It’s time for us to get a fence for our backyard. Drew is running around nowadays, so it is time! We decided on a white vinyl fence from Menards. We got the standard 4 foot fence with the arched top. With the help of family, I’m planning on installing the entire thing on my own. I’ll keep updating this article with the latest updates on how the project is going.

• 5/10/2005 Update: I now have all the fence panels, gates, and posts picked up. Just the concrete left to get!
• 5/14/2005 Update: Today we started the fence project. My dad and I went out to Menards early on to get the concrete. 74 bags! Whoa! Steve, Sarah’s dad, and I then marked out where the fence should go and measured every 8 foot for where the posts will go. We marked these spots with spray paint. Then we went to National Rental and rented a post hole digger for $35 a half day. That was a savior. We dug 30-40 holes in a matter of an hour or two. The ground was very hard to I was thankful we didn’t have to hand dig very many holes. We did hand dig about 5 poles because of the wires being so close. We then finished the day out by setting our corner posts.
• 5/15/2005 Update: We have now started setting the fence panels. Terrain issues were the biggest obstacle. Our back yard runs down a small hill/slope so that made it a little tougher to get things level, but we did it. Steve and Chad (sarah’s brother) came and helped most of the day. We got one full side of the yard done. We did one panel at a time, leveled it, set the post in concrete, bracketed in the panel. Pretty easy process once we got going.
• 5/17/2005 Update: We are now done with 2 full sides of the fence. The back line was the easiest as the ground was fairly level.
• 5/20/2005 Update: After 5 straight days of working on this project after work, we are finally pretty much done. We have panelled all sides and put in our single gate on the one side of our house. We had to dig out underneath the gate so it would swing correctly. Only things left are the double gate on the other side of the house, small caps/screws, and some landscaping in the corners to make it look nice!
• 5/21/2005 Update: I got all the caps on the posts and the screws in the panels. Pretty easy day!
• 5/27/2005 Update: This fence project is finally complete. We put on the double gate and secured it with two drop rods. They work wonderfully. I finished all final touches and washed the fence down. It was a long project, but is definately worth it in the long run!

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