Up goes a fence

Following the removal of all of the brambles and overgrown wilderness, our boundaries were left somewhat undefined.  As we own a small, curious dog, and our neighbours have a flock of racing pigeons, not to mention the children, we thought we had better keep them contained, so up went our fence.  Our resilient neighbour also helped, out in the rain when we thought we might have some time off - no chance, he was probably relieved that our garden wouldn't be invading his anymore.  The cleggy mud meant that our boots ended up three times as wide and heavy as their original size, and January was probably not the best month choice for this job, but the bluebells looked stunning against the fresh fence background once they popped up.

The original concrete fence posts are still standing along both sides of our boundaries, so we thought we would utilise them to save us from digging new fence posts in and it also meant the new, taller wooden fence posts should hopefully last longer.  There are holes going right through the concrete posts, so long bolts were threaded through these and the wooden posts to hold them together. 

This is almost shown in this photo (sadly we didn't take any at the time).

 

Once the fence posts were up, we attached horizontal supports for the feather-edge fencing, then cut the fencing to the desired height before screwing to the supports.  Screwing, while maybe a faff initially, enables easier replacement of fencing should it be needed in the future.

The concrete posts that we used are the same as these, close up of the holes where the bolts went through.