What an A-hole. Guess he can't afford a saw.
And those damn screws.
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?
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.
Looking at it too! There’s two fences. So it wouldn’t even bother the other person. Unless hey try and squeeze between the walk way.
Clip the ends of the screws off. Not much more effort than moaning on Reddit, and more useful results.
What screws?
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.
I agree with all the people saying cut the screws flush. Its a safety problem and you're doing him a favor
Maybe he is slowly upgrading it to a taller fence. Only 328 more to go.
Simple red marker.
Probably needs to do that on the other side
The other side at the bottom would be easier (one cut no angles)
This was well done, the attention to detail with the poorly edited nails is really funny.
Looks life a shared fence. Maybe you should have offered to help instead of making this post.
Maybe that was the deal, op puts up the posts and the neighbor puts up the planks
It looks like there's also a fence in the foreground and maybe a pathway inbetween, so I don't think it's a shared fence.
Grab the nail heads with a pliers and push them out a little every week or so
Fuck that. Hit them with a hammer until the points are flush with the fence and the heads stick out on his side. It's your yard and property...
EDIT: Never mind, it looks like the fence wasn't exactly on the property line...
Unless they also put the fence up backwards, that's taken from inside the fence. So either that's your own fence, or you trespassed to take the photo. Or this story could all be totally fake, who's to say?
Looks like they each have their own fence. The neighbor has a taller fence. You can see the top of OP's fence near the bottom of the picture.
People often orient wooden fences so the nice side of it faces inward towards their yard.
Side note: Sometimes people make their fence with every other slat on the opposite side, so there is no front and back. Both sides are identical. I don't like how those fences look. It just makes both sides look bad, and you can see through them when approaching from an angle.
I know some places have laws or guidelines that tell you to put the flat pretty side facing out, but every fence I’ve ever seen, including the one I’m looking at out the window of this business I’m at now has the flat side facing the property and the ugly side faces out
Cut the screw ends off and toss them back on his side of the fence so he can find them with his bare feet.
So fucking what? If this actually upsets you I am truly jealous of how privileged your life is.
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Perhaps the neighbor is just going for a taller fence... Over time.
Yes the screw length would be a big concern.
Why do you even care?
Presumably the fence runs between their property so they have to see it every day. Also those exposed nails could be hazardous to pets or children.
It's also pretty trivial to cut the boards to length and use appropriate fasteners. Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but I suspect this kind of carelessness is present in other parts of the neighbor's life. They've probably gotten on OP's nerves before.
Found the neighbor.
That fence looks backwards according to the code I'm familiar with, unless you took this inside your neighbor's yard
Yeah, this looks like this is OP's fence and their neighbor got sick of it
But in 20 short years at least the color will match!
There's nothing like arborvitae or boxwoods to create a green wall of serenity that hides an ugly neighboring lot or fence. Takes a few years to establish, but man, it's well worth it. You never see the neighbor's bullshit again.
Those exposed screws are way worse than the mismatched boards. Safety hazard
You mean nails?
He screwed up. You nailed it.
bend them over before they change their mind
I have suspicion that you guys don't like each other.
Get your bolt cutters out and solve the nail problem. Apart from that, it’s meh.
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