FEATHER EDGE FENCE | BATTERY NAIL GUN

Here we replace an old damaged panel fence with a feather edge fence

[@Chris-uu6dg]

Great job thanks for sharing! What thickness are the nails and are the galvanized or stainless steel? Thanks Chris

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

Cheers 👍 pretty sure they're 50mm and treated/ coated but not sure if galv

[@Chris-uu6dg]

@@LewisgardenservicesLtd Thanks for your reply Lewis, but I was referring to the thickness of the nails not the length. Do you remember what gauge they were? Thanks Chris🙂

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

@Chris-uu6dg I'll check

[@dagtailgroundmaintenance]

Nice to see you filled the whole right up and finished it off. We are the same as you. Happy to take one on now and then. Usually people we already do work for 👍

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

Yea, usually too busy and can't compete on price for the guys on it all the time, plus digging holes is no fun. Postmix definitely needs working in, just tip in leaves too many voids, even finished it off with a trowel...knew I was on camera😂

[@dagtailgroundmaintenance]

@@LewisgardenservicesLtd atleast you put one good post in 😅 yeah, it's really not clever money for people like us 👍

[@pablo9364]

@@LewisgardenservicesLtd marvellous . And I just got all the gear. Even an auger . I was thinking this the other day at a customer as a gardener/horticulturalist mainly and remembering watching professional full time fencing guys doing the work how long it would take me, what I’ll charge etc. I think yes it probably has to be for current customers and maybe small sections etc

[@scottellwoodgardening287]

Those ready made panels are terrible. The amount of those I have replaced over the years some that were quite new as well but the wind knocks them to bits. Great job mate.

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

Cheers, I gave up on basic panels...you can see right through some of them and in a couple of years they're not even good for kindling. There are good panels but I find feather edge easier to get around problems...and avoids digging the old concrete out, hopefully.

[@johnisley4578]

Great work, what type of nail gun is that?

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

Cheers 👍 it's the DeWalt 1st and 2nd fix one that takes up to 90mm nails. I'm not sure they still do them but others do. Great bits of kit. Thanks for watching

[@foo4572]

My late father used to take on horrendous fencing jobs half a mile down a garden through a garage etc …. He liked the close board fencing and insisted the nails were all knocked in a straight line …had his obligatory spacing block ( not as fancy as yours ) he used to put the rails up with 4 inch nails until I showed him a dewalt impacter ….great job on yours …👍

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

Cheers 👍 great memories of your dad

[@foo4572]

@@LewisgardenservicesLtd no it’s an ongoing nightmare….😀

[@hazy1418]

Great job but what model nail gun and nails? Would you recommend it, looked like it did the business?

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

Thanks, it's the DeWalt first fix nailer up to 90mm nails, not sure if they just make second fix ones now that take smaller nails. They're all great to use tho👍

[@FlowerBaby0509]

Hi , can you tell me please how big is the spacer thing that you use between each board?

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

Hi, it's 4" on 5" boards to give an inch overlap 👍

[@Matthew-vv4ml]

Great job, the ground looked like it was kind to you!

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

Cheers 👍 it was once I'd offset from the old posts to avoid them😎

[@denispearce5402]

Top quality job that👏👍

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

Cheers👍 got to be better than what was there🤔

[@phil1860]

Hi, just wondering what model the nail gun is that your using? Looking to do a big fencing project soon and will need one! Cheers

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

Hi, it's the DeWalt first fix which will take up to 90mm nails, not sure if they still make first fix ones. I've heard mixed reviews on them but mine has been faultless. Wouldn't do a fence without one now. Good luck with which ever one you go for, it is handy to be able to fire up to 90mm with one so bear that in mind. Cheers for watching 👍

[@phil1860]

Hi, thanks for the reply. So that first fix nail gun also does small nails for the feather edge boards as well? Cheers

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

Yea it takes the smaller one too, only adjustment needed it the depth setting, too much power will drive a 35mm board nail straight through 😬

[@HoopersGardenMaintenance]

Lovely job👍🏼

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

Cheers 👍 customer was pleased too

[@tomspeyer8119]

Nice job that 👍

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

Cheers 👍 love a bit of nail gun action 😀

[@carlosalgarinjimenez6120]

Is that a 30 degree nailer ? If so what size nails you used for the pickets ?

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

Yea I think so and 50mm if my memory is right. Cheers for watching 👍

[@scottbeattie7394]

Never fill the hole to top wee cement the frost will lift the post always leave 100 mm below ground level & belly ur holes at the bottom

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

Thanks for that 👍 cheers for watching

[@pablo9364]

Great job. Have you noticed as time is going by everything is getting more cheaply made . Wood is getting thinner. Quality is getting poorer. Tools don’t last. Very professional job

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

It does seem like that at times, I try and buy quality in the hope that it lasts. Cheers 👍

[@jonathanbell7752]

Lovely bit of fencing there. You've done more than one a year too be that good. I wish this was the fencing we've been doing. There's a new type of fencing. From a company called screen with envy. If anyone asks you too put some up. Jump in the van and drive till the wheels fall off. Or people speak another language

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

Cheers 👍 is that the metal cut pattern stuff?

[@jonathanbell7752]

@@LewisgardenservicesLtd yes it's horrible too work with. Because it comes flat packed. In a six by four aluminium panel there's twenty eight screws and no pre drilled hole and no instructions because the company hasn't gotten around printing them yet. The post's are about four inches square with a base plate with four anchor points that have too be concreted in the ground because the post sits ground level. And the pretty lattices work on the gate's you have too weave yourself. 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

Sounds horrendous, did have someone query it last year...I said no😂

[@jonathanbell7752]

@@LewisgardenservicesLtd this is the third fence now but what confusing is the company makes seven types of fencing gates and accessories. So the customer picks what they like and then the company sends hinges and brackets and screws for fencing that might go with yours or not. It's the ultimate IKEA challenge and no instructions.

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

I would be slinging that in a passing scrap wagon after an hr of fence flatpack

[@kierandodau9583]

what sort of nails do u use for the boards?

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

Hi, 50mm firmhold I think we're the last ones I bought, obviously suitable for the DeWalt. Thanks for watching 👍

[@kierandodau9583]

@@LewisgardenservicesLtd thanks mate, just getting paranoid the look of clipped head nails would look weird instead of offset head

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

I'm not even sure which these are, offset possibly 🤔 whichever they are the customer loved them👍

[@marcritchie4968]

Must have been soft earth to get the posts in so fast

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

Hit and miss there from what I remember but offset from the old ones definitely helped 👍

[@marcritchie4968]

@@LewisgardenservicesLtd I tried the sthil earth auger, waste of money better off by hand. Its pot luck what you find. I charge 100 a meter these days so the fences are still paying well.

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

Never tried one as always thought unless on clean ground they wouldn't work, £100/m sounds about right with the price of materials now👍

[@yasminneves1086]

One a year sounds like one too many tbh

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

It is😬🙄😂