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Unless your home is surrounded by evergreens, it’s likely that your backyard is going to look a little bare during the winter months. If you use trees and shrubs to increase your privacy, all that protection falls away during the autumn. Maybe you have a spaced board fence and your shrubbery fills in the gaps, or maybe you don’t have a fence at all. A privacy fence can help if you are feeling exposed during these colder months, and you don’t need to wait until spring for fence installation. more

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If your fence is starting to crack and rot, it’s time to replace it. While some materials might hold up better than others, once your fence starts to become damaged, it will only get worse over time. If your fence is worse for wear, installing a new one during the winter can help you maintain security and safety in your backyard. You don’t have to put off renovations until the spring. A new fence will also hold up better against the cold, snow, and sleet. Keep your backyard neat, clean, and secure by installing a new fence in the winter. here

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As long as the ground isn’t frozen, you don’t have to wait until winter is over to start working on your backyard oasis. We’ve experienced milder weather these past few winters here, where our fence company is located in Westchester, PA. That has made even more of the year a great time to have a fence installed and to enjoy your yard.

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Most trees, shrubs, and plants go dormant in the colder months. If you have a manicured landscape in your backyard, installing a fence in the winter might be a great time of year for you. Since your yard is dormant, your plant life and your lawn are less likely to be damaged during fence construction. Not having to worry about harming your plants can speed along the process for contractors and DIYers alike.

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A two component, mix-in-the-bag expanding foam for supporting non-structural posts such as fence, mailbox, and sign posts. more

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This two-part, pre-proportioned polyurethane expanding foam has been specifically formulated to provide a lightweight, mix-in-the-bag, fast-setting solution. This high strength backfill can be used for wooden, PVC and steel in-ground supports. Available in 33 oz. pouch here

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Yes you can! Fences may be installed in just about any weather with the exception of rain. more

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In extremely cold temperatures (32 degrees and below) you can add calcium chloride to your concrete mixture. Calcium chloride is an accelerating agent which when added to concrete will increase the rate of early strength or shorten the time of setting of the mixture. Calcium chloride is the most common accelerator used when speaking about concrete. here

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Avoid setting your fence posts in the rain! You can imagine all of the hard work that goes into digging post holes only to have them fill up with rain water. There is no reasonable way to excavate the holes to remove the water, so what you wind up with is a weak bond between your concrete and your posts. This scenario spells Disaster with a capital D.

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Remember that different types of wood offer drastically different levels of long-term fence-post performance. Pressure-treated wood, which boasts both durability and affordability, ranks high among the top choices. Also commonly used—and considerably more expensive (although prices vary by region)—are beautiful, naturally resistant species like cedar, cypress, and redwood. All contain resins that forestall the harmful effects of pests and moisture. Other species, including spruce, oak, and pine, may be used with confidence only if treated beforehand with a brush-on preservative (look for copper naphthenate on the list of ingredients). Generally speaking, it’s wise to opt for darker, denser heartwood over younger, lighter-colored sapwood, because heartwood harbors better defenses, particularly against wood-boring insects. Finally, no matter what wood you select, be sure that you’re buying lumber labeled as suitable for in-ground applications.

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After only an hour, CTS Rapid Set Concrete Mix will have hardened completely. You might consider the job done, but to further safeguard the fence post against rot, there’s one more important detail to address. Begin by inspecting the area where the post juts out of the hole. Do you notice a seam? Left as is, this seam could invite water to become trapped in any slivers of space between the wood and the concrete. Over time this moisture could lead to rot—but this scenario isn’t inevitable. After all, there’s a simple means of sealing the opening—caulk. Be proactive: Once the concrete has hardened, go ahead and apply exterior acrylic latex caulk directly to the seam, all the way around the post. (Alternatively, you can use any silicone caulk that adheres to concrete.) Be forewarned that the accumulated effect of freeze-thaw cycles may cause the seam to widen, so you’ll probably need to recaulk every now and then.

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If a fence post fails without any sign of a pest infestation, it’s likely that the failure was caused by moisture that rotted the wood over time. To help slow such deterioration, add pea gravel or crushed stone to the bottom of the posthole. Once you have added gravel to a depth of three inches or so, use a piece of scrap lumber to tamp down the layer. Next, pour an additional three inches of gravel into the hole, tamping down a second time. This simple measure goes a long way toward helping rainwater drain freely into the subsoil. It works so well, in fact, that in mild climates, builders sometimes elect to set fence posts with gravel alone. While that approach makes sense in certain situations, for a lasting installation, experts are more likely to specify a combination of gravel (for drainage) and concrete (for much-needed stability). One type of concrete works particularly well in such applications—rapid-setting concrete like category favorite CTS Rapid Set Concrete Mix. here