MossflowerWoods
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- Fredericksburg, VA
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Folks,
Well it seems my local guy finally got some of the Poplar boards I needed and it is time to get off the dime and get back to work on the pasture fences and run-in shed. The lumber might be in stock today...
Last year I built in November and early Dec, and had NO issues really due to weather.
This is upper central or lower northern Virginia, so we typically do NOT get permafrost etc. but we might have a couple REALLY cold weeks and a couple heavy or light snowfalls.
I'm going to start with a 40' x 40' square with a 16' x 16' run-in shed/tack-feed room in the corner. I will have an 8' gate in each side.
Then I will build a ~240' run of fence along the driveway (something like 54' of it is curved too). A single 8' gate will be somewhere on the curved section, near the wye in my driveway where it is wider to make access with a trailer easier.
After those two sections, I will build a straight 280' section at the south end along the "fire road" with a single 8' gate.
When it is all done, I will have over 1000' of wooden horse fence, and who knows how much T-Post & wire fence inside the treeline...
So...
What are the gotchas I need to watch out for building on nights, weekends, and occasional "work from home" days during the winter?
I will likely start another thread specific to the Run-In shed for all of my n00b questions on that aspect of the project.
Any and all advice is greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance & Be well,
David
Well it seems my local guy finally got some of the Poplar boards I needed and it is time to get off the dime and get back to work on the pasture fences and run-in shed. The lumber might be in stock today...
Last year I built in November and early Dec, and had NO issues really due to weather.
This is upper central or lower northern Virginia, so we typically do NOT get permafrost etc. but we might have a couple REALLY cold weeks and a couple heavy or light snowfalls.
I'm going to start with a 40' x 40' square with a 16' x 16' run-in shed/tack-feed room in the corner. I will have an 8' gate in each side.
Then I will build a ~240' run of fence along the driveway (something like 54' of it is curved too). A single 8' gate will be somewhere on the curved section, near the wye in my driveway where it is wider to make access with a trailer easier.
After those two sections, I will build a straight 280' section at the south end along the "fire road" with a single 8' gate.
When it is all done, I will have over 1000' of wooden horse fence, and who knows how much T-Post & wire fence inside the treeline...
So...
What are the gotchas I need to watch out for building on nights, weekends, and occasional "work from home" days during the winter?
I will likely start another thread specific to the Run-In shed for all of my n00b questions on that aspect of the project.
Any and all advice is greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance & Be well,
David