My dad brought out 'professionals' to put up a new fence a couple years ago. I could have done it myself, but he insisted on being in a hurry. There was a tree on the property line removed and the neighbors decided to have new fence put up, so he ended up paying close to $700 about two and a half panels hung, along with three new galvanized posts. The previous fence had stood 20 years and did not have any urgent need to be replaced.
I thought I would do a post (rant) for the wonderment of people who call themselves 'professionals.' I would also encourage anyone with a back to do their own work like this.
After the check was drafted, the fence company called and asked for their money. The person who installed it had given him a story that he had bought the company and to make the check out to him. A day later the company called and asked us to cancel the check.
Within a month we could tell that the fence was a POS. Three or four letters back and forth to the BBB resulted in nothing but a waste of time.
Yes, that is a fan belt holding one gate up. Last time we left town it fell down completely, so the city puts a sign in the yard informing us of a code violation and gives us a week to fix it or get cited and fined.
The idiot had hung two gates, and he had hung them both on a 6" piece of wood that was held by a small bracket, and an excess number of screws that caused it to fall apart. (idiot!) I can't explain it because he cut one of the panels short so it could have this 'splice' between the panel and gate. Two years later the gates were falling down and we're getting threats of citation for this POS by code enforcement. Time to do it right.
