SeaRock: Closure on the fence repair episode

About SeaRock

SeaRock is wave-washed granite cliffs, wind-swept monterey cypress & pine, an historic granite home growing out of granite cliffs amidst trees, a few acres along the rugged Pacific Ocean coastline.

Built in the early 20th century by a renowned architect Charles Greene, the home remains a monument to an era of craftsmanship and lifestyle gone by.

Listen to the tide until pace and breath slows to match rhythm. Witness creation vibrating and realign with it.

Here I lived from Oct. 2006 through Oct. 2013 as steward and manager.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Closure on the fence repair episode

So, the wind had finished breaking off the base of three fence posts after some years of rot had weakened them.

Rather than remove the concrete, I just removed the rotted wood left embedded in it, leaving a post-shaped hole in a large, buried mass of concrete. The cavities were over 2 feet deep.

Rough redwood posts vary in their dimension, and the newer posts were slightly larger than the old, so I made adjustments accordingly. Once you start to slide the new post into the old hole, it has to fit right the first try. It gets wedged in quickly, and I treated each post with "copper-green" to retard rot and termites, so I wasn't going to be trimming these posts to fit after soaking them in poison.

The 2x4 rails are fitted into 2x4 holes notched into the posts. Here's how its done: layout the notch; score around it with a chisel; break out the top layer of wood with the chisel; plow out the rest with a drill and chainsaw...from both sides...