the author does like to from scratch, shaping and trimming wood from large blocks into fine finished products. ruclips.net/user/postUgkxD-QRFQz730FJEh4f9BYSf-nkIMIC9hL_ as another reviewer mentioned, most projects require a lot of high-dollar equipment that most of us dont have the room or budget for. But, knowing how to do these things, even if we wont be able to practice the full stack project, is still great.
Another tip for the cement once you have your post in the hole all level, is to get a dry bag of quick set cement and pour it dry into the hole around your post, re level and check your post is in line still(2 people works great, one person to hold the post and check the level, the other to pour the concrete around the post), then tamp the concrete down around the post with a steel piece of rebar to eliminate the air bubles and that makes it stable enough to be able to build the fence completely without having to reinforce your post or hold it in place or wait for the concrete to set. Once the fence has been built then go back and make sure its still level, tamp it down some more and then wet your posts, works extremely well and you can build the whole fence in a much quicker time frame. Concrete sets nice and firm. Have been doing it for 30 years and i have had no complaints. It elimates the need to have your yard open for an extend period of time to, you can get a fence down and back up much more quickly, and it still be super stong.
So you pour your wet cement in the hole, set the post in, get it plumb. Then pour in some dry cement on top of the still uncured cement and use rebar to get rid of air bubbles (and maybe do just a bit of mixing in the process??) and make sure your posts are still plumb and that's it? If you do this, when can you assemble the fence?
Beautiful job lot of hard work. Those who can not work keep their thumb down. Good job. We make our factory like this and enjoy our work with lot of saving.
We have lovely neighbors, older couple, they know absolutely everything about being a homeowner, have all sorts of tools and equipment. This is such a blessing to have someone like that who can help with new projects 👍🏻!
You can just put quick Crete in the hole, you don’t even have to mix it but you still want to pack it down a little. You can put some water on top of it but you really don’t need to, it will absorb enough water from the ground to harden, If you’re really worried about it you can just hose down the ground around it and put some water on top when you’re done but I’ve used a ton of quick Crete for fence posts and deck footings and I’ve also dug many of them out and they’re always solid. It can be easier than concrete in a lot of ways, you don’t have to mix it and you can just drop the bags off by the holes and you don’t have to do any mixing or worry about time. But you do need to use a 2 x 4 or something to tamp it down you don’t want to just drop it in there loosely. Usually I throw some rocks or some gravel in the bottom for wood posts and get the height to exactly where I want it and once it’s plum and level just dump the Quick Crete around in Tempe town with a board or a shovel. This also works for snake and rodent holes around foundation and concrete work. Just put the quick Crete in and compress it and then hit it with a hose and you’re done. On the negative side, it’s very dusty and if you get that dust on your hands or if you get liquid cement on your hands or skin it can burn chemically and if not rinsed off immediately can actually send you to the hospital and be very dangerous, but that anytime you use cement whether it’s wet or not. Gloves and boots and I protection are always a good idea. Some people say you can use expanding foam, and technically you can but it’s not a permanent repair and it’s not really all that strong, I think it’s a lot easier just to dump a bag of quickCrete in there.
Yes, I've used quick set cement without water. It's a huge labor saver. Pour some dry quick set into the hole, place the post then fill with dry cement. Add water per directions on the bag. Hard set within 2 hours. Great video btw!
Looks like Superior Plastic Products is truly a quality product...👏👏👏👏 my hat off to you for doing so much work on this project. The finished product looks amazing!!!
I can honestly say you did an amazing job. One thing we do is set up a string for the top of the posts also. Then you automatically know that front to back is plumb
💥✨💥 Interesting... every fence install video is done on flat level ground. Not one shows an install on ground that slopes down which is common in areas other than Florida. 🤟🏼🌟
I did fence installs for years for a company. We never mixed Crete we dump dry quick Crete into the hole packed it, leveled and moved to the next. Makes working with it easier, don't move at all. Was told the moisture in the ground would set the Crete. Never had a problem or re-work so idk, not an expert was just an installer
Hint: you mention quick setting cement. It is more like a must have for fencing. It has zero drawback, and it makes setting the post infinitely quicker and easier. No mixer or anything, just dump the bag into the hole, dump some water onto it, keep the post straight for like 2 minutes, and that’s it. It took me about 10 minutes per post...
