Fence fixing

Part of fixing up the barkyard includes tackling the rear fence that is falling apart. Several posts are rotted through (I've had to put up 2x4 anchors to hold up the fence), and a lot of fence pickets are broken. Also, most of the horizontal 2x4s are too short or the ends have rotten and they have fallen out of their metal hangers attached to the 4x4 posts. 

At first the idea was to completely build a new fence, but after realizing how much that would cost, and the work involved, I decided to try to repair the existing fence. I started at the far right and will work my way left as I go. 

The fence before. There were also metal bars on the other side, holding it up.

Installed new post, and horizontal 2x4s.

Fence pickets screwed on one panel.

Ran out of new pickets, but you can see how many existing ones weren't salvageable.

On a side note, I met my neighbor and he seemed very nice. I said it wasn't necessary, but he gave me some extra money to help out. I was trying to dig out the concrete at the time and he suggested drilling out the old post and using the existing post cavity for the new post. I was able to actually pull out the rotten post and set the new post inside (adding a little concrete to the top). It actually worked great and saved a ton of time, and my back.