What an A-hole. Guess he can’t afford a saw.

And those damn screws.

    • LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      Yeah, Id be going back out there with a hammer and poking those nails back through the board just enough to make it flush. let the neighbor loose an eye if they want to half ass that.

  • Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    Not everyone is handy or knows how to use tools. Instead of a passive aggressive post on Lemmy. Perhaps talk to your neighbor comment on the fence posts and offer to fix it or show him/her how to fix it.

    “Hey how is it going neighbor,I saw you fixed the fence. Love the new wood, did the hardware store not have the right length? Yeah that is a bummer, I have a saw, I’m sure I could help you get those planks evened out in a few minutes if you’d like.”

    If they are a dick after that then post away.

  • scarabic@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 months ago

    He probably decided he didn’t have a way to cut those 45 degree angles and so there was no way to make those boards like the rest.

  • DaddysLittleSlut@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    2 months ago

    Gonna be completely honest OP. You are really being a jackass to this person. I understand you may be displeased by the length not matching, colour even and possibly the nails. Though you have to consider most people can barely afford repairs. Also as for the nails it’s better to be safe. Get longer than shorter ones.

    Have you considered just discussing the issue with them civilly. Suggest to possibly replace a few more parts of the fence or it fully as the new stable wood he put in.

    Then show him how to properly replace fences. Also possibly if you have a saw for wood. Just let them know if he’s ever doing projects. He can ask or rent it from you?

    • RedAggroBest@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      2 months ago

      Yes, the person complaining to strangers on the internet for catharsis is the jackass and not the fucker who put multiple long fucking nails through to my side of their fucking fence. The length and color might be an eyesore and idk how that person doesn’t feel embarrassed at not even half assing this, but the real big complaint is the fucking nails.

  • False@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    2 months ago

    Those exposed screws are way worse than the mismatched boards. Safety hazard

  • ryathal@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    0·
    2 months ago

    That fence looks backwards according to the code I’m familiar with, unless you took this inside your neighbor’s yard

    • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldEnglish
      01·
      2 months ago

      You would always have the pretty side if it’s your fence. You couldn’t attach the panels without trespassing on the neighbors property otherwise.

        • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldEnglish
          0·
          2 months ago

          If they don’t want it on the property line and they aren’t paying a penny, than nope, person paying gets the pretty side. Why would the neighbor who doesn’t own it or pay for it get the pretty side?

          Also, you couldn’t install it without trespassing, so you couldn’t legally build it that way anyways

          • tritonium@midwest.socialEnglish
            1·
            2 months ago

            Confidently wrong. Let me know when you eventually google this and realize you’re wrong. Or you know, you go outside and look at some neighborhood fences.

            • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldEnglish
              0·
              2 months ago

              Google fortress style fence, it has rails on both sides and the fence looks identical on both sides. Sounds like you should maybe up your Google game yourself before calling someone else out.

              You realize the world operates in multiple different ways yeah? Just because your backwards country makes you do something, that doesn’t mean it’s the norm across the world you muppet.

              • tritonium@midwest.socialEnglish
                1·
                2 months ago

                No shit, we have those too, but they obviously cost more so it’s not as common. And that doesn’t counter the fact that in most locations, the code is to put the nice side facing out. Again, this is the point of contention, not whether a fence with two nice sides exists. Try to keep up buddy, if you can.

                The picture is taken in the USA, if you want to join a discussion about fences in the States, then don’t interject your country’s rules. They don’t apply.

                • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  0·
                  2 months ago

                  There is no codes that say that, maybe local bylaws, but to say code is just pathologically and factually wrong.

                  But feel free to provide the code that says this, if you can find it, you kind of need to support asinine claims like that.

                  Also nothing about this picture or anything OP said has claimed to be from the USA, but even than, the model US building code has absolutely no specifications about what side a fence “faces”.

                  You realize CODES are entirely structural and would NEVER have a stipulation, like that yeah…?

                  So don’t confuse a local municipal bylaw/ordinace, with “code”, they a fundamentally different things, but of course a laymen like you would never understand a nuance like that.

          • ampedwolfman@lemmy.worldEnglish
            01·
            2 months ago

            You do this to make sure no one can stand on the supports and pull themselves up high enough to look into your backyard.

            • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldEnglish
              01·
              2 months ago

              Fences are short enough almost anyone can pull up to look over.

              Who told you that’s a thing? Thats hilarous.

    • woodenskewer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      No table saw needed. You could use a 10 dollar hand saw from horrible freight, measure the length and pull from the finish end and cut it like a normal person.

      I guess it’s good he didn’t cut them to match so it stands out for the guy who pulls weeds in between the property lines. They’d be less likely to get stabbed by a 16 penny nail. Even getting scraped by a nail hurts like fuck. Anyone dismissing the nail portion of this job as “ok” or “have a friendly conversation” is missing as many brain cells as the person who fixed this fence.