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OK, so I'm not too good at manual labor. I hired some guys to install a fence on the left side and right side of my property. Shared the costs with my neighbors.
I was cheap though, when they quoted me to put a gate where I used to have a closed corner, I balked because they were charging for 3' of fence at $15/lin ft. and $175 for the gate itself. I decided to put in the gate my self and told the contractor just to leave that end open.
Here's my gate on the right ($45 material) and the one on the left next to the neighbor's garage is the one the contractor did for him (at $215).
So I saw the contractor knock out the gate in about 20 minutes. I think mine took a whole day. His looks pretty good and mine fits perfectly.
He built his on the driveway and I built mine on a pair of sawhorses because I'm too old and stiff to be bending over on the ground.
But, look at how he hung this hinge:
that would never be acceptable for my work.
I was cheap though, when they quoted me to put a gate where I used to have a closed corner, I balked because they were charging for 3' of fence at $15/lin ft. and $175 for the gate itself. I decided to put in the gate my self and told the contractor just to leave that end open.
Here's my gate on the right ($45 material) and the one on the left next to the neighbor's garage is the one the contractor did for him (at $215).
So I saw the contractor knock out the gate in about 20 minutes. I think mine took a whole day. His looks pretty good and mine fits perfectly.
He built his on the driveway and I built mine on a pair of sawhorses because I'm too old and stiff to be bending over on the ground.
But, look at how he hung this hinge:
that would never be acceptable for my work.
Loring in Katy, TX USA
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