After last weekend's gate-a-palooza, I thought it might be nice to finish off the fence project. On Friday morning I called Labor Ready and booked Chris and one other guy for the day. Chris was here before and did great work.
The team — Chris and Anthony — showed up a bit past 9AM and by 11am, the fence was down and loaded into the truck for a dump-run ($60 at Contra-Costa-Waste) — their progress was amazing. By lunchtime (1pm), all of the post-holes were dug. by 3pm, the posts were set, concrete was hardening and the team was on their way to enjoy their respective Saturday nights…
Sunday morning, I was ready to make a lumber run… I first stopped at Dolan's in Concord which is where I prefer to buy my lumber. Knowing their price was 20% higher than Home Depot, I asked: "If i buy a few hundred boards, can I get a bit of a price break?" While I wasn't expecting them to match Home Depot's price, 10% off would have kept me there.
The response: "Nope, that's what they sell for"… One of the reasons I like Dolan's is that they load your materials… so I weighed the idea of spending several hundred dollars for this service. In the end, frugality won out and I headed to Big-Orange where I not only saved money, but got better lumber (really) and even got someone to help load the cart and load the truck. When I got home, I sent Dolan's a quick note entitled: "Why I didn't spend $1000 at your shop today". While I'll surely be back there eventually, I might be tempted to stop at Home Depot first now.
By Sunday afternoon, the fence was finished…
Anyhow, below are some pictures of the progress and end result.
