April Wilkerson Built a Horizontal Fence?! The Fence Expert Reacts
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Last time we checked out April's channel she was building a fence using existing posts in her yard. This time she's building a fence from the ground up at her commercial space and it's something special! Join me in reacting to the first part of April Wilkerson's new horizontal fence build.
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You know it's legit when there isn't much to say other than him agreeing.
It is nice to see a quality build full of great tips being reviewed by a professional who isn't ripping her apart. As a diy'er, I learned a lot here. I've built fences and have a construction background, but having not one but 2 pros confirming the tips increases the confidence of knowledge a diy'er can walk away with.
Great video! THANKS!
I built my fence dry setting the poles, fill hole with post in it with dry concrete mix, jiggle post into final alignment, then pour in a bucket of water. It's solid after 15 years.
I have done it in a similar way except I would pour in the water first then the sackrete. Then I would use a stick to tamp it down to seat the post solidly.
I installed fence for years. We would tamp the posts in with dry concrete, and let mother nature do the rest of the work. On gate posts, we would always mix the concrete and let it set before hanging gates.
April has use that rubber sleeves on other New Projects. April is the BEST ! 💖
Joe, what did she mean by cut every other post? That 12 ftr sat in each cut right?
Definitely get the pump truck if you have a huge fence
You're way to polite. This lady is ridiculous. She takes way too long to build a fence. So many unnecessary steps for nothing. No need for a tape when it comes to rails. Just scribe and cut. She's very inefficient.
She uses the post saver sleeves now. Probably learned about them after this.
I am really enjoying these react videos. Its helpful as a DIYer to get someone else's insight on how other UA-camrs are doing things.
I appreciate your honesty in reviewing this build. So many people out there just love to make fun of her methods or the way she says some things. Her methods are sometimes unconventional but she gets them done and has fun doing them.
Well, the FUN part of your statement may be stretching it.
Bless April, She tries and succeeds. As a DYI you tuber she rocks it. She looks for advice and constructive criticism and is very descriptive. Its nice to see experts help her and give advice and also admire her efforts.
she literally owns a wood shop business, I don't know if I would call her DIY at this point
Her voice annoys me 😂
Why am I watching a video of someone watching a video. Go April 👊
curiosity! lol!...
Why not use metal posts, and box them in for looks? I think that would be more durable snd less expensive than cedar posts, especially for a vertical picket fence.
I think she's trying by stepping out and doing these different projects. Thing is she's not necessarily a builder so she's learning as she's going.
@@JoeEverest
I have usually learned my best lessons by messing up the first try.
That's exactly what she's doing she's learning as she goes. She studdies these things on the net sometimes or she sits down n plans them out and documents what she does mistakes and all and shares them with everyone so that they can see its not some mystical thing reserved for the secret societies. Anyone can do this.
Love April…she is a beast!!! Love you too! Your video reviews are priceless! Keep em coming.
why are her shorts so tight I like it but I think she uses that as a viewing point lol
Want some popcorn ?
April is very talented and has a lot of great ideas. Great vid Joe!
P.s that digging looked brutal!
She now the expert on “Assembly Required" with Tim Allen and Richard Karns. She is truly awesome and very inspiring.
How to double or triple the cost of the fence install??? :)
I dont know much about fence building, but i can tell its gonna be a beautiful looking thing
Here in Alaska I only put concrete in the bottom of the hole to set them, and then tamp the posts in with gravel and whatever soil came out of the hole. The reason for this is that, in my experience, if concrete is poured all the way to the top of the hole, the posts get heaved up out of the ground when the ground freezes. The post hole is usually wider at the top, so concrete at the top gives the freezing and expanding ground something to push against, forcing the pists up. I've replaced many that have heaved up, and the ones I've done with little or no concrete stay put.
I love horizontal fences. They look great. It was the idea when we did our fence, but since one of the three sides of my yard is already bordered by my neighbors fence, we opted to match theirs so I wouldn't die from anxiety caused by mismatched fence 🤣 This fence looks amazing.
My only critique of this fence is that the posts didn't seem to be very deep in the ground for an 8 foot fence and also I think she'd have been much better off using screws rather than nails. Other than that, a beautiful job.
I do agree! In case if big storm and wind it will receive big hit like sail. Depth was good for six foots. But i am not expert...
In a bad winds post just break if in deeper. 6 of one half dozen of the other as to how deep you put them in.
@@scruffy6151 so I live in the windiest city in the world where 100km/hr winds are no big deal and I've never seen a post break off due to winds. I have however seen plenty of fences slump due to posts not sunk deep enough.
@@wojtek-33 Fair enough. I literally live in the windiest city in the world and we need to sink our posts in concrete with a minimum of 800mm depth.
