Mud under swinging cedar fence gate - options?
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Comments (10)So they allow dogs but no fences, how does that work? Apparently dogs will get their exercise indoors or dog walker will come & take them. Unless you put wide cement area under the "chicken wire or whatever I'm afraid most any dog would be digging under it. Most large dogs can easily go over a 4 ft high fence. I have 6 ft block wall & a German Shepard made a running leap & went over it to kill our lop rabbit. His escape was easier as on inside the fence is not as tall as hubby had built a redwood & brick seat so he leaped on it & then there were mud dog prints on the blocks (I had watered that night) & he made his "get-a-away" (Never build a heavy cage with divided sleeping quarters & be stupid & make hole in 1/2 x 1/2 cage fencing so you can pour in the rabbit pellets. Dog that strong forced the hole bigger & rabbit panicked. We had newspaper & animal people out before they finally figured out what happened, I still have the dog's hair it left in hole. So if dog wants something & is smart he won't let a fence stand in his way....See MoreAutomatic gate
Comments (24)Sue, we recently sold two office buildings that were required to have Key Boxes for the Fire Department. Luckily, they were never tested as to whether or not they would actually use their key to open the key box or go through the front doors. lol I'll have to ask my DH how far away the remotes work - our smaller ones don't have as far a range, but we have one of the larger ones in a drawer near the front door and can open the gate from inside. I'd say it's about 300ft. I'll double check that when he gets home. Sniffdog, ours is steel and the ticket doesn't show the gauge used, but I remember it was thicker than ones offered online. We were going to have the gate made and install it ourselves, but DH decided just to let the gate guy do it all. The gates were 750 each for 1500 (I think this was just for the materials because the Labor line is too high just for installation). The keypad entry on steel post was 150. The Apollo 1600 Dual Gate opener was 2K. There are also items not priced out on the invoice: Greasable ball hinges, Solar Panel Battery Charger and Gel Cell Battery. Large remote opener 21 each and small 26 each. The option we did not get was Automatic Exit Probe 270. Sweet tea, I don't have good cell reception since we are in a valley so that's not really an option. I don't have cash and jewels stockpiled, so a burglar would be highly disappointed after breaking in our home. Besides, there are 30 houses between the main gate and our house with easier access....See MoreEntering Neighbor's yard for repairs--fence
Comments (16)I had a full boundary survey. It cost me 700.00 dollars. They gave me a detailed map of the property lines & they put new stakes in the ground on all sides. Everything was fine & the old markers were fine, except on the side of the nutty neighbors. The dog stays in the house until we take him out. He's rarely left out alone & if so, only if I have to run in the house for something. He's a large breed dog & a bully breed--a doberman, so I would not want anyone to get hurt. He also doens't like these neighbors. That's why I don't risk leaving him alone now. As for the title, the title company did not report any kind of encroachment. They relied on the existing stakes that were in the yard. If you looked at the stakes in the yard, everything made sense... if it were not for that gate & that fence--. I got a survey only because I needed to know about the gate & fence & needed one to get a permit for the fence. It was also something that needed to be done. Anyway, the neighbors finally told me that the stakes were moved. I asked my "neighbors" & they said they added stakes, because the old ones were under their new concerete driveway & that the original stakes were in the wrong place anyway. So, they said they were just "correcting them". If you looked at the stakes they put down on their side, nothing was encroaching. I did tell the city about them moving the stakes & I have witnesses in the community that know about it. The surveyor also made a note about stakes of "unknown origin" behing present during the survey. They removed them... they were not set very deep into the ground, but looked like the real thing. Their addition doesn't predate existing codes. A permit has been required since the 70's for the area I live in. You can clearly see that the building & fence are no more than 3 or 4 years old. The fence looks so bad because they pull into their yard speeding & have bumped it a few times. Like I said, it's not an easy situation. But, I think it can be resolved with the help of the city & a lawyer or by moving & letting someone else deal with this mess!...See MoreHelp with fence gate placement
Comments (11)Leave a clear space just inside the fence and use vines on the fence to provide privacy in that area immediately inside the gate. I looked for pictures of out gate that opens our gate that opens outward (the north alley gate) to try to show what we did. The 'man door' at the back of the garage opens into the alley just inside the gate too so the clear space provides access to that door as well as space for moving the lawn mower or snow blower etc. in/out of the garage through that door. Some pictures: In early May - you can see the basic space a bit better before everything leafs out...: In July - from outside the gate - with clematises in bloom: Looking from the road when the clematises are in bloom: Maybe something like that could work for you...?...See MoreFori
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