Building a gate for your wood fence can be an easy project if you follow the correct process. It can be frustrating if you don’t.
Here, I’m going to walk you step-by-step through the process of building a gate the right way, so it’s easy to build, it looks great, and it will never sag. [continue reading…]
I’ve installed a large flagstone patio and a flagstone walkway – which is plenty of time to learn which tools are best for cutting flagstone. So, in this article I’m going to share what I’ve learned.
As a pro handyman I’ve completed lots of fence repairs of all kinds.
Here I’m going to show you exactly how to repair a broken wood fence post with the fastest and most effective method invented so far.
If your fence is leaning or moving several inches when the wind blows, it’s likely that you have at least one broken fence post. You can also go up to the fence post and push on it with your hand. If the fence moves more than an inch either way, it’s probably broken.
In some cases the concrete footing is just loose, but that is rare. Nine times out of ten the fence post is broken. You can easily find out by digging down a couple of inches until you see the concrete footing that holds the fence post.
In the image below, you can see a fence post that is not broken sitting in the concrete footing.
