Mr. Long Fence

Last year, we hired Mow Cow to build a fence in the backyard.  They did and after lots of problems dealing with their company (DONT' HIRE MOW COW!!), we got ourselves a fence.  They didn't have to build the entire fence because we already had some panels in between our house and our neighbors on both sides - they just connected the dots for us.  Well, it turns out those side fences were just a big pile of rotted wood so Mr. Long Fence aka Ed decided to replace them.

My hubby is a handy guy, but he has never built a fence before. I was skeptical, but he proved me wrong - 100%!!  To prepare, he spent lots of time scouring the Internet for "how to" articles and You Tube videos.  He made sure he had the right equipment (circular saw, nail gun, C clamps, a triangular ruler thing and a step stool which he used as a saw horse), sourced the materials which proved to be a chore (french gothic pickets, nails, string), and got to work.  

The old panels came out really easily...look how rotted the were!  

So it was out with the old...

... and in with the new!

Ed did such an AMAZING job and he really enjoyed doing it.  It was a beautiful day, he was rocking out to great music and he had his favorite foreman on the job with him.

She agrees it was a job well done. :)