Fence mending 101

It took us 3 hours to fix two sections of our fence last night. We replace 4 2x4's and knocked down two old section of fence. Then we quickly, two hammers and several bent nails re-installed two sections. They are by no means perfect. We had 16 boards that looks good, as they are new, but the rest are old boards (that didn't split yet), and any type of lumber we had lying around our house. It didn't matter. We were on a mission to get those two sections done. Now, granted I need to add more nails to the slats (the good ones) to make it strong.

You would think that a fence would last forever (or as long as you own your house). Nope. It doesn't last forever unless you own a chain-linked fence. Slats that have been through high winds, rains, snow and dog attacks do not last forever. The approximate life of this fence was 16 years. I can remember when we had no fence between the yards. It was maddening. When we first looked at the house I thought the boundary lines were just beyond a couple of bushes to our north. But the former homeowner showed us exactly where the line was. It was way over than where I thought it was. In fact, other owners of the house next door didn't know where their line was either. We added the wood fence and also added some evergreens to create an approximate line. But we knew we were still under boundary. We've had a lot of disputes over that line.

Hopefully this will solve the problem of the wild prison dogs coming in our yard and stop them from acosting our young dog any further. If it doesn't then the law will be on our side now as we repaired the fence.