Time Waster
Veteran
We've got a steep back garden with one section that's practa big step up. The step is a rotten old stump that's too big to dig out with a fresh cut down tree stump to the side. We've cut out a shrub and a few trees, one we got an above ground stump out of the way.
How would a fencing contractor approach that big step up? We're talking almost 2 metres height gain over a metre travel. The rest of the line is an easy slope but still up to 1 in 1 at a few places. I'm wondering if he'll just featherboard it at a similar angle to the ground? Do you think he'll try to dig around the stump then cut into it to make it less of a stump? From above you see ground to the step down. From below you see the side of the stump.
The thing is we're supposed to clear the fence line before he comes. I wonder how far we have to? We've cleared trees and shrubs. There's a few trees he'll have to go our side of though. The only two fixed points that we can be sure are the boundary are the top boundary line where the fence of our garden ends and at the bottom where we have a mid garden panel fence end post as the bottom marker. It's impo to put a straight line between the two because of some big, established trees in the way. It's a bit of a dogs leg whatever we do. Neighbour isn't too fussed. Said we can chop all the trees down except a spindly pine that's well off the line and the big ley is out of the question. It cost us enough to take two out and we're still clearing the brash and the logs 3 months later!
Any opinions or advice? Basically what should we do to avoid any on costs due to extra prep by the one man band fencing contractor (who's highly recommended locally)?
How would a fencing contractor approach that big step up? We're talking almost 2 metres height gain over a metre travel. The rest of the line is an easy slope but still up to 1 in 1 at a few places. I'm wondering if he'll just featherboard it at a similar angle to the ground? Do you think he'll try to dig around the stump then cut into it to make it less of a stump? From above you see ground to the step down. From below you see the side of the stump.
The thing is we're supposed to clear the fence line before he comes. I wonder how far we have to? We've cleared trees and shrubs. There's a few trees he'll have to go our side of though. The only two fixed points that we can be sure are the boundary are the top boundary line where the fence of our garden ends and at the bottom where we have a mid garden panel fence end post as the bottom marker. It's impo to put a straight line between the two because of some big, established trees in the way. It's a bit of a dogs leg whatever we do. Neighbour isn't too fussed. Said we can chop all the trees down except a spindly pine that's well off the line and the big ley is out of the question. It cost us enough to take two out and we're still clearing the brash and the logs 3 months later!
Any opinions or advice? Basically what should we do to avoid any on costs due to extra prep by the one man band fencing contractor (who's highly recommended locally)?