Instead of lasering each individual post "most lasers have a +,- 3mm tolerance to mitigate just mark every 3rd/4th post and straight edge or chalk line in-between... faster and more accurate.
Too many ads at the start.😮
No thanks!
... I'm gone 😊
Unfortunately, that’s a UA-cam thing. We don’t have a say in where the ads go.
Before digging, please call the local number (varies by state/county) to find out where underground lines are. I didn't hear it mentioned here, but it prevents heartache. Usually, it's needed when doing any project, but good idea even if it's a small project you are doing.
811 service (call811.com/) should be avail anywhere in the Continental United States (with a few exceptions) to request some one come out, then locate and mark the untilities. Canada has something similar also...
In my experience they always mark it wrong anyways, still a great idea to at least have the information as it may be right. But often it turns out that things have since been changed and not reported, or things are located wrong by the guy who comes out to check. Ive seen so many guys have the ground marked beforehand and then still manage to hit everything but a natrual gas line.
I have to continue to remember, Joe is not in a orange prison jumpsuit.
You seem to have an attraction to April Wilkerson
She does decent work and has a nice walk-through video process!
She did a great job. I've built many a fence but never with that many steps. Always mixed ready mix in the hole with the post never used braces. Always used screws never nails. Always used post hole diggers and never an auger which has saved me from hitting utilities more than once despite them supposedly being marked. I would keep the top level and dig the ground down and come back with a saw to level off the bottom at the end. I'd knock out 300+ feet in less than 3 days by myself. 👍🏻
Out here in the hill country of Texas where she is, there is no chance to use a post hole digger. its solid rock less than a foot down.
@@enigma9789 if it's solid rock nothing will. Dig.
Post digger does work through what you think is solid rock. Use a bar and a digger..
@@thenarrator1984 I live 30 mins away from where that fence was built. unless you have a week and a jack hammer, you need someone with a skid steer and a drill.
@@enigma9789 you must work slow.
I have lived in the harshest till area you can imagine and I've managed to dig fences when needed.
Its definitely not "solid rock" solid rock is a term used for bedrock.
You can say it's hard till. But it ain't solid rock
@@thenarrator1984 bring out your post hole digger and rock bar then. I need several holes done.
Hey Joe.....I just built a new fence at my home. Love your honesty on your channel....so if you get a chance, let me know what you think and if I could improve anything (12 video process). I was a framer for quite a while and fences were NOT something I did often. Thanks in advance.
A. Western red cedar is wicked expensive, that's probably 30k + just in materials B. Never concrete wood posts, concrete holds moisture and if one ever goes out of plumb good luck straightening it out. C. Posts should be as close to 4' in the ground as possible you can get and no need for all that bracing, even if she still cemented them throw dirt in the hole half way up, tamp the post plumb and throw a bag or so of cement around the top.
I give her an A for effort and looks good but this is the problem with UA-camrs doing instructional videos when they don't even really know what they are doing. Lots of wasted time and built "ok"
I love April’s channel. I found her by watching your review of her first fence, a beautifully done project!
She should have dropped the tube with plastic liner down an extra post hole and dipped all the posts in that way. No overhead lifting.
Tomorrow we learn about vertical flagpole.
I feel like I knew this was coming. Lol.
Great looking fence, the only thing i would do differently to prolong longevity would be to replace the nails with screws. A fence that tall and solid is going to take stress from even the lightest breeze, screws are better adapt to handle the constant buffeting that can loosen nails over time.
If you use ring shank nails they will hold three or so times the load and may be another good option to upgrade, but still have the speed of the nailer.
You can buy premixed concrete in a towable trailer instead of mixing bags yourself. Saves time if time is your prime concern, otherwise rent a mixer and do it yourself as she did, if money is your concern.
You can get a 10" wood blade for your jigsaw. (amazon of course). It's also useful for cutting campfire wood and you'd be surprised what you can cut with it while hunting.
Positive placement nailer is expensive. I'd use coated deck screws
Yeah, I'm late to the party, but who knows what YT suggestion criteria is.
Big bucks invested in tools. Big Bucks invested in wood. Big bucks invested in medical care if needed. Just plant a line of trees or bushes .
I am wondering about something. On laying wood flooring there is nothing more unprofessional looking than having all your boards be the same length, starting from the same point or wall. Having a floor laid out in perfect 6 or 8 foot sections is very unattractive and unprofessional. Randomness is desired. I wonder how random horizontal fencing would look? Might be worth an experiment.
I hate exterior wood hardware that is only 1 1/2" deep. The last 1 1/2" of wood is so subject to rot and splitting that I always find failure there.
