Back in the far corner of our land I wanted to build a fence to keep my dogs and tortoises out from trashing a small garden my wife and I wanted to start. We looked at numerous fence options ( Most were expensive) and decided on a Bamboo option. As we all know bamboo is abundant all over the place and if you have some friends you can go get it for free.
One of our good friends parents live on a nice creek and the bamboo is everywhere. So we grabbed up our saws and gear and went over to their place. It started out just 3 of us picking and cutting down Bamboo but soon 3 others joined in to help. It didn't take long to have what we needed.
We decided what lengths and diameters we wanted and cut accordingly.
Following all safety and hauling requirements, I loaded it all in my truck for the trek back home
First we cut the strips that would go into long top and bottom Bamboo. Bamboo is incredibly easy to work with. It splits straight with ease.
My FIL drilled slots in the long pieces to hold the strips as I split all them for it. My wife was in charge of trimming the strips to fit as required
We pre built the sections to the lengths we wanted.
A pre fence install beverage.....
We dug holes for the large bamboo posts and started from the wall out
Fence coming together
Bamboo fence all done.
It took three of us 4 days to build from Bamboo harvest to finished. We did not work 8 hrs a day on it, Probably 4 or so. Cost was about 300 baht not including my beer..
We will start to till the dirt and plant our garden.
One of our good friends parents live on a nice creek and the bamboo is everywhere. So we grabbed up our saws and gear and went over to their place. It started out just 3 of us picking and cutting down Bamboo but soon 3 others joined in to help. It didn't take long to have what we needed.
We decided what lengths and diameters we wanted and cut accordingly.
Following all safety and hauling requirements, I loaded it all in my truck for the trek back home
First we cut the strips that would go into long top and bottom Bamboo. Bamboo is incredibly easy to work with. It splits straight with ease.
My FIL drilled slots in the long pieces to hold the strips as I split all them for it. My wife was in charge of trimming the strips to fit as required
We pre built the sections to the lengths we wanted.
A pre fence install beverage.....
We dug holes for the large bamboo posts and started from the wall out
Fence coming together
Bamboo fence all done.
It took three of us 4 days to build from Bamboo harvest to finished. We did not work 8 hrs a day on it, Probably 4 or so. Cost was about 300 baht not including my beer..
We will start to till the dirt and plant our garden.
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