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46 ��� JANUARY 2013 ��� WORLD FENCE NEWS FENCERS MEMORIAM 2012 In respectful remembrance of members of the fence industry who helped make the industry what it is today, and what it will be in the future. DAVID BOYD Partner A&M Fence Supply, Inc. Statham, Georgia Died January 4, 2012 ROY J. MILLIGAN Founder Modern Fence and Supply Co. Springdale, Arkansas February 29, 1924 ��� January 4, 2012 LESTER BUICE Customer Sales Support Pro Access Systems, Inc. Marietta, Georgia January 17, 1957 ��� August 21, 2012 STEVE G. MITROVICH Founder Ametco Manufacturing Corp. Willoughby, Ohio November 10, 1931 ��� November 8, 2012 JOSEPH CUZZOCREO, SR. Owner Orange Fence & Supply Company, Inc. Orange, Connecticut August 15, 1928 ��� June 15, 2012 D. JOSEPH MOOCZ President Protection Fence Co., Inc. Chester, New York October 31, 1946 ��� February 29, 2012 CHARLES DUANE DAVIS Founder and Owner Davis Fence Co. Topeka, Kansas May 29, 1942 ��� November 9, 2012 JOHN J. NESTOR, JR. Sales Representative Nationwide Industries Tampa, Florida Lighthouse Point, Florida (home) Died September 9, 2012 MARGARET MARIE HILL FOLTZ Co-owner Piedmont Fence Company Winston-Salem, North Carolina February 11, 1939 ��� September 19, 2012 WENDELL ERNEST FOWLER Foreman, 53-year employee Fence Builders, Inc. Winston-Salem, North Carolina March 5, 1939 ��� July 3, 2012 FRANK HEWSON Commercial Fence Sales Manager City Fence, Inc. Lancaster, New York August 7, 1942 ��� February 29, 2012 TERRY MICHAEL HOFFMAN Estimator Seegars Fence Co. Jacksonville, North Carolina (home) Died June 20, 2012 LARRY KILMER Owner All-Tech Southeast Tallahassee, Florida May 20, 1947 ��� September 3, 2012 HENRY F. (JACK) LONG, JR. Fence Industry Pioneer Hyattsville, Maryland August 3, 1924 ��� December 9, 2012 JR MANN Vice-president and First Employee Stephens Pipe & Steel Jamestown, Kentucky (home) May 7, 1954 ��� April 28, 2012 JOSHUA EDEN MCCOY Fence Installer McCoy���s Fence Company, Inc. Newark, Ohio January 21, 1988 ��� January 17, 2012 THOMAS A. (TOM) MCCUTCHEON Founding Partner USAutomatic, Ltd. Lewisville, Texas October 9, 1947 ��� July 25, 2012 DOREEN MEEK First Lady (1982 ��� 1983) International Fence Industry Association Cobourg, Ontario, Canada August 29, 1934 ��� January 7, 2012 WILLIAM J. (BILL) PRESSON Original Owner American Fence and Supply Company, Inc. Charlotte, North Carolina February 6, 1940 ��� October 1, 2012 JAMES WILLIAM RAY Owner Rayco Fence White House, Tennessee October 27, 1953 ��� January 25, 2012 SCOTT ROSE Founder Rose Fence Company Freeport, Long Island, New York May 26, 1956 ��� February 3, 2012 LARRY SEMMERLING Founder Semmerling Fence and Supply Wheeling, Illinois December 21, 1924 ��� January 2, 2012 ROBERT B. (BOB) SHIPLEY Owner Anchor Fence Rexford, New York JERRY STEIN Executive and Engineer Allied Tube & Conduit Chicago, Illinois (home) Died December 2011 Maryland HOA says goodbye to wood fence, hello to vinyl continued from page 1 color option in the CertainTeed catalog, they fell in love with it.��� The HOA next reached out to the CertainTeed Fence, Railing & Deck sales team, and received answers to all of its questions about Chesterfield with CertaGrain and the addresses of several successful installations of the product in the surrounding area. After viewing these installations, the HOA members voted unanimously for the vinyl fence product. Before the installation, Frederick Fence Co. made several preparations to ensure the installation ran smoothly. Though the square footage of the Democracy Commons job may not have been as high as that of larger HOA communities, the hilly landscape, with several different grades, corners and angles, made it rather challenging. The previous fence was a stepped installation, with taller posts and panels to handle drops in grade while keeping the fence tops level. The Democracy Commons HOA requested that the new fence be installed in the same way, which initially created a predicament. ���Parts of the original fence were 7 feet tall, and the Montgomery County, Maryland building code says you can���t have a fence that���s over 6�� feet tall,��� Brengle said. ���The code wouldn���t allow another 7-foot-tall fence to be installed, unless the HOA wanted to wait several months to a year on an approval and pay thousands of dollars extra for it. So, the homeowners were fine with the full length of the fence being 6�� feet tall.��� The two-person crew began work in November 2011. Since Chesterfield privacy fence comes in heights of 4, 5, or 6 feet, some fabrication was required to meet the desired panel height. Before the original fence was removed, Frederick Fence Co. ordered blank posts, and foreman Eric Saum went along and took measurements of the fence���s grade. ���Eric would measure the drops in grade as he went along and bring the measurements back here at night,��� Brengle says. ���We would then route the posts at our shop the same night so he would have them ready to install the next day. We ordered really long posts and appropriate lineals from CertainTeed and custom-made the fence in our shop to the customer���s specs. Everything was cut to size,��� Brengle stated. ���Per the customer���s request, we also added aluminum inserts to every post for added sturdiness. The aluminum reinforcement really helps stiffen the fence, making it even more rigid,��� he said. The custom fence panels had three rails, with the middle rail being 5 inches below the top rail. Fence posts were set at 3 feet below ground ��� 1 foot lower than required by the county building code. The crew installed the perimeter fence, being well prepared for the differences in grade. As with all stepped installations, there were some gaps below the bottom of the fence in some areas, but this problem was kept at a minimum by the contractor���s use of longer custom-cut posts. The highest gaps were 6 to 8 inches, but since none of the homeowners had pets that could potentially escape through these gaps, it didn���t present any problems, Brengle noted. After the perimeter fence was installed, the crew installed the individual privacy fences for each townhome���s back yard. All told, the project used about 1,000 square feet and took between two and three weeks to complete. Because of the challenging landscape and the care the customer took in researching fences, the contractor continued on page 48 DAVID J. (DAVE) THOMPSON Owner Acme Fence Co., Inc. Grandview (Kansas City), Missouri March 7, 1933 ��� June 25, 2012 WEBSTER V. (WEBB) TURBEVILLE Owner Memphis Fence Company Memphis, Tennessee July 14, 1935 ��� November 21, 2011 MICHAEL E. YATES Co-owner USA Industries Salt Lake City, Utah June 25, 1938 ��� December 16, 2011 This annual memoriam is sponsored by Dynamic Tube & Pipe Company in tribute to friends and peers who were lost during the past year. As well as replacing the wood perimeter fence, vinyl was also used to replace a number of individual privacy fences, as shown above.