Could be wrong,but coatingthe bottom of post is a trap for all water and moistermthar penitrates from above, goodmin theory,
but I would argue they will rot much faster than untreate or coated. So many experts !
An ex is a has been, and a spert is a drip under pressure,lol.
We never use concrete like this we use dry concrete and put in the hole than tamp it. Doing it this way allows water to seep down between concrete and post . I guess we g do it the way the log farmers did in the past. Now they have some kind of foam. But to each his own.
I evidently missed something. Why notch every other post at the top? The un notched middle post would throw your top board off by almost 2 inches. Or does it set on top of the middle post? Idk, like I said evidently I missed something but she had a beautiful fence
As a 17yr fence contractor, building a fence everyday, that was painful to watch. If you want to build a fence find another DIY video
Soo much unnecessary work for just setting post lol
Shouldn't the finished side of the fence be facing the neighbor?
naphthanate, being a chemistry word, there is no room for regional pronunciations. ite and ate refer to the number of oxygen atoms in the molecule, one might be harmless, one might be a deadly poison and contaminate your land. ultimately unimportant, but buying something based on someone elses mispronunciation could be impossible, incorrect or illegal.
How many non related hashtags did you put on this video? It comes up on every search in every subject.."……..
I’m here watching you coz I see you interview D&project’s from the uk baby 🏴
The pleasure bro your a awesome dude to keep up the content !
River rock just makes a bathtub of water for the post to sit in if it's clay ground ..... Not smart in clay
Is it worth counting the bottom of post with black beauty using regular treating lumber
That's a lot of material just to support the posts ... I like to put something like a flat paver in the bottom of the hole, make it easier to make those final level adjustments, protects post bottom once encased in concrete ... go ahead and use your horizontal supports (make sure all the same length) to level posts along the fence line ... then you just need supports for perpendicular to fence line.
"Now I'm gonna start by dipping 750 8-foot 4x4s into this liquid - Sounds like a shoulder workout, but it's not too bad. " Watching this just reinforces how much of an underachiever I am. Now have to use all my fence post wood money for therapy.
It's nice to see two different professionals on one video. Keep up the great work both of you.
Do you guys not have postmix? In the uk we have 25kg bags of the stuff, two bags per hole ( comes ready mixed ) . After a few hours it’s solid enough to hold the post with no bracing.. this seems really long winded. We drop the post in, levelled, postmix - done.
woodworkers are bad azz. Our fence, of course would always be bad azz compared to contractors! LOL
@2:45 This was 40 years ago, but my father had a method where he would bore a 1 inch hole into the end of the post and pour engine oil into the end of the post, plug it up, and then set that end into the ground. The idea being that the oil would leach into the post and protect it from rot
He must have been doing something right because when I sold the house 30 years later these posts were all still there and as strong as ever.
How deep was that hole?m
@@queerdor About a foot.
Now i got to buy a laser tape measure geezz thanks 😔
" bracing method makes a lot sense. ".... Come now, you it was genius. lol
She should have rented an auger. She would have made the post holes much faster with way less effort.
why not use a gauge boards to space all the posts the same distance apart as you go?
Do you really need to use a full 2x4, why not half for perpendicular pieces
I have a similar laser levelling system with a 3-axis laser. I use it for everything. Drywall, fencing, excavation, prep for brick-laying, setting out foundations and tons more.
Love it! Thanks for watching and weighing in!
holy sheet, she spent some coin on this, yikes
April stated that she dipped the posts to cover the bottom three feet of every post with the preservative. When the posts were set, she had about a foot of preservative showing above grade. This means the posts are only set 1-1/2 to 2 feet below grade. Seems strange from Canada where fence posts are set four feet below grade below the frost line.
she is in Texas, there is no frost line.
@@rogerweaver7686 Yes, people in the northern states and Canada are amazed by the things that don't need to be done during construction in Texas and other southern states. At least, until Texas gets hit with a cold front, like in 2021, and their pipes burst, the electrical grid crashes and the whole state goes in the shitter. Doesn't Texas get fence eating hurricanes on occasions?
Just for the record.
Four feet isn't below the frost line it's just low enough for frost to not shift the posts
@@thenarrator1984 Not sure about that. Code requires water supply pipes to also be buried 4 ft. or more below grade to prevent their freezing.
@@chrisgraham2904 I installed pipe for a living.
I also repaired pipe when it froze....
Frost line is carried and diverse.
I've seen frost 15 feet deep. Big ice chunks.
I like cedar too, but expect 3 times the cost of treated lumber.
Those milk wagons... I saw them drive by.
Should have used a string line for the post layout
If the clay doesn’t allow drainage then the only thing the gravel is gonna do is creat a cavity for water to pool and sit which increases the chance of the water wicking back up into the post. I’m highly skeptical of anyone’s judgement who does this
Great point!
