Saturday, May 14, 2011

Fence Building: A Mother's Day Treat

Way back in February when my husband signed us up for fence building in New Hampshire, my answer was "sure". Little did I realize that it would be on Mother's Day weekend and as luck would have it, we would have to get up on Saturday morning at 4:30 a.m. to drive all the way to NH from southeastern CT in order to register for the class at 8:30. Our original intention was to go to Keene, NH on Friday, spend Friday evening in Keene, but Keene State's commencement was on Saturday and all of the area hotels, motels, B&Bs were booked solid.
Being farmers, a 4:30 wake up time is not necessarily a deterrent so we drove up to to Harrisville to attend the free fence building clinic at Wellscroft Fence Systems. David Kennard and his staff were very knowledgeable and helpful. The clinic was very well attended and very well run!
Here is a link to Wellscroft Fence Systems, LLC.
Here is a link to the Fence Building Agenda.



Who knew so many people wanted to learn how to build fences! It was a very good clinic and we learned all about making both electrified and fixed knot fences. The clinic will help us when it comes time to put up a deer fence around our property to keep the deer away from the grape vines.

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  1. We then worked together to hold the fence segment to the right height, placed a long level on top of it to make sure it was level, pre-drilled and screwed the 2x4 to each 4x4 fence post. We attached one screw on each side, checking the level as we went, and then went back for a second screw on each side. backyard fence installation

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  2. Hi Jade---oh yes, there is so much precision involved in constructing a proper fence!

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