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By Stephen Mahnken December 13, 2011
I recommend Pro Fence Supply for their Professionalism and their Expertise in Fencing supplies ! Have a GREAT holiday Source Master . ...read more
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By CJ'S AUTO SALES December 09, 2011
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By Atlantis Educational Initiatives September 01, 2011
Atlantis Educational Initiatives would like to thank Pro Fence Supply for supporting our 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Foundation by listing us as a referral and networking partner on Merchant Circle. We are trying very hard to improve education for our children, won't you please visit our site at www.atlantiseducationalinitiatives.org to learn how we are doing this. We need your support so if you would like to endorse, contribute or volunteer, please let us know. Thanks again. The Team at Atlantis Initiatives, Inc. All Correspondence Should Be Sent To: pr@atlantiseducationalinitiatives.org or Atlantis Initiatives, Inc. PO Box 761 New Smyrna Beach, FL, 32170 www.atlantiseducationalinitiatives.org ...read more
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Hey! How much for me?
People occasionally ask me; "Hey! How much to put up a fence?" I haven't said it yet, but the day might soon come when I verbalize my thought; "Hey......how long is a piece of string?" Knowing the purpose the fence is essential. Fences are installed for a variety of reasons and reflect the property owners individual taste while often making a statement. Safety, security and privacy are among the most common and fencing can be a display of affluence or just a simple solution to keeping the chickens in. So asking 'How much to put up a fence' is more than a bit vague and does not begin to acknowledge the selection that is available. Today's synthetic fence products offer a wide variety of styles and colors to fill every need, however, material preferences can tend to be somewhat specific to geographic areas. For instance, in Chicago; wood is the fence of choice. Long Island prefers vinyl and areas of California use cinder block for some odd reason. And there seems to be no limit to construction either, from stacked fallen branches to fancy wrought iron, whatever works best evolves to further fill the need. As an installer, for residential applications I prefer vinyl and aluminum. This is not because there's a huge profit margin; there isn't! Instead, it's because when properly installed these types of fences will look as good in five or ten years as when they were new if they are of high quality to start. To me, this represents an investment rather than an expense. As the cost of the product rises, the value of them on your property increases. But all fence materials are not created equal and installations are not always properly done. One assurance of a quality fence product is The American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM). ASTM International promulgates standards for proper production and installation of all sorts of building materials. Rigid polyvinyl chloride (PVC/Vinyl) manufacture is covered by Standard F964-09 among others. For ornamental aluminum; F2049-10 provides the criteria for playground and pool fence. (Designation B429/B429M-10 covers aluminum profile extrusion) Just knowing that these standards exist offers a starting point for informed fence shopping. If you're searching for a high quality fence product and the guy at the local home improvement chain store looks at you like a deer in the headlights when you ask about ASTM, you might want to shop elsewhere and one resource is the internet. With all the aforementioned in mind, high quality fence material deserves a proper installation. What's the point of a product with a twenty year or lifetime guarantee if the installation will only last 3 to 5 years? The only way to see any longevity is by proper 'posting'. Post surface preparation, hole depth/width and correct back fill are critical to long term success. Because it is labor intensive, installation costs can equal or exceed that of the materials themselves. 'Sweat equity' is one way to avoid the expense and installing can be done properly with the guidance of an experienced technican who has the patience and the ability to articulate directions in an easy to understand manner. Sorry, but that's not the forklift driver at the big box chain store. Several different situations may occur that can leave you with a pile of very costly PVC or aluminum scrap if you don't have anyone knowledgeable to consult with. Being available to to answer questions and address concerns as a project progresses without 'press 1 for sales, press 2 for customer service, press 3 for......' is vital to the customer. So, when/if you select an internet retailer, ask questions. Anyone selling vinyl fence should be familiar with ASTM F1999 (Standard practices for the installation of rigid polyvinyl chloride fence). As the years pass, I try to do less and less installation. But when I do I usually ask the same question when we first start a job: "What did the man say when he saw three holes in the ground?" The guys have all heard this one before but they're kind enough to play along and say "I don't know, what did the guy say when he saw 3 holes in the ground?" My answer "Well, well, well". It's a bad joke, I know, but proper techniques for a long, trouble free fence installation are no joke at all! Please visit my main wbsite at http://www.profencesupply.com to see all the styles of fence I carry and to checkout he brand new Grand Illusions Vinyl fence design center! ...read more
By profencesupply May 16, 2011
Smile!
Daniel, my oldest son, finished college in December, earlier than expected but only after many more dollars spent than we had hoped. Anyway, he took his first 'real' job a few weeks ago. He's doing some kind of grunt like computer work for a finiancial company in Boston and he hates it. He calls on a fairly regular basis to unload a little on me and I'm glad to have the chance to offer some guidance. He's 22 now, so I'm just a bit smarter than he (again). He tells me his education is being wasted, and I tell him be happy to have a job. He tells me he doesn't see himself doing this for the next 5 or 10 years, and I tell him to be patient. He tells me he HATES it, and I tell him to smile. I think telling him to smile is going to be the best advice I can give if he's going to continue in an office enviornment. For that matter, working anywhere! Who wants to spend eight hours a day with a sourpuss? Who cares that you misplaced your keys or you broke a shoelace? Leave it at the door. Of all the jobs I've had over the years I've noticed that the one who smiled alot frequently got recognition. Not always for performance, but for their attitude. In the work environment a 'can-do' attitude goes a long way with the employer. Over the years I've had all types of help. A few years back I had a kid named Mark. He and his family moved here from the south and he pronounced his name 'Mork'. One morning I got a call from his mother saying "Mork kant come in taday..............., lessen a course ya'awl wanna go an bail heem out". I mailed him his last paycheck and filed him with the loosers. Like the ones I've gotten the 'child support' payroll warrants for or the guys with the 8 hour hangovers that couldn't get out of the truck at a jobsite. Other guys have been around who really wanted to work and did a great job out there for me. And there have been a few that were just way, way too intense, too serious for me. The guy that always got my attention was the one who would come in early and ready to work with a smile on his face......,every day. Even if his ability was just average his smiley, eager attitude was superior. The person that can make work enjoyable because they see the bright side of things and they don't walk around saying "this sucks" all day is who I want to have around ME. I think I'm more productive and I'm not that different from anyone else. "You have to laugh a little" I tell my son, workplace morale is important. "Put up a baseball pool in the lunchroom, Dan" I say. "Try and get a few guys and or girls to go for a bike ride on the weekend or to the gym a few nites a week" I tell him. "It is what you make it!" I want him to be an asset to his employer with a positive attitude and friendly, motovational personality. I'd like for him to be the person that people will miss if and when he moves on. People that do their jobs AND make their work environment pleasureable are valueable. You can be that guy too. Smile! Please visit our main website at http://www.profencesupply.com ...read more
By profencesupply March 15, 2011
Feeling like a frog.
Anybody ever tell you the story about the frog and hot water. Well, it isn't really like a made up story or a fairy tale, it's sorta' more of a parable, which is a type of story, but it's got a lesson. It's kinda' part of my theory about why people suddenly snap. You know...just one day go insane and hurt people. Ya wanna he-it? Okay, well he-it go.........Supposedly it is a proven fact that if you take a frog and drop it into a pot of boiling water the frog will jump out. However, if you take a frog and put it in cold water, and slowly bring it to a boil, the frog will stay in there and die (I almost wrote 'croak'). This week's been a real doozie for me. It was like a day when nothing goes right but it was a whole freakin' week. Reminds of the times when I've tried to spit but I just drank milk and the spit goes out but kinda hangs on. Ever happen to you? You look down and there's this white stringy spittle hangin' from yer mouth to like yer waist right across a clean shirt and you're usually on the way to somewhere important. That's when I look up to the sky and mumble something like " Allright, what else ya got?" Anyway.......back to the lesson. For me, the way the frog story applies to every day life is that when things creep up on me slowly they're not so easy to notice. I can see the sudden problems clearly, it's the pile on thing that wears on me. Like water torture but much more subtle. Some people play golf to release stress, some jog, others drink. There's a bunch of ways to deal with it. The people that snap have no coping mechanisms. I think we all need some way to deal with the day to day stuff that piles on and adds up even if we don't realize that it's happening. Maybe especially because we don't realize it. Otherwise it comes home with us and we take it out on family or friends. Or, almost as bad, it stays in the workplace and the customers, but more often, the employees suffer for it. So, for me, this week it's a blog. Get it out and be done with it. Next week will be better... it usually is! (NOTE: No frogs were injured in the writing of this blog post) ...read more
By profencesupply February 18, 2011