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I picked T-posts over wood posts on a 150 foot run in Vermont last fall
Had a customer who wanted that classic wood look but their soil was pure ledge and frost heave city. I told them T-posts with heavy gauge woven wire would outlast any cedar post in that ground by 10 years easy. They hesitated at first but after I showed them the cost difference ($2.80 per post vs $18 per cedar) they went with steel. The whole thing went up in two days with a driver and the line is still dead straight after a brutal winter. Has anyone else found a good way to make steel posts look less farm-y for picky homeowners?
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felix_hayes645mo ago
Yeah that "looks amazing for 6 months" thing is exactly what I tell people about black gravel. It's like a trap. You get that fresh black driveway and it's gorgeous for a season then it's just dirty gray with black spots. The trick I found for steel posts to look less farm-y is go with the green coated ones instead of plain silver. They blend into grass and bushes way better and the color holds up. Also plant some low shrubs or tall ornamental grass in front of the fence line. That breaks up the straight steel look and makes it feel more like a garden border than a pasture.
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grantf735mo ago
Black paint and gravel.
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reeseperez5mo ago
Man I did black gravel in my driveway about two years ago and it looked amazing for the first 6 months. Then the dust started showing up and now it just looks like dark gray concrete with little rocks scattered around. The black paint on the edging peeled off after one winter too. What I learned is that black anything outside just fades and gets dirty way faster than you expect. Still looks better than plain gray though.
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