Wrought Iron Fence Painting.

We prefer to use Rust-oleum for our Wrought Iron Fences!

        Decorative, Wrought Iron Fences are beautiful and sturdy, and can add a distinguished air of elegance to your home or garden. However, constant exposure to the elements can do quite a bit of damage to the iron surface. Just degrading it visually at first - surface rust and peeling paint. Pitting and structural deterioration can occur if you let it go for a longer time period though. Some light maintenance, and applying a fresh coat of paint, as needed, will decrease the appearance of rust and keep your fence looking beautiful for years and years to come!
        In order to successfully paint a wrought iron fence, you will need to properly prepare the metal surface and surrounding area. Read the article below for instructions on how to prepare a wrought iron fence for painting.

Applying A Maintenance Coating of TWP!

This is for Decks that have previously been coated using TWP.
      Wood Maintenance, is different from a complete Wood Restoration. Restoring a wood surface means
bringing it back to a "like new" appearance from a neglected state, or it could be deciding to switch from one stain type to another stain type. Wood maintenance on the other hand is an ongoing process to keep well kept wood, looking good. Wood maintenance is simply cleaning and re-coating the wood with the same wood stain that was previously used.
       In preparing an exterior wood surface for maintenance, it is important to know what type of old stain is present. TWP Wood Preservative can be cleaned and re-coated easily but switching from one stain to another requires a different process. For our purposes here, we are assuming you are maintaining a wood surface that has a fading TWP Wood Stain already on it and you are ready to begin the maintenance.

The Fence Post! Different depths for different Post types!

Augered Post Hole!

        Fences are made of many different materials, some are of solid panels that catch the wind, and some allow the wind to flow through, so it must allow that the depths of their posts are all set to different depths also. I have lived and operated a Fence Company in 2 different places. Northern Tennessee and Southern Indiana. The "Mean" Frost or Freeze line was 3 inches in the Volunteer State and 6 inches up here in Evansville, Indiana. The only Building code that applies to installing Fence Posts state that 1/3 of the above ground length of the post for a 6' fence must be in the ground. That's it! That's all it says! Lucky for you, w have been digging holes and setting posts forever. The statement above about 1/3 of the post just delineates that for a 6 foot tall Wood fence you need to have 2 Feet in the ground, - not in concrete necessarily, just set in the ground. For 8' Wood Fences we do 32"inches. 
Setting Posts, in general: 
        Holes may be dug be any method, or tool. The best tools to get the results that are required is the Auger or a set of post hole diggers.

Ready to remove that old fence?

Has your fence turned into an eyesore that’s just got to go and now you want to know how to remove it?
At some point fences get damaged beyond repair. You either have to remove it yourself or have it removed by a professional fence contractor. Once it’s gone, you can replace your old, decrepit fence with something a lot more attractive.
However, removing a fence isn’t as easy as heading outside with your hammer, as tempting as such a move may be. There are several steps you’re going to need to take before you can proceed if you want to remove your fence safely – and without incurring fines from the city or getting in trouble with your neighbor.

Fence Stain Reviews!

Here we are spraying the Stain!

 

Rating the Stains!

How we rate the stains!

        We use the following criteria to rate the listed exterior stains. Check the chart at the bottom. Keep in mind that every stain we rate has performed well for us in the field, or else they would not make the list to be rated here. For this evaluation we have not necessarily sub - divided them into clear, pigmented, oil, water based or any other category. We have chosen all the best stains that we know of, period.

1. Ease of application
2. Fade resistance (ability to retain color)
3. Wear resistance (Deck boards only)
4. Ease of cleaning & re-coating or stripping and re-coating

Why Wood Fences Deteriorate!

       Wood doesn't last as long as it used to. Today's wood comes from younger growth stock than it did just fifty years ago. Environmental and Commercial pressures have driven the market to use younger/newer growth stock. Older growth wood has a higher natural built-in resistance to the climatic elements and wood damaging insects, this is generally called tannin resin. Younger growth has lower amounts of this natural protectant. Therefore to get as much life out of your 6' Wood Fence as possible, over time - it must have additional protection. Today's Lumber industry is more environmentally friendly, or "Greener" than ever before. Every major wooded area being timbered in the United States is now required by federal law to be replanted. However it is imperative for each individual to do their part to take care of our natural resources.  

Mold on a Wood Fence!

    
The common causes of wood deterioration:
        Several factors affect the appearance of your Wood structure. With the proper protection, these elements can be greatly reduced, resulting in a much longer life for your fence. Detrimental effects are listed below:

The Water Method, for removing Fence Posts!

It may be new to you, but we've been doing it for a long, long time.

Big Red Post Puller!

        A couple of times a year we show up with a crew of 3 or 4 guys to remove a Wood Fence. We break out the Milwaukee sawsalls, the flat bars & pry bars, the 2 & 3 lb demo hammers, and the sledge hammers. All the basic tools needed to remove the fence panels. We pry, hammer, and cut them away from the posts they are attached to, and into pieces small enough to be carried by 2 people. Who then pick them up and carry them to one of our flat bed trailers, stacking them for transport to the landfill. It is Federal law that all Pressure Treated lumber be disposed of at a landfill. You can burn or dispose of any other type of wood any way you want to.