Browse Forums DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair 1 Jan 19, 2014 8:04 pm Hi just wanting some advice on building a pine paling fence. An just wanting to know just the general rules of building one and any good hints and tips. I know every council is different but also what sort of process is involved to get permit to build it. I'm mainly looking at doing one side. As my house is getting built on a corner block. So thought I'd do the corner side. Just to save some coin and for the appreciation of doing it myself Re: DIY fence building 4Jan 22, 2014 1:13 pm Lunchtime My neighbour and I planned to DIY a fence but we could not source materials for cheaper than the fencing contractors would cost to build and install the whole thing. With all due respect, you didnt try hard enough to get the materials at a proper price. I have built paling and colorbond fences, and the cost to have holes bored, cement footing done, and the fence materials itself , comes in at one third or cheaper than that of the cost of a fencing contractor. As to the OP, I suggest you do some searches on the net, you can get plenty of good advice on how to build a paling fence. IT is realtively easy, just time consuming. I prefer colorbond. Much quicker. Re: DIY fence building 5Jan 29, 2014 11:10 am You should ring your local council to get the planning details for the fence height if you don't have the town planning plans in your hand. Fence is quite easy but consume a lot of time if you don't have any experience and proper tools to do it. If you really want to do something yourself, make sure you setup the posts deep enough into the ground and hire a nail gun to finish the work quickly before you give up. Good luck! DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair I mean, I install them/sell them for a living so I haven't done DIY, unless you count the first one I installed lol. (electrician by trade). Usually a 6-8 hour job for… 3 39579 Assuming the structure of your cabinetry is good then I would DIY everything as follows: - replace your counter tops entirely, - replace all drawer runners with soft close… 1 3427 |