Handyman

In another thread about weekend projects I post I was going to help clean up some damage at a friends house in Huffman Tx.

TexasTimbers Ask me to post some pictures of ikes damage. Well here are 2 pictures. My friends didn't suffer much damage in the grand sceem of the storm, but they did get a little. To them it was bad. I am sure for others out there wish this is all they had. They had one large oak tree in there front yard and some trim on the horse barn bent or missing. The 910ft of 7ft privacy fence I had built earlyer this year had a tree damage a few boards. And while I was there, I closed in the split rail fence so they could let the dogs out in the back yard.
A while back I had posted a thread asking how should I modify the split rail gates I had built to hold the 2x4 welded wire all the way to the ground. The third picture is how that came out. I had to make it crude so it blinded in with the fence. You wouldn't beleive the rules in this neighbor hood regarding what you can and can't build. You have to summit a drawing and full disciption of the fence before you can build it, and then it has to be voted on by the association.
Thats a whole nother story.

The first picture is where a tree used to be.
Second picture is the tree and stump pushed to the back yard.
Third picture is the the gate and fence I applyed welded wire to.

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Yeah I need new siding. Project for later in '09... The tree against the door takes up almost all the back yard...

Fence down. The ash tree is still there, I removed the trees in the Bayou as they were leaning into my fence anyway... And I KNOW the City isn't going to do anything about it...

Like THAT tree that was growing into my fence... It's a goner now... Funny thing, the stump is weeping pitch. Not what I would expect from the woods I know of down here...

Not exactly the nice orderly BBQ haven for my friends and family it usually is huh?

The fence is down again... This time I am going to rent an auger and dig down at least 24", and probably run 8" rebar crosswise on the bottom end of the 4x4 posts...

I got lucky with no real structural damage. Just some minor shingle damage, and some loose siding. (Doesn't show up well in pics...)

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