On a big job like this that can really add up. If it's more than 15 or 20 holes and on the road I'm more inclined to set the posts in an empty hole and order some concrete.
Johannes R I don’t think even orderibg it would be any faster than some quickrete. Quickrete is the fastest you can get, way cheaper, and you can do it whenever you want and you are not depending on delivery dates and mixer availabiliy.
thatguy 00 Yeah, I can see that even that is an overkill sometimes. But while you, as an expert, know exactly when do you need it, an amateur DIYer might not be so sure about it. It’s a good margin of safety to just pour it into all wholes nevertheless.
thatguy 00 What do you mean don’t have the money? It’s like $6 a bag, and you say half a bag is enough, that makes it $3 for a post... The post itself is like 10x as much.
Your channel reminds me of April Wilkerson’s channel from her early days, if that holds true you should have a million subscribers in about 2 more years. Good luck.
i believe april is a fraud. she claims she wasnt trained to do the things she is doing then in a couple videos she slipped and said the person that trained her. i thought i could go out and buy all these tools and do the same thing. not! thats false advertisement.
Thanks for the tip about how to get dirt out of your grass. My grandfather taught me to do this with a stiff tine rake with the tines facing up. Also, if you use a soft tines rake you can spread it over the yard evenly or fill in low spots with that dirt. Then nothing has to leave the site.
This is a good timing watching this video. I am planning to have fence company to put it but when I watched your video I decided to put it myself. I will check the dealer of Superior plastic products near me. Thanks for sharing.
Great video! Good job. My 25 year old fence that I did is coming on its renewal soon... brings back memories. Posts are plumb not level! Thanks for posting.
I’d suggest using a tarp at the very least even dumping the dirt that falls off the auger. Holding it over a wheel barrow would have also been a good idea
Great job but if you had used the standard quick drying post crete you could have fitted posts & panels as you go at the same time. Nice to see your husband being busy again,seriously does he not have any pride ??. Not lifting a finger while his wife & neighbour put a fence up.
Very impressive installation not to mention the product appears to be great quality. The dimensions are definitely critical it seems also. Either way, very nice work!
So much extra work ,I installed these professionally for over 8 years, digging by hand is quite difficult for those not used to it but certainly can be done. 12 inch diameter holes are a bit excessive, we usually went for 10 inches which generates less dirt and you use less concrete. Holes dont need to be bell shaped just pour concrete about 4 inches lower than ground level, the hole in the post below ground is meant for concrete to flow inside of the post so proper consistency of concrete should be a bit on the thin side but not like soup. A torpedo level gives the same reading as a 4 ft masonry level and is much less cumbersome. If the post is level and the concrete is poured properly surrounding the post ,bracing would be unnecessary.
Main thing we do different, is put the metal sleeve in the gate post, and screw it inside the post with self tapping screws, then put the post and the insert into the concrete and let it dry a couple days and then install the gate. Gonna be stronger with that metal a third of the height in the concrete
We have to do this work also. 37.5 Meter. In Germany. 🙈 But i Must say that this Woman is awesome. So Sweet and She is doing Most by Herself. Impressed !
Nice work!! I did a vinyl fence too. To make it truly bulletproof, you fill the posts up at least 1/2 way with cement. I did this and the fence is rock-solid. Glad you project turned out well!!
no,. no solar caps on all posts - it may be over kill.. Perhaps the corners only? or otherwise spaced apart? If you want light - grab a set of solar powered string lights for use inside the fence, you can use some form of 3m picture frame wall fasteners to attach. Very nice job well done. Kudos. Ck Maintenance.
