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Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 7:50 pm
by Forestboy1978
I'd love to be able to do that^^
What do you reckon of this fence I put up today. Bit boring for you guys but I built all the panels myself. Just wanted to see what you though.
Basically started making feather panels to use and supply but with gate capping on top instead of trenched. Much more robust. Painted with cuprionol ducks back forest oak which is my treatment of choice. Absorbs well into pressure treated timber. Goes on easy, looks nice. A few touch ups needed tomorrow but it's done basically. Refurbed the gate as well and did the hedge. Gate was a B***h.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh....Da?dl=0
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 8:16 pm
by michaelthegardener
fence looks good but why not just use feather edge instead of making it in to panels ?
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 8:28 pm
by Forestboy1978
michaelthegardener wrote:fence looks good but why not just use feather edge instead of making it in to panels ?
Well, customer wanted 6ft spacings so I thought it'd be a good excuse to build the panels I'd been meaning to build. For a front fence that's quite short I think posts every 6ft looks better than 10 ft bays also.
For a taller fence or whatever then yeah, I see no reason not to go with bays but for a fence you can see the top of, I like the thick robust look of that capping. It's twice the thickness of normal trenched capping and shows the fence off nicely. I doubt I'll ever build them for anything above 4 ft, unless requested.
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 10:28 pm
by lutonlagerlout
lemon curd and forest boy excellent work all round 
you do like a circle LC , nice portfolio = empty wallet :;):
LLL
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 12:13 pm
by lemoncurd1702
lutonlagerlout wrote:you do like a circle LC , nice portfolio = empty wallet :;):
LLL
Too true on times.
Basically, have to distance myself from the crowd. There are plenty around here who can bang out a reasonable drive or patio and I cannot compete with them.
Customers are not so discerning until they're shelling out a lot of cash.
Cracking fence Forest I think it looks great made as panels. Reckon you'll get some calls from the neighbours.
Does the timber come that colour or did you stain it prior to construction.
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2015 6:52 am
by lutonlagerlout
very nice sy
the corner detail on the blue staff bullnose isnt quite right
with brick work generally nothing should be less than 50mm
it looks pretty thought very neat
LLL
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2015 6:59 am
by lemoncurd1702
Yeah my brickwork Simon. Get let down so many times or have difficulty in timing jobs to fit in with brickies schedule that its easier to do it myself.
Job looks great and I know they caused you some grief (I think everyone who has used the vitrified has gone through it) but they do look stunning.
Nice job, those step corners look painful to cut. :p
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2015 5:20 pm
by lutonlagerlout
thing with the staffs is the joints have to be even or it looks pants
the paving looks ace but I will be waiting a while before I go near it
LLL
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2015 5:53 pm
by sy76uk
Cheers Tony, Mark.
Tony, I know the corners on the blues are small but I couldn't think on a better way to turn the corner.
I didn't want to lay the tiles on top of the bricks because I'm not keen on seeing the edge.
I think concrete key kerbs would have looked odd up against porcelain where as the blues match quite well.
The small cut just seemed the lesser of all the evils in my mind.
The next job I'll be using blues as kerbs on has radius steps thankfully.
Thanks for the seal of approval mate, means a lot.
You do a cracking job on your brickwork Mark. If I could lay bricks to that standard I wouldn't bother using a brick at all.
It wasn't the tiles that caused me the grief really Mark, it was just the job in general.
One of those jobs where if something could go wrong it did.
The cuts on the corners were a bit fiddly but not rocket science. I just took a 45 off the back edge with a little adjustable square then used the square again to cut the little triangles 25mm on the face.
I do like the tiles. There are a very good idea. I think that job might have looked nicer if we would have used granite.
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2015 10:29 pm
by DempseyLiverpool
Nice work lads. Stonework looks spot on LC.
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2015 10:30 pm
by DempseyLiverpool
Nice work lads. Stonework looks spot on LC.
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2015 7:51 am
by Forestboy1978
lemoncurd1702 wrote:lutonlagerlout wrote:you do like a circle LC , nice portfolio = empty wallet :;):
LLL
Too true on times.
Basically, have to distance myself from the crowd. There are plenty around here who can bang out a reasonable drive or patio and I cannot compete with them.
Customers are not so discerning until they're shelling out a lot of cash.
Cracking fence Forest I think it looks great made as panels. Reckon you'll get some calls from the neighbours.
Does the timber come that colour or did you stain it prior to construction.
Sorry I missed this.
Thanks, yeah I'm doing the neighbours now lol.
The materials were pressure treated natural green then stained. Cuprinol ducks back wax enriched oak brown. Looks tons better than buying the brown materials. Impermeable too, water beads on it when it rains and goes on easy. Def my preferred treatment. Seems to soak right into pressure treated timber too which I've done tons of times. I wish I'd gone rich oak now for the darker brown due to painting the pillars black and re painting the black iron gate but yeah it looks tidy anyway I think.
Ta
