Change of Season

This weekend marks a change in season. We officially change from Summer to Fall. Like most people, we recognize Autumn by football starting and leaves falling.

After this weekend, days will start getting shorter. And the nights longer, in addition to being noticeably cooler.

Great time to make sure your vehicle headlights are all working. For Tahoe, our crews need to see to load up material in the morning. And to be seen if coming back in the dark.

Pictured: End of a workday with the Sunset at Sand Harbor, Lake Tahoe in Nevada.

A Classic for a Reason

What makes something a classic?

Is it a tradition of excellence? Or a standard that’s stood the test of time since the Greeks and Romans?

In the case of ornamental iron, it’s a classic for several reasons. It’s been around in various forms since the Roman Empire. It has lasting durability. And it’s versatile. Ornamental iron can be simple or elegant in its appearance.

Pictured: A classic, modern-style ornamental steel fence installed by Tahoe at Stateline (Douglas County.)

Thanks For Voting For Tahoe Fence Every Year

Tahoe Fence was voted again as one of the top fence companies by the “‘Nevada Appeal’ Best Of Carson City 2023.”

Tahoe has been voted one of the best fence companies by the “Nevada Appeal” every year since 2009. And we’re the only fence company to be voted as one of the best each and every year since 2009.

From all of us, thank you for voting For Tahoe Fence every year!

Pictured: Tahoe Fence then and now through the years. Pat’s still here (and grouchy unless you talk about his grandkids!) Tahoe is still going out and getting that special order material for our customers. Except now we can fit it on our trucks and trailers. Still using our scrap-made pipe racks. But now they’re not piled on top of each other (it was easier to move them whole rather than deal with all the welding again.) And we have an actual shop and buildings. No more working out of horse barns and tack sheds (but we kept the basketball hoop and backboard.)

Taking It to New Heights

As with any successful business, Tahoe Fence works to build relationships with our customers. And we’re proud of what we do.

But we realize that no matter how big, small, complicated, or awesome a project or a fence is, sometimes it’s only a small part of the bigger picture. Every so often there needs to be something in addition to take it over the top.

Like this purple-flowering wisteria, climbing grape, and trumpet bush. They turn a commercial chain link and decorative ornamental iron fences into an oasis. Taking the idea of a living wall to new heights.

The grape, which is supported on 4ft-high iron, is almost as tall as the greenhouse. The wisteria climbing on the chain link, is home to doves. And the trumpet bush growing up along another iron fence, is a favorite of both hummingbirds and bees.

Pictured: Wisteria covered chain link and grape cloaked iron fencing in Mound House (Lyon County.)

Looking Good

Can fences and gates be sexy? Don’t know if we have the answer to that ourselves. And we’re probably biased, anyway. But these gates are looking good!

Our customer wanted to replace their existing, wood-framed gates. Because of their size and framing, the previous gates were problematic.

Tahoe’s crews built and installed these metal-framed gates at Incline Village (Washoe County). They have the strength of steel and are lighter than the previous all-wood constructed gates. Tahoe’s gates keep the look of the overlapped redwood fence and have the added benefit of opening and closing smoothly with ball bearing hinges.

And they look darn good!

Cheers to Innovation

Around this time in 1693, a French Benedictine monk discovered a major innovation in the making of champagne. While serving as his abbey’s cellar master, Dom Perignon developed the process of producing white wine from red wine grapes successfully.

We’ll toast to that and to the innovation of the tilt-up gate.

Tilt-up or vertical pivot gates, a modern version of a medieval castle drawbridge, have been around for about four decades. Swing, and slide gates move parallel to the ground while opening and closing. While tilt-up gates, lift up and move away from the ground while opening.

Though every gate system has its pros and cons, like white versus red wine, we cheer the innovation in creating more options for our customers.

Pictured: Vertical pivot or tilt-up ornamental steel gate and operator installed by Tahoe’s crews in Mound House (Lyon County.)

Doggone It’s August Again

Time is just flying by this Summer.
Doggone it’s August again.

Time for cool cars and hot nights.

Before you know it, school will be back in session!

Pictured: Wally dog in Tahoe’s classic Chevy enjoying its plush seats and big windows at our yard in Mound House (Lyon County.)

Dog Days of Summer

Ever wonder why the hot days of Summer are referred to as Dog Days?

According to the Farmer’s Almanac, the 40 days from July 3 to August 11 are the Dog Days of Summer.

The ancient Greeks and Romans believed the high summer temps during this time drove men and animals insane. In part, because both Sirius (which is the brightest star in the sky after the Sun) and the Sun both rise at dawn during this part of Summer. And Sirius, also known as the Dog Star, is part of a constellation with a Latin name that translates to Greater Dog.

Even though there’s no scientific evidence the stars cause men and beasts to go mad during the summer months, there may be something to the Dog Days of Summer.

Tahoe fixed this gate and fence damage from a freaked-out pet. A customer had a guest pet staying at their property. The dog panicked when it couldn’t see its owners. It partially chewed through a 25-year-old gate. Then tried to get out through the hole. However, the dog got stuck, panicked even more, and through sheer willpower took the gate and all its hardware off the fence.

Luckily the dog is alright. But the damage it created did make our customer go a little crazy!

Pictured: Before and after pictures of a damaged wood gate and fence. And the repair of the fence framing and a new reinforced metal frame gate with wood fascia in Carson City 2023.