It looks nice i really like the design of the vinyl. You guys wre oucky your yard is pretty flat, it makes the fence profile nuch nicer than stepping it up and down
A BIG TIP The bottom horizontal struts to long for nylon they need support ..WHY ..on a hot day they will sag and sag again and again ... just support between posts will solve the problem and they will last no matter the weather ..PS this tip come's from Darwin NT Australia
good luck.. the shits always rent out by the middle east and there's never any lumber and if there is it's highly inflated. Also big rocks and roots maybe use that machine but seems a little over kill you could rent a two person 60 bucks and single person one for 40 bucks. 3 feet isn't deep enough just keep going down until you hit a water line or gas line. Also when using machinery like that you have to be careful of your clothing not getting caught. She should be wearing a bikini that would be more suitable and safer
I am 20+ years fence installer, and I had never ever seen anyone building a fence like that! There’s a concrete accelerator called Quick Rok, which is added to quickrete, it takes a few minutes for concrete to set, that eliminates the use pf brace and the job gets done quicker. Also when you sliding the rails in, you start from the post that does not have a rail in yet, that way more of the rail goes inside the posts.
so long story short basically, just live next to John
Basically, networking gets you places in life.
😂😂😂😂
This guy did everything
Seriously! Lol I need a John
Right.
the author does like to from scratch, shaping and trimming wood from large blocks into fine finished products. ruclips.net/user/postUgkxD-QRFQz730FJEh4f9BYSf-nkIMIC9hL_ as another reviewer mentioned, most projects require a lot of high-dollar equipment that most of us dont have the room or budget for. But, knowing how to do these things, even if we wont be able to practice the full stack project, is still great.
Another tip for the cement once you have your post in the hole all level, is to get a dry bag of quick set cement and pour it dry into the hole around your post, re level and check your post is in line still(2 people works great, one person to hold the post and check the level, the other to pour the concrete around the post), then tamp the concrete down around the post with a steel piece of rebar to eliminate the air bubles and that makes it stable enough to be able to build the fence completely without having to reinforce your post or hold it in place or wait for the concrete to set. Once the fence has been built then go back and make sure its still level, tamp it down some more and then wet your posts, works extremely well and you can build the whole fence in a much quicker time frame. Concrete sets nice and firm. Have been doing it for 30 years and i have had no complaints. It elimates the need to have your yard open for an extend period of time to, you can get a fence down and back up much more quickly, and it still be super stong.
So you pour your wet cement in the hole, set the post in, get it plumb. Then pour in some dry cement on top of the still uncured cement and use rebar to get rid of air bubbles (and maybe do just a bit of mixing in the process??) and make sure your posts are still plumb and that's it?
If you do this, when can you assemble the fence?
As someone who lives in Virginia and has terrible clay/sand soil I could not be more jealous of the brown gold that auger was digging up.
Don't let the posts touch the string. Keep a fixed distance to the string, so that you don't push it slightly further with each post.
Good point
Yep
She said that.
Beautiful job lot of hard work. Those who can not work keep their thumb down. Good job. We make our factory like this and enjoy our work with lot of saving.
Gidday I'm from New Zealand and I've recently discovered your pictorials you truly are an inspiration to all DIY's god bless you and yours.
We have lovely neighbors, older couple, they know absolutely everything about being a homeowner, have all sorts of tools and equipment. This is such a blessing to have someone like that who can help with new projects 👍🏻!
Seeing the screenshot...ok I’ll watch this fence video.. nice work!
Even being sponsored this is a superior, heart felt, video. Thank you.
You can just put quick Crete in the hole, you don’t even have to mix it but you still want to pack it down a little. You can put some water on top of it but you really don’t need to, it will absorb enough water from the ground to harden, If you’re really worried about it you can just hose down the ground around it and put some water on top when you’re done but I’ve used a ton of quick Crete for fence posts and deck footings and I’ve also dug many of them out and they’re always solid. It can be easier than concrete in a lot of ways, you don’t have to mix it and you can just drop the bags off by the holes and you don’t have to do any mixing or worry about time. But you do need to use a 2 x 4 or something to tamp it down you don’t want to just drop it in there loosely. Usually I throw some rocks or some gravel in the bottom for wood posts and get the height to exactly where I want it and once it’s plum and level just dump the Quick Crete around in Tempe town with a board or a shovel. This also works for snake and rodent holes around foundation and concrete work. Just put the quick Crete in and compress it and then hit it with a hose and you’re done. On the negative side, it’s very dusty and if you get that dust on your hands or if you get liquid cement on your hands or skin it can burn chemically and if not rinsed off immediately can actually send you to the hospital and be very dangerous, but that anytime you use cement whether it’s wet or not. Gloves and boots and I protection are always a good idea.
