CEDAR GATES

I JUST FINISHED A CEDAR FENCE AND GATES FOR THIS RESIDENCE IN SELLWOOD.

BEFORE:

REMOVING THIS FENCE POST WAS A CHORE. IT WAS RIGHT NEXT TO THE GAS MAIN, AND THERE WERE THREE (3!) OLD CONCRETE FOOTING FROM PREVIOUS POSTS, WHICH WERE ALL CLUMPED TOGETHER.

VICTORY!

THE HOLE WAS SO HUGE BY THE TIME I WAS DONE, I USED A TUBE TO MAKE THE CORRECT-SIZE FOOTING. 

POURED THE CONCRETE AND LET IT SET. I USED POWDER-COATED METAL BRACKETS THAT KEEP THE POSTS OUT OF THE CONCRETE, SO THEY WON'T ROT.

A NICE STRAIGHT ROW OF POSTS.

 NAILED UP THE FENCE BOARDS.

I HUNG THE METAL GATE FRAMES. THESE SWING EASILY AND THE GATES WON'T SAG OVER TIME.

ALL DONE.

OPEN SESAME.