Fencing Quantity Surveyor Needed

[gnipper 6,411]

Or approximately 1 big pile of pallets

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

Goooooooood Morning, peeps! (Well, Ok; But this is 'morning' in the world of Ditch Shitter just now. Just had a good scrub and that's reinvigorated me no end too)

 

Pat was round this morning. Woke me up and we had a chat. Good results! Pat works in one of the Buiders Merchants local to here. He was as 'sharp intake of breath' prone as I, once the enormity of the footage question hit him. But Pat's a diamond. Minutes later we were discussing gaps - two inches now seems more appropriate. Probably with c. 3" boards. It'd look pretty as hell, wouldn't it? 4 & 4 would be a bit 1960's council estate. Not really the effect I want to bring to my little piece of rural Leitrim

 

Anyway; Cow fences were switched on. Tractors and barns discussed. Pat's back to work tomorrow and has promised to fetch me a truck load of timber some time Please bear in mind that this is rural Eire. Nothing gets done over night here. But wood has been promised and so wood shall arrive. Eventually. Then I'll sort out the deal, using Russell's theory or relativity there, and shall crack on with my fence

 

Incidentally; I'm afraid I Really drank too much over the weekend. Fetched home 16 pints on saturday - plus a few in the skin. Got two left! I felt so rank this morning I was about to head into town for fresh supplies. But we think not! That little caper can stop right there! I'm staying here and making do with a couple of pints and my JD ration tonight. For now I'm treating myself to a nice day off. Well ..... Almost. I do have this niggling wish to go out there and bang up another door frame in my 'stock sheds!

 

Cheers, all. I'll show ye a shot of the fence I eventually end up with.

[Russell 0]

Well seeing as your head is not too clear at the moment :D -

3" plank 2" gap = 372 / 5 = 75 planks.

[lonedigga 22]

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Edited June 3, 2008 by lonedigga

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

Think You were pissed, Loner? Christ, I was total Hand Cart all weekend! Just now easing my way out of it! F*ck me, I couldn't have worked out my own name if ye'd put a f*ckin gun to my head!

 

Just considering what sized gate to go in this particular barricade now. And then I'll be needing a poxy foot bridge beyond it. Don't think I'll dramatise that bit too much though; Few 'sleepers .....

 

This being Eire, of course, I'd Like to say I may have it all done and ready by next summer and I'll show ye photo's then. But considering an idiot just along the road from me just let his two alsations out ..... 27 dead sheep, two dead Dogs and Thousands in compo later ....? I'm racing a ticking clock here! Brown rice for me for a month or two then!

[Guest JDF]

i was severly hungover thats my story and i'm sticking to it

[wyliecoyote 0]

I reckon you should PM scotsman he does that nonsense for a living

[FastDogz 155]

FastDogz; I got as far as the initial measurement of length, love. Then I stroked my chin a bit and thought, " F*ck this! Forum! "

[RatSnatcher 0]

Have you sorted it Ditchy .......I am a fencing contractor mate if you need help mate

 

four bays ditch, dont span your arras rails any wider than 8ft ..........if you get 70 3-inch boards your be fine mate.......2 boards to a foot with 2-inch gaps.... if your on un even ground fix a six inch timber gravel board then nail your boards to the arras rails

Edited April 10, 2007 by RatSnatcher

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

I am a fencing contractor mate if your on un even ground fix a six inch timber gravel board then nail your boards to the arras rails

 

 

Salvation!

 

Ok, mate; I haven't sunk a post or sorted a bit of wood yet - but I don't half bloody well need to! And yeppers; The stretch of ground I'm covering is up and down like a yo yo! Nightmare!

 

What's Gravel Board and what should I be doing with Arras Rail? (I know what Arras is, we call it something differant here, but they sell it). I imagined just posting, railing and screwing my boards to the rails.

 

Speak to me! Please!

[RatSnatcher 0]

Ok here is a illustration i knocked up for you mate

 

 

 

Dont make the gap between the posts any longer than 8ft it will be to flappy, I worked out that if it is a straight run then you will probably end up with around 7ft between the posts which is good.

 

Right ....if you use the gravel boards...it will make it easier to level up all the boards when nailing them to the arras rails.... the gravel boards sit on the deck and follow the ground level / terrain, use them mate otherwise it will be a right barsterd to get it looking good as the boards or slats sit on the gravel boards and step down nicely with the terrain........get yourself a 2-inch timber to use as a spacer between the slats, and when you start to nail the slats on check with a level every 3 slats as if you dont you check for level you will find that it will start to look pissed.

 

when you use the gravel boards your fence will end up 6-inches higher obviously,so allow for the extra height when putting in your posts.

when you have set your posts in nail your gravelboards to the posts then mark all your post where you want the arras rails to be fixed but measure from the top of the gravel board on each post and the arras rails will follow the terrain the same as your gravel boards. then when you sit your upright slats on the top of the gravel boards the slats will then follow the terrain and step down nicely will the landscape.

 

If you need more info Pm me I will sort you out fella

Edited April 11, 2007 by RatSnatcher

[Russell 0]

Have you sorted it Ditchy .......I am a fencing contractor mate if you need help mate

 

four bays ditch, dont span your arras rails any wider than 8ft ..........if you get 70 3-inch boards your be fine mate.......2 boards to a foot with 2-inch gaps.... if your on un even ground fix a six inch timber gravel board then nail your boards to the arras rails

 

 

You'll be 5 planks short - you will need 75 for 3" boards - 2" gap

[RatSnatcher 0]

Did you include the posts in that calculation

[Russell 0]

Did you include the posts in that calculation

 

 

No, but usually the rails are fastened onto the posts & then the slats on top of the rails. The posts may not match up exactly to the gap.

If all the gaps between the posts are made equal they will have gaps of 89.25" if using 5 posts & having one post at each end.

Edited April 11, 2007 by Russell

[RatSnatcher 0]

I see your point russel but thats supposing every bit of timber is perfectly straight and every post is sure and every gap between the posts is spot on at 89.25" , but I am sure that even you couldnt achieve that