When we bought out house in 2004, we were delighted that there was a fence in the back yard - 6 foot privacy fence. Perfect for the dogs. It's not beautiful - kinda plain, but it made our yard great for the dogs to run and it gave the back yard the feel of a cozy secret garden.
The fence is old. It's really falling apart now, and some of the posts are so warped that the sides of the fence are wavy. It is time to replace it. In fact, it was probably time to replace it last year. I arranged for a company to do all the work - kind of expensive, but homes are expensive and this was clearly needed.
After waiting about 8 weeks from the original estimate, delayed because of the cool wet spring, we finally got scheduled to have the old fence demolished today.
The company came out this morning. They marched around the perimeter and shook their heads skeptically. They examined all the little flags the phone company and gas company and electric company and cable company had put in our yard marking buried cable. They looked at the puddles in the yard from this morning's rain.
It was too dangerous. They said they wouldn't do it - the cable was too enmeshed with the exact line of the fence. They have left.
They offered no alternative besides cutting my yard in 2 with a smaller fence.
Well, at least I wasn't charged for this. It's too bad that they will lose money on this project. That sucks.
I am sorely disappointed. I have done all this work and research to get a good company and called and got estimates, etc. etc. I can't blame the company, really. Any project is not worth injuring a worker, that's for sure. But jeez. I don't know what to do! It won't be any safer to have another company do the work. We really want a fenced-in yard because of the dogs.
Ah, the joys of home ownership.
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