I'm so disappointed 😞. I was hoping you would tear her work apart. Instead I now feel more confident in both of ya'll. Sigh, I am never going to fulfill my goal of being a grump old man.
Good video. I learned allot
😂 thanks!
I bet it was expensive AF just in materials
Enjoyed watching your reaction, you are so respectful in your commenting.
Crikey...I bult raised beds out of those cedar 2x4's but now the price has more than doubled. That's a lot o lettuce for a few heads of lettuce!
Agreed! Luckily, it seems like the market is coming back down to reality!
Why did she drill the post holes so large? Could have used a smaller hole and one bag per hole, saving about $5 per post.
You would have to put the holes in more accurately though.
The typical rule of thumb for hole diameter is 3x the diameter of the post.
It's cuz they cheap asz using no " fast setting " kwikrete, so they have to frame it to keep it level. If they used " fast setting" kwikrete, they can use a 4x4 level, and use objects to lean against it, then it would dry in 20 minutes.
Whats your take on putting posts in concrete vs no concrete? I just had a fence done and we went with no concrete. I was told it can rot the wood worse than just planting it in the ground.
True it will not rot as fast but has less lateral load
I just had a fence put in and we went with no concrete as well
dip the post, you cover a lot more area than the sleeve
I just built my first horizontal fence last week. Definitely a little different.
@@JoeEverest costumer loved it.
Wtf is a horizontal fence... A fence? As opposed to what a vertical fence???
Over done job. Its okay for one single job specially for someone that never done it
Agreed
He's just perving on April, probably has not built a fence in years.
😂 ok bud
Nice untreated timber thats gonna last
Who cares? Waste of money and resources.
You're not building a Piano j/s
My grandpas cedar fence is 60 years old I’ve only replaced storm damaged sections. There was no rot in the cedar on concrete areas. Was able to pull them posts out with concrete on and reset them straight. Due to 50 plus years of wind.
Laser measure I used was not accurate
I mean....would it not be better to keep the post out of the groud?
She really couldn't go with pressure treated 4x4x8 could she but we'll let her do her thing
A lot of Dutch fences are horizontal the way they like it me thinks.
Interesting, thanks for watching!
Posts are not set deep enough.
Did she say it was cedar?!?
I think setting posts regardless of your method is the most important part of your build. Just like the foundation of your house. Get it right from the beginning. I’ve always been against setting wood in concrete but I do believe this fence will last for a long time
You'd get more subscribers if you wear shorts
😂 no one wants to see that, I guarantee it!
she gives me a headache !
Million dollar fence
Hey Joe, I like watching Aprils videos, however this one is not good. The cedar is excellent and I wish it was more accessible here in Scotland. The problem I have with this video is her posts are far too shallow, this fence will be down when a storm hits it. A fence post should be one third of its height below ground, in this case a minimum of 30 inches, looking at the stain mark, they look barely half that depth. As I said beautiful material, but used poorly. Like your interaction with D&J projects, another favourite of mine. Keep up the good work!
Looks like alot of work to go through to just set the posts not deep enough. 32" in hole with a 9 inch auger for 4x4. Posts floated in concrete. Shouldn't even need to waste time doing those posts supports either. How pitiful and shallow are your posts that they need supports before outting your rails on lol.
South Florida building code requires 4 foot on center for the fence posts. No in swing exterior doors, out swing doors only. Impact resistant laminated windows. 210 mph wind uplift capable foam adhesive for roof tiles. Hurricane building codes make our homes stupid expensive down here. Cha Ching!
Yeah but she definitely wouldn't save money using a concrete truck 🙄😒hahahahahaha
April is not only Beauty but also Brains. I love her thought process, DETAILED understanding in ways to build better and more economical. Probably a factor why she (didn’t use the SLEEVE approach over THE DIPPING) I hope this chic begins a world wide trade carpenter school for just women. Some Men have clearly slacked for too long as contractors and skimp the most important details of simple applications. The area in which I live is just horrible for the slap happy fashion work they finish with and then look at you like I expect $50 an hour or more for this labor cost. 😂 so now I do my own just like this woman bc at least I know I’m getting quality and thought out planning w follow through. Sprinkle sprinkle
She's such a badass. What an inspiration! I love women who DIY the right way.
I appreciate her being so diligent measuring even the upright braces with a tape and laser but, that is overkill. I would have just made another story pole to mark the center, She took so much effort into the spacing of the posts the extreme accuracy of those center braces wasn't really needed. I do how ever understand that she is making a video and no matter how she does it some so called "EXPERT" like myself would make a comment. That all said she is a great craftsman.