So in the town's history, we progressed from no fence, to plank fences like we can still see at Alex Bay, to cement foundation fences that started in the 70's..... Now in the 2014's, a lot of the cemnet foundation fences are being replace by a private contractor...... Well after 40 odd years, it was about time,
Two things I noticed with the new fencing...
The planks look like cheap knockoff's , I reckon that five years from now, they shall need replacing, secondly, the okes that are rebuilding the fences are leaving huge gaps between the planks... Spacing on a grand scale,,,
Oh!and how come we never saw a service level inspector coming around to insepct the finished product?
Me thinks that the mine is being taken for a ride here..
Just my 2 cents..
This looks like a two for you and one for me system. These contractors charge for three but only use two, a good way to make a plenty of profit................
The mine you thinking about Mike is long gone and those left don't care. Its all smoke and mirrors now. cat1.gif
Not 2 for 3 just crappy wood , cannot close the gaps cos planks so uneven ,, reminds me of my saga with buying a new picket gate for front gate . Builders warehouse , Coltimbers product , size etc was kept on record . so went off and bought new gate . To get what I wanted I had to buy a 1.8 m gate gate , cut it down and redo the picket tops as per usual . Did the deed to gate was wondering somewhere in the back of the mind why it was so much less work .. Prior to painting always do a double check all Ok , note the gate has less uprights in it , in fact looks rather gaptoothed ,, Now fuming phone ColTimbers ,, get a sort of " Oh we changed the design to suit the fence design ,,ie they have over period of time gaptoothed their picket fencing and gates to save on planks ... and still charging the same ?? I did hissy fit ,, took picture of old gate rotting , its matching next door gate >> sent email to ceo of group with pictures , stating that the gate rotted due to their lack of wood preservative etc , challenged their decision to change design . why not just charge the appropriate price ?? .. got email and phone call back for delivery address for delivery of a gate made to the old specification free of charge . With that apology for inconvenience and they will review their marketing / cost strategy as it appears some bright spark forgot about those good customers that possibly have bought many many meters of the old design and when needing to replace damaged sections will have mismatch ... is that not a duh of note ??
Heard other people this week complaining about the quality of the wood, ironicall this past weekend, I was doing something , and placed my hand against a fence and almost went through it as the planks started to bend......
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@ Mike. The fences are not built to hold up big okes like you!!!! faceinfood