Good fences

As promised, some explanation of Friday's frantic activity. Earlier in the day, Frank had used the table saw to bevel one edge each of 138 slats, generating that big sawdust pile you saw yesterday.

Then Frank and Kurt set up the laser transit, marked the fence posts (set in concrete months ago) and used a Skilsaw (Frank) and Sawzall (Kurt) to cut them to uniform height:
They attached 2-by-4's to the outside of the posts (to give us maximum planting room between deck and fence), built frames for the slats and attached the slats to the frames:
The beveled edges are toward the inside of the fence -- and a central strip gives them rigidity and prevents sagging:
The guys had left for Macon -- with deep thanks -- by Saturday, when Arnold talked about top treatments with Robert and me. We decided against big horizontal boards and decided on much simpler (and less costly) caps at each post:
By code, the fence can be only 6 feet high from ground level. Our raised deck (to the level of the first floor) means we'll have to plant some fast-growing foliage -- hardly a problem in the tropics.