Some people say you can use expanding foam, and technically you can but it’s not a permanent repair and it’s not really all that strong, I think it’s a lot easier just to dump a bag of quickCrete in there.
Great video! Format, clarity, and detail, everything about this is top notch. Well done.
Yes, I've used quick set cement without water. It's a huge labor saver. Pour some dry quick set into the hole, place the post then fill with dry cement. Add water per directions on the bag. Hard set within 2 hours. Great video btw!
That's how we did it when I installed fences for a company. Wet Crete was a pita and dry is easier to set and level. 👍
Looks like Superior Plastic Products is truly a quality product...👏👏👏👏 my hat off to you for doing so much work on this project. The finished product looks amazing!!!
A very private job to enjoy most of your family and friends gathering, I love this privacy.👍🏾
Great video, explained with clarity and simplicity. Professional looking job. Liked the idea of renting a mechanical auger.
I can honestly say you did an amazing job. One thing we do is set up a string for the top of the posts also. Then you automatically know that front to back is plumb
great video, but yes, plumb, plumb, plumb, not level.
I’ve never had my face used to compare size, got a chuckle out of that. Great job with your fence!
Call 811 in any state and all the utilities will come out for free and mark their underground utilities.
YES, add lighting accents to fence.
THE FENCE LOOKS GREAT LOVE THE COLOR GREAT JOB GIRL !!!!!
Boy her hubby sure won the woman lottery! 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
No kidding right?
I feel like i should've put a lot more thought into the women I've chosen..lol oops
Fr lol. And I got a lazy ex wife haha
Right, gorgeous, intelligent/competent, fertile, calming voice...
He is the wife
@@MMGJ10 ; don't let her read what you wrote. I won't tell on you. Hope she can cook .
When you install the rails, you insert it in the post that doesn’t have a rail in it, that way you gain at least 2” more of rail inside the posts.
Now that the privacy fence is in, I eagerly await Melissa tackling the DIY in-ground pool project next spring. Should be a breeze for her. 😁
Or John...
Well done ... and your voice relaxes when I hear it ...
💥✨💥 Interesting... every fence install video is done on flat level ground. Not one shows an install on ground that slopes down which is common in areas other than Florida. 🤟🏼🌟
Yep, getting ready to do about 400 feet myself. I have areas where I will need to rack the fence to meet the slope.
I did fence installs for years for a company. We never mixed Crete we dump dry quick Crete into the hole packed it, leveled and moved to the next. Makes working with it easier, don't move at all. Was told the moisture in the ground would set the Crete. Never had a problem or re-work so idk, not an expert was just an installer
Hint: you mention quick setting cement. It is more like a must have for fencing. It has zero drawback, and it makes setting the post infinitely quicker and easier. No mixer or anything, just dump the bag into the hole, dump some water onto it, keep the post straight for like 2 minutes, and that’s it. It took me about 10 minutes per post...
On a big job like this that can really add up. If it's more than 15 or 20 holes and on the road I'm more inclined to set the posts in an empty hole and order some concrete.
Johannes R I don’t think even orderibg it would be any faster than some quickrete. Quickrete is the fastest you can get, way cheaper, and you can do it whenever you want and you are not depending on delivery dates and mixer availabiliy.
thatguy 00 Yeah, I can see that even that is an overkill sometimes. But while you, as an expert, know exactly when do you need it, an amateur DIYer might not be so sure about it. It’s a good margin of safety to just pour it into all wholes nevertheless.
thatguy 00 What do you mean don’t have the money? It’s like $6 a bag, and you say half a bag is enough, that makes it $3 for a post... The post itself is like 10x as much.
@thatguy 00 imagine ordering cement for 15 holes especially if you put in 30 inches of it? God damn that’d be foolish
Great job - We had the exact same fence installed and had to remove halfway because HOA said no. Avoid HOA's people!
Your channel reminds me of April Wilkerson’s channel from her early days, if that holds true you should have a million subscribers in about 2 more years. Good luck.
So you are saying April Wilkerson is super hot, uses it to her advantage and can get away with not entirely knowing what she is doing?
@FNU LNU I didn’t think he was worth responding to but I agree with your comment.
i believe april is a fraud. she claims she wasnt trained to do the things she is doing then in a couple videos she slipped and said the person that trained her. i thought i could go out and buy all these tools and do the same thing. not! thats false advertisement.
She must be a reincarnated hard working frontier woman back in the day!
@@jimtalor7971No, that would be John.
Thanks for the tip about how to get dirt out of your grass. My grandfather taught me to do this with a stiff tine rake with the tines facing up. Also, if you use a soft tines rake you can spread it over the yard evenly or fill in low spots with that dirt. Then nothing has to leave the site.
The fence looks great.
thank you, the extra tips you threw out are what sold me... i subscribed ! great video and you got skills...
This is a good timing watching this video. I am planning to have fence company to put it but when I watched your video I decided to put it myself. I will check the dealer of Superior plastic products near me. Thanks for sharing.
Back filling with cement and then dirt will hold it plum so you don't need to brace anything
The fence looks awesome and well constructed. I think solar accent lighting would further enhance that as the sun goes down.
Love that disc golf basket! Let’s go! 😅
I was thinking of doing a white vinyl fence but I might have to go with a color like this, it looks so nice!
This color alone will cost 3 times as much as white
Hi Melissa,
Thanks for sharing this fence came out fantastic.
I like that both sides of the fence looks good.
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Wow that's an awesome fence! Great job, enjoyed this!
Great video - congratulations on an outstanding fence; a fitting outcome for all of your hard work and expertise 👍
Great video! Good job. My 25 year old fence that I did is coming on its renewal soon... brings back memories. Posts are plumb not level! Thanks for posting.
You are a go getter young lady ,very impressive and what a beautiful job !
The fence looks great...It's good seeing kids playing without a face mask on too.
I’d suggest using a tarp at the very least even dumping the dirt that falls off the auger. Holding it over a wheel barrow would have also been a good idea
You are so good at explaining all of your projects.
Great job but if you had used the standard quick drying post crete you could have fitted posts & panels as you go at the same time. Nice to see your husband being busy again,seriously does he not have any pride ??. Not lifting a finger while his wife & neighbour put a fence up.
Great job Melissa !!!! Soooo neat !!!...Nice private backyard !!! Thanks for sharing !!!!
Very impressive installation not to mention the product appears to be great quality. The dimensions are definitely critical it seems also. Either way, very nice work!
Wow! It's made sturdy and safe like a pro for kids.👍👍👍👍👍
Another great video, i think it's time to go 1080HD for clarity........
Remarkable, functional and beautiful
Yes, she is.
Awesome video! I just contacted Superior Plastics to order the same fence. We have 173' to get fenced in. Looks wonderful!
How much are the materials? I have 223' feet and plan on ordering soon. Thanks
Quickset concrete will dry fast so you don't have to secure the post with studs. You may secure the post with rocks inside the hole
You are a hero the man is lucky to have you
So much extra work ,I installed these professionally for over 8 years, digging by hand is quite difficult for those not used to it but certainly can be done. 12 inch diameter holes are a bit excessive, we usually went for 10 inches which generates less dirt and you use less concrete. Holes dont need to be bell shaped just pour concrete about 4 inches lower than ground level, the hole in the post below ground is meant for concrete to flow inside of the post so proper consistency of concrete should be a bit on the thin side but not like soup. A torpedo level gives the same reading as a 4 ft masonry level and is much less cumbersome. If the post is level and the concrete is poured properly surrounding the post ,bracing would be unnecessary.
They are installing my vinyl fence can’t wait
Can you do a quick 2 or 3 minute video on how the fence is doing today and maybe some additional things to consider? Install looked great.
Looks absolutely awesome good job thank you for sharing
Great work and attention to detail!
Great video and very helpful
Those are some nice looking shorts.
Main thing we do different, is put the metal sleeve in the gate post, and screw it inside the post with self tapping screws, then put the post and the insert into the concrete and let it dry a couple days and then install the gate. Gonna be stronger with that metal a third of the height in the concrete
Wow. This is a great video. I knew it was going to be a lot of work but sheeeeesh... that’s a lot of work! 👏🏽👏🏽you guys did a great job!!!
We have to do this work also. 37.5 Meter. In Germany. 🙈
But i Must say that this Woman is awesome.
So Sweet and She is doing Most by Herself. Impressed !
Nicely done! That’s a great looking fence 😊
WOW‼️ Great fence, great looking.
Nice work!! I did a vinyl fence too. To make it truly bulletproof, you fill the posts up at least 1/2 way with cement. I did this and the fence is rock-solid. Glad you project turned out well!!
Push broom works really good to get the dirt out the grass also..
You did a awesome job girl
Great information and presentation.
Thank-you!
Pretty intense DIY video. 👏👏
Love your stepping on grass with white socks
You made that look easy great work
Excellent job 👍
Now that's a companion helper/ leader.
no,. no solar caps on all posts - it may be over kill.. Perhaps the corners only? or otherwise spaced apart? If you want light - grab a set of solar powered string lights for use inside the fence, you can use some form of 3m picture frame wall fasteners to attach. Very nice job well done. Kudos. Ck Maintenance.
Nice job on t fence! It looks great
Why not put dirt down on tarp and avoid that grass cleanup problem.
But then that would job easier and more efficient when you could just do this way.
Great video, very educational !
I’m in love….with the fence too
It's called "plumb"...level is a horizontal term.
True, but I feel like she said that because some people don't know what plumb means.
Love your blog.... I believe the extra dirt should have been used to prevent gaps below fence (leveling the ground).
OMG! How many hand clamps did you have to have on hand in order to hold everything together while the cement dried?? Wow!
totally unnessary.
Great video... you always make things look so easy.
Great job, turned out well. Hard work from the whole crew, but it shows 💕🤙🏼
Awesome video. Thanks 😊
Really awesome product
It looks nice i really like the design of the vinyl. You guys wre oucky your yard is pretty flat, it makes the fence profile nuch nicer than stepping it up and down
I do fence for a living u did a great job
Superbe travail , magnifique clôture
That’s one good neighbor
A BIG TIP The bottom horizontal struts to long for nylon they need support ..WHY ..on a hot day they will sag and sag again and again ... just support between posts will solve the problem and they will last no matter the weather ..PS this tip come's from Darwin NT Australia
Great Video and excellent job. Thanks!
Your neighbor John is AWESOME. They type of neighbor I’d love to have.
Excelente video, tanks from San Diego California 🤩😘🤗👍👀
The fence looks great! The machine to make holes is awesome ...I might need to also rent one!!! Love the result!
good luck.. the shits always rent out by the middle east and there's never any lumber and if there is it's highly inflated. Also big rocks and roots maybe use that machine but seems a little over kill you could rent a two person 60 bucks and single person one for 40 bucks. 3 feet isn't deep enough just keep going down until you hit a water line or gas line. Also when using machinery like that you have to be careful of your clothing not getting caught. She should be wearing a bikini that would be more suitable and safer
Sound so ignorant
“Auger even handled rocks the size of.............your face” 😂😂😂 awesome job
I am 20+ years fence installer, and I had never ever seen anyone building a fence like that! There’s a concrete accelerator called Quick Rok, which is added to quickrete, it takes a few minutes for concrete to set, that eliminates the use pf brace and the job gets done quicker. Also when you sliding the rails in, you start from the post that does not have a rail in yet, that way more of the rail goes inside the posts.
Great job and it looks great! Thanks for sharing.
Great job! Beautiful fence!