Wednesday, December 9, 2009

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Related Stetson Hills CC&R's

1.27 "Improvement" means: (a) any Residential Unit, building, fence or wall; (b) any swimming pool, tennis court, basketball court, road, driveway, parking area or satellite dish; (c) any trees, plants, shrubs, grass, granite or other landscaping improvements of every type and kind; (d) any statuary, fountain, artistic work, craft work, figurine, ornamentation or embellishment of any type or kind (whether or not affixed to a structure or permanently attached to a Lot or Parcel); and (e) any other structure of any kind or nature.

3.8 Repair of Buildings. No Residential Unit, building, structure or other Improvement on any Lot, Parcel or other property shall be permitted to fall into disrepair and each such Residential Unit, building, structure and other Improvement shall at all times be kept in good condition and repair and adequately painted or otherwise finished.

How to do it ...

1) Adjust the gate as needed
2) Tighten/replace nuts & bolts
3) Pressure wash the wood and wait for it to dry (usually 24 hours).
4) Wire brush the dried wood (front only)
5) Apply Behr Natural Clear #300 to the wood ($13.98/gallon at Home Depot).
6) Apply 2:1 mixture Paint Thinner/Boiled Linseed Oil to all the metal to stop rusting. It will take 3 days to cure.

Note: Feel free to use any good quality stain in step #5 -- I use the Behr #300 because it's produced the appearance I personally prefer.

If you would like me to do it ...

Double-Wide Gates: $65
Single-Wide Gates: $30

"Not a Licensed Contractor"


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Larry Bunch
Phoenix, AZ, United States
My family and I have been Stetson Hills residents since 2002 and are loving it! Why this concern about the gates got started: Maintained my access gate per Pulte's Household Hints as directed. After a few years noticed other homes in the development needed help maintaining their gates.