I'm done...

[Bill Douglas]

One of the beer companies around here ran an ad' campaign and the catch phrase was "That man deserves a beer." Today you are that man!

I love post and rail fences. An yep, I've done some painting of them too - phew.

[Evans, Marv]

Originally Posted by stevej37

^^^ I've seen that when passing through.
I think he was smart and used plastic instead of wood.

People around here use the platci fencing. It works great until there is a fire. Then there is melted plastic all over the place, but that actually happens to a small percentage. It works out well in terms of maintenance.

[stevej37]

I appreciate all the great comments.

Most of my friends are saying "go plastic...no maintenance"

There is a lot of satisfaction after doing a job that shows results. If I hadn't been working on this paint job...I prob would have been wasting the time on something non-productive.

[Bill Douglas]

Originally Posted by stevej37

I prob would have been wasting the time on something non-productive.

Yep. Good thing you were painting the fence instead of sitting around drinkin' beers watching the turtles and waiting for that naked female to walk by again.

[livi]

Excellent!

[look 171]

All I can say is, thankgoodness they make extensions for spray guns.

[stevej37]

Originally Posted by look 171

All I can say is, thankgoodness they make extensions for spray guns.

Each 12 foot section has 4 rails that are 1"X6"X12 foot long.
I feel the most important part of the painting is getting a good coat on the 1" portion of the rails that faces up because of the snow and rain. (esp the snow because it freezes and melts over and over) That's where the first paint peeling always starts.

Using a sprayer or thrower, to get a good coat on the 1" tops would prob lead to paint running when on the 6" wide portions. With a brush, I can control that easier.

I do have a Zoom paint sprayer with enough cord to reach the entire fence.

[cabmandone]

Now sit back, relax, and have yourself a



My brother found these while out shopping for buttermilk. He said he had to buy a six pack just because of the name.

[stevej37]

^^^ Ha!
Just back from biking. I left at 7am and it was 73 degrees already and very humid.
Supposed to lead to some widespread rain tonight...hopefully.

[cabmandone]

We're fixin to get some rain soon. Sky is a weird orange color and it's thundering out.

[hcoles]

Originally Posted by stevej37

^^^ I've seen that when passing through.
I think he was smart and used plastic instead of wood.

Vinyl Horse Fence

[stevej37]

Originally Posted by hcoles

Vinyl Horse Fence

Yeah..I kinda figured I was calling it wrong with saying plastic....but I don't know much about it.

Do they still use wood 4X4 for the posts with that stuff? (under the vinyl)

[red 928]

[stevej37]

^^^ I already have this one...
https://www.amazon.com/Paint-Zoom-Paint-Sprayer-Home-Improvement/dp/B0949R4DG9/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=MV0745HF3NGT&keywords=zoom+paint+sprayer+pz300&qid=1658608793&sprefix=zoom+paint+sprayer+pz300%2Caps%2C184&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUFIOElTTEI2RlpLUDImZ W5jcnlwdGVkSWQ9QTAzMjA0NTdTSkZGUlY0VTFOWkYmZW5jcnl wdGVkQWRJZD1BMDI3NDU5ODJOOVRUWDhUWDQ1SU4md2lkZ2V0T mFtZT1zcF9hdGYmYWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrUmVkaXJlY3QmZG9Ob3R Mb2dDbGljaz10cnVl

The reasons why I didn't use it are in post #27

[hcoles]

Originally Posted by stevej37

Yeah..I kinda figured I was calling it wrong with saying plastic....but I don't know much about it.

Do they still use wood 4X4 for the posts with that stuff? (under the vinyl)

Nope - all vinyl.

[stevej37]

^^^ That surprises me.
I wouldn't think they could get enough strength out of vinyl to handle the wind load.

The vinyl stuff looks real nice. If I was to do it again, it would def be vinyl.

[cabmandone]

Originally Posted by stevej37

^^^ That surprises me.
I wouldn't think they could get enough strength out of vinyl to handle the wind load.

The vinyl stuff looks real nice. If I was to do it again, it would def be vinyl.

The picket fence I have was constantly being taken down by wind. It was allegedly designed to be just the vinyl post (hollow). But when wind load increased, it would just pull the bracket or tear a chunk out of the vinyl post. Worst investment I think I've ever made. I ended up putting 2x4's in the sleeves and fastening the fence brackets through the vinyl post into the 2x4. This fixed the problem of the posts tearing.

[stevej37]

I just assumed the posts were all mounted to a 4X4...like a plastic mailbox is.

I just used a manual post hole digger for mine and poured a half bag of redi-mix in with each.
The only thing is I wish I would gone a little deeper...When the wind blows after a lot of rain, the rails catch so much wind that the posts start leaning. I have had to reset about a third of my posts over the years..deeper and a full bag of cement.

[flatbutt]

Originally Posted by Bill Douglas

Yep. Good thing you were painting the fence instead of sitting around drinkin' beers watching the turtles and waiting for that naked female to walk by again.

Wait...what?

[stevej37]

Originally Posted by flatbutt

Wait...what?

What happens at the turtle pond...stays at the turtle pond.

(Bill has a good memory)