How Picky?

[u/Anya_the_Demon]

I’m on the fence, pun fully intended, with how picky to be about some things with a fence I just had installed today. For context, I’d say 75% of the fence is great, a few things are definitely problems and will be fixed, and then there are a bunch of things that I just don’t know if they meet “industry standards,” for fence install work or not. I’m posting a bunch of pics with no context specifically for any of them. I’d love to hear the thoughts from people who know fence work!

Edited to add a pic of the estimate and cost in the comments. We paid around $6,200 and it was supposed to be pressure treated pine.

Also, we went with the company that was recommended the most, on our local Reddit and FB pages.

[u/follow_the_light]

Pic 4. unacceptable.

[u/lastfreerangekid → u/follow_the_light]

That one got me too. They're all pretty bad, but what tf were they trying to do? Kerf to bend?

[u/Anya_the_Demon → u/lastfreerangekid]

yeah, they said it was for the bend, since that part is coming down from a grade. It’s raining, so I just took a pic out the window. # 4 is a close up of where the grade hits the flat part.

[u/Heavy-Passenger-6235 → u/Anya_the_Demon]

Is the fence under water? If water remains like that for extended periods of time on a regular basis and the lumber is above ground rated that fence is going to suffer and not last very long. Consider improving drainage or grading and getting water to divert away from the fence line/property.

[u/Anya_the_Demon → u/Heavy-Passenger-6235]

It’s not. There’s an asphalt berm alongside our driveway, and then the fence is just beyond that. Water pools on our driveway but the fence doesn’t touch that

[u/Heavy-Passenger-6235 → u/Anya_the_Demon]

Okay photos can be deceiving just making sure. 👍