Bright Weather
Bright Weather It’s bright outside. Sunny skies are warming up the days. Plants and trees are leafing out. And the birds are adding their own commotion to it all. This vinyl (PVC) rail Tahoe’s crews installed in Carson City is easy to keep bright and like new. With a rinse from a garden hose while watering the trees, vinyl fencing is simple to clean and maintain. Some plants, such as grape vines, like the extra sunlight the reflective surface of white vinyl fencing can provide. And the birds seem to appreciate the houses made from scraps that don’t make it into the recycle bins.
Baseball’s Back
Baseball’s Back Professional baseball officially begins this week (Thursday 3/31.) Get outside. Enjoy the weather. And support your teams, whether they’re professional, community leagues, or area school baseball and softball teams. Tahoe’s crews had a chance to add to a shade structure we made for the softball bleachers at CHS with a new, shade screen. Now get out there and cheer for your teams to swing for the fences. Do you know why baseball fields look alike, but the sizes vary? It’s because there’s only a minimum requirement for the distance of an outfield fence from home plate. In softball, 200 ft is the recommended distance. In Baseball, 250 ft is the minimum distance from the outfield fence to home plate.
It’s Spring. Time to Clean.
It’s Spring. Time to Clean. Now that it’s Spring, it’s time to do some cleaning. Especially after the windstorms we’ve had recently. Tahoe Fence can help. Our crews can remove your downed and damaged fences when we install your new fence. Like this wood fence in Reno, our crews replaced. We matched the existing 3-rail design including an additional top cap and top face board. Tahoe can even build your new privacy fence on steel posts, if you’ve had it with Mother Nature. Contact Tahoe Fence now and remove another item off your Spring cleaning to do list.
Sleep, Shamrocks, and Spring.
Sleep, Shamrocks, and Spring. What a week. Lose an hour of sleep. Then celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, and the arrival of Spring. In keeping with the green theme, Tahoe’s decorated its office door with a chain link Shamrock (Shamrock means young clover.) Why not a 4-leaf clover? Because a 3-leaf is hard enough to cut into shape. And Tahoe’s crews are getting into the spirit with this green, slatted wire enclosure. It’s an 8-foot high, chain link ladder enclosure with barbed wire, green privacy slats, and an egress gate with panic hardware in Yerington (Lyon County.) Happy St. Patrick’s Day and Spring. May more of your life’s blessings show than the number of shamrocks known to grow.
Redwood Kicked Up a Notch
Redwood Kicked Up a Notch Sometimes a dogear fence needs to be kicked up a notch. Not too much, just a little. Take this redwood, dogear fence Tahoe’s crews built in Gardnerville (Douglas County.) It has a 2×12 bottom kicker board. Typically, kicker boards are used to raise the height of a fence. Or when the fence also acts as a retaining wall. When fence boards sit on top of a kicker, the structure gets additional support to resist sagging. This can be beneficial in snow laden areas such as around Lake Tahoe.
Beaded Fences
Beaded Fences This week it’s Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday,) the last day of Carnival. If you are fortunate enough to be in New Orleans celebrating, you might see some of the city’s ornate iron fences decorated in beads, a Carnival tradition. The colors of Mardi Gras – gold, green, and purple – represent power, faith, and justice. Although we don’t typically decorate Tahoe’s fences with beads, we feel they’re still something to look at and worth celebrating. Pictured: Aristocrat style iron with an arched, double-rail gate Tahoe’s crews installed at Lake Tahoe. Let the good times roll (Laissez les bons temps rouler.)
Happy President’s Day
Happy President’s Day It’s snowing again here so if you are fortunate enough to have the holiday off from work, enjoy it. Tahoe’s crews did a great job with this install (before the current weather) of a white, picket fence using the customer’s PVC material in Carson City. The fence has a scalloped (negative arch/smiling) picket top. It complements the trim and house features nicely. In addition to dressing up the front yard, the fence helps secure the property. Did you know that President Thomas Jefferson was responsible for the first White House fence? In the early 1800s, he had a wood post and rail fence erected to keep livestock out of the gardens. Happy President’s Day.
Happy Valentine’s Day.
Happy Valentine’s Day. Sending you a fence installer’s Valentine from Tahoe and wishing you a Happy Valentine’s Day.
Be Positive
Be Positive Tahoe’s crews did nice work on this patio gate in Carson City. This redwood gate has a positive arch cut along the top. It allows the gate to be taller and still maintain clearance for the buildings’ eaves. 2x6s were used for the framing. And everything is built on steel posts which are hidden in the construction. The gate secures the patio for pets and provides additional screening for the spa and sunroom.
Someone See a Shadow
Someone See a Shadow Whether a groundhog sees its shadow this week (February 2 – Groundhog Day) meaning the possibility of six more weeks of Winter weather, or it doesn’t see its shadow meaning Spring may be early, shadows are still awesome. Shadows are dark, but only visible with light. If an object is moving and casting a shadow, its shadow moves too. Even if an object isn’t moving, its shadow made in the sunlight will change throughout the day. This shadowbox-style, cedar fence Tahoe’s crews built is also awesome. The pictures show the fence as it’s being built on pressure treated posts and rails in Yerington (Lyon County.) Shadowbox fences look similar from both sides which is ideal for shared fences. And their design allows for changing visual points of interest depending on the viewing perspective.