New Fence Install, Day 13: Pickets are Done!

August 17, 2025

Put a bit of time outside today, finishing up the pickets to our fence. We had a small opening left (which I had used to move over to the neighbor’s side of the yard).

I took out a few pickets I installed by mistake on their side (to cover up the metal post). Replaced them with 1×4 boards, and used the pickets to finish up the remaining open areas on our side of the fence.

Happy to say that the fence is officially closed off. No more open spaces, no more going back and forth between the yards.

Also did some work in the back, to finish off the last opening connecting our fence with our neighbor’s fence.

A view from the arbor.

I wish I could say we are officially done, but we still have a bit of work left. We have trim pieces to go on top (1×6) and bottom (1×4). It should, in theory, be a straightforward thing… but we’ve got to do two runs down the length of the fence.

And then? We’ll be done done.