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Severe rain and thunderstorms can absolutely wreck your fence & deck; or even impact you from completing your outdoor project on time. Every year your fence is faced with Oregon’s harsh rainy conditions. At HB Fence, Decking & Construction, we pride ourselves on sharing with our customers how we sometimes handle these harsh conditions. It’s gives you DIYS some tips on how to protect or install a project you are currently working on, or maybe thinking about starting soon.

In the Northwest it’s not uncommon for freshly dug up fence post holes to fill up with water. Standing and saturated water can quickly plug up your post holes simply by seeping into the dirt. Even when you haven’t dug into a water line.

The problem with excess water is it can be harmful and impact your concrete to water mix ratio. The excess water will wash out your concrete mixture, leaving your fence post to set in simply sand and gravel.

As for the water’s effect on the posts, we use treated posts and add two inches of gravel to allow the water to escape from the bottom of the post. Sometimes, we recommend using galvanized post which will never rot or decay.

Once we have measured out and are ready to set the post, we will pump the water out with a small pump. If the water’s coming up from the bottom, we will use quick dry concrete. That’s a hydraulic cement which will set up under the water. We use a small amount to seal the bottom of the hole until we can get the concrete mixed and poured.

At HB Fence & Decking, we pride ourselves on our craftsmanship!

At HB Fence, Decking & Co. we always recommend steel frames gates to our customers. Wooden gates are beautiful and come in limitless designs. a wooden gate can be custom built to the exact wishes of any customer. The drawback is larger wooden gates tend to sag over time. With a steel framed gate, you gain strength and still have the beauty of a wooden gate. Steel frame gates can be built in almost any style, and the steel frames can be powder coated in almost any color. Steel framed gates are individually and personally crafted to firmly fit your driveway or entrance way.

Fencing made from cedar will provide many years of trouble free durability as well as natural beauty. Cedar is a very strong and stable wood. Proven to withstand all weather conditions, and is resistant to moisture and rotting. Cedar wood has natural oils and acids which makes it undesirable to many insects.

Used for many purposes including privacy, boundary markers, and also adds beauty to your home and landscape. Lightweight and has very colorful tones which are beautiful on both sides.

Since they last for so many years you don’t need to worry about replacing them very often. They are a perfect alternative for any wood fence.

The most common form of fencing is the cedar fence. Sometimes, cedar fences are not always long-lasting in windy areas.

For example, having a thin sheet of fence board, does not offer much resistance against strong winds. Sometimes we will recommend a good neighbor fence to our customers if they live in a strong windy area.

If you have property out in the country, you may want to consider a strong fence, one in which can withstand windy conditions.

A good neighbor fence simply has alternate wooden fence boards on each side of the fence.

What this means is, instead of having fence boards evenly laid on just one side of the rail, you would have alternate fence boards, which allows airflow through the fence structure.
Allowing airflow to partially go through the spacing in a good neighbor fence will allow the fence to be more wind resistant.