So, dear ones. We are in the final stretch, actually just need to install one more washbasin, kitchen and bedroom cabinets, five window sills, four interior doors, a few dozen meters of baseboards, and then move in.
Yes, theoretically I should paint and lay the floor in the extra room, which is currently serving as storage, but that’s not a high priority right now because it’s unoccupied.
Meanwhile, we are waiting for the excavator contractor to prepare our outdoor areas (supposed to happen next week), and then my wife will annoy me until the fence is up.
I will build it with wooden posts and chain link. It doesn’t have to look nice, it just needs to keep the poodle contained. Later we want to let a hedge grow that will then overgrow the fence.
But we still have a gate for the shared driveway and a wicket gate. A wooden post will probably not be enough there.
For this reason, here is the following question:
What options with which pros and cons are there for fastenings of the gate (and wicket)?
How do you rate the measures in the categories below on a scale from 1 to 5 (always high is good, so costs 5 means low costs). I’ll give you my estimates, but maybe I’m wrong?
What would you do?
Type |
Material costs (1 high costs - 5 low costs) |
Do-it-yourself potential (1 little potential - 5 high potential) |
DIY effort / difficulty level (1 very time-consuming and difficult to do yourself) |
Stability (1 doesn’t hold or not long, against weather and physical impacts - 5 outlives the builder) |
Steel post |
1 |
2 |
5 |
|
Concrete pillar (fully shuttered) |
4 |
5 |
1 |
4 |
Pillar made of shuttering stone (with reinforcement) |
2 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
Brick wall |
4 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
I look forward to comments and also completely different options...