With Memorial Day just over a week away, this weekend is all about preparing for your big barbeque bash. It is time to get the backyard in order and clean that dingy deck so that your Memorial Day cookout can… Read More
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MAD about Angie’s List
We got a great piece of news at the end of the year when we found out we earned a 2010 Super Service Award from Angie’s List. We like Angie’s List – a site for trusted customer reviews that does not allow advertising or sponsored listings – a lot, so we’re thrilled to achieve this distinction.
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A gateway to happiness
Sometimes homeowners don’t need a lot of fencing. As you can see in the photos, we recently built a simple trellis and gate for a customer in Anne Arundel County. The customer already had a nice hedge enclosing their yard. All that was needed was a nice gate that allowed access to the back yard. The customer is a duck lover, so we added the duck outlines to the top of the trellis as a nice accent. Here’s the response from the customer:
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Slick staining hints
A couple weeks ago, we advised homeowners with new wood fences to stain or seal them before winter sets in. For those who want to take care of this chore themselves, we offer this how-to page for advice. (Hint: there’s also advice here for staining your wood deck.)
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Have you stained your new fence?
If you had a new wood fence installed over the summer, have you stained it yet? We recommend that quality wood stain or sealer (ideally both) be applied 30 to 90 days after fence installation is complete. With few good weekends left before the cold weather sets in, now is the time to get this done.
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What “wood” you choose?
In last week’s blog, we made a passing reference to the differences in the varieties of wood used for fencing. This week we’d like to go into this topic a little further.
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Only the best for Grow Annapolis
Mid Atlantic Deck and Fence Co. is in downtown Annapolis today installing a fence around a Grow Annapolis garden across from the Marriott on Newman Street.
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More than a match for your fence
We recently encountered an out-of-the-ordinary project. We were called in to install a fence as usual, but the homeowner already had a fence around part of the yard. Our mission, if we chose to accept it, was to install a new fence the matched the existing one. Of course we accepted the mission and rose to the challenge.