Hardworking man to keep his family comfortable and safe looks nice.

it may be too hard to do now that you have finished it, but I drilled weep holes in the bottom of each panel to keep water from getting in that groove and sitting. I thought this was a great video.

The “Holt Estate” growing step by step, board by board, fence by fence, animal by animal, and most importantly, Holt by Holt! ❤

We did the same thing and you are correct, more work but much more finished look in the end.

Excellent job also having the children involved. Making Memories!

Did a great job on the deck love watching your videos.

Great Job, now little one is safe to twirl!

You did a great job on the deck railing!

I think you need a pool off that deck :-)I’m so so happy your back to share your lives mayJesus bless u nightly.

Twirl Away Sweet Little One! Daddy made it safe for you to have a magical place to play on your new deck! Excellent job Ben! Time to cookout again and have a twirling good time!!!🌻🤣❤🙏🍀🌷🌻🦋

Lucky Gramma Kathy and Gumpy - we are visiting and enjoying the way we and the family can gather outdoors on the deck, enjoy barbecued beef, watch the chickens and view the granddaughters dancing on the trampoline. And an extra bonus? The deck was built so pickleballs don't roll off the deck at the bottom when we play! As well, love Mabel's cartwheeling.

Oh and I wanna thank Ya your and your Family for Helping out Bri on her Homestead Garden .. “good people doing great things” it’s what it’s all about 🌱🌱💜

Nice Cartwheels! :)

Impressive perseverance and fence

The railing looks great !!! You did a great job !!!

Great deck. Great Dad!

Great job!!

Wow YOU DID THAT!!!👍 Looks Great ..I can see some Vines plants 🌱 on there ..but Overall Great Job and Love ya Humor

Looks great, such a wonderful family.

Great job!

Nice job Ben and Love the shades 😎

At first I thought that it was an excessive amount of wood used for the railings on the deck.. but as the video went on, I came to the conclution that you were absolutely right in making it as stirdy as you did (me remembering how my kids/teenagers used the railings 🤒 for seats, to hang over, putting pressure on it, and trying to push their faces through to watch what's going on on the other side (really, there was no need to try to demolish the railings to see through it, but.. kids.. 😅) so.. very good workmanship!! 🤗

It's really good to have this channel creating new videos. I'm almost sure it's nearly a since I last watched one of your videos. Hope that everyone has been well 🙏

Wow I'm glad to come across this video...this is what I want to do...omg love the look...great job

Looks great! Thanks for showing this method. Where I live (Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada) and for my deck, I will caulk the bottom sandwich section and use treated wood. Take care and happy homesteading with your wonderful family:)

Amazing deck! Amazing cartwheels! Be proud! 👏👏👏

GREAT WORK MR. HOLT. YOUR THE MAN.AMAZED WITH YOