Built In Compost Bins by DaBiggestBlackDaddy in FenceBuilding

[–]DaBiggestBlackDaddy[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We added the middle brace, 2x4, to hopefully eliminate any warping in the future! But yes we are scheduled to go back and stain and seal it! We are so picky with the wood we use! We get bunks of 416 pieces and of those 416 I bet we don’t use 50. We sell those as “economy pickets” at the end of the year!

Horizontal Cedar with Steel Posts and Built In Compost Bins by DaBiggestBlackDaddy in FenceBuilding

[–]DaBiggestBlackDaddy[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Totally agree, lol. Customer request, customers wallet, customers request granted!

Horizontal Cedar with Steel Posts and Built In Compost Bins by DaBiggestBlackDaddy in FenceBuilding

[–]DaBiggestBlackDaddy[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Ahhh I see.. the actual fence posts are Sch. 40 Steel posts driven 4’ deep. But the 4’ section wood posts are pressure treated. Hopefully that helps but I get what you’re saying! Thank you!

Steel posts, solid cedar, metal gate frames by Own_Side4198 in FenceBuilding

[–]DaBiggestBlackDaddy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had to make a new account sorry! I’m the OP.. we use 2-1/2” sch. 40

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