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Bringing Down The Fence

By Mike:

This post is an ongoing project.  We are about 1/3 of the way through with the project, but wanted to show how big of a difference it makes having part of the fence down.

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This is a look facing north in our back yard shortly after we moved in. You can’t see much of the fence yet because there is a giant, overgrown bush in the way!

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Got the bush taken care of. Now it’s on to the fence itself.

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A view looking further back into the yard shows more foliage to deal with later.

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Board by board, fence is slowly beginning to come down. I decided to remove it one board at a time for two reasons. First, I didn’t want a hasty demolition to mean leaving behind nails in the yard that might get caught in a lawnmower someday. Second, a disassembled fence is easier to haul away in a truck bed than a messy pile of broken boards.

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A close up view of one of the pieces of wood shows one of the many reasons we needed to get rid of this fence. You can see the wood is completely infested with ants.

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You can just see how much more open this will make the yard feel once finished.

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The Workbench

The previous owners left behind a lot of building supplies in the shed and the garage (along with an array of random trash).

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Garage example form moving weekend #2. The back right wall has four shelves of lumber, drywall, and even a leftover piece of granite from the kitchen. We also found an old broken disposal, sump-pump, 4 almost empty cans of propane, a broken yard rake, and various other garbage.

After clearing out the back left side of the garage wall, I decided to use some of the wood to build a workbench.  Useable finds in the wood-pile for this project: 2×6 boards, 2x4s, and some old plywood shelves for a countertop (I only had to buy a couple of 4x4s to use as legs).  I used the circular saw that Dad (Arlyn) is letting me borrow, plus many other tools and hardware that I already had.

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This is the first picture taken of the workbench building process. You can see the base is taking shape from the boards that were found, plus the thicker, newer-looking 4×4’s that were purchased for legs.

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Power outlets added onto the front of the table for future use. They are not wired up just yet.

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Pretty basic, but meets all my work-bench needs!

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Just imagine all of the future projects that will be done here!

Sara was glad that I was able to use some of the excess lumber, and it was a good excuse to finally get the garage swept out, semi-organized and sprayed for bugs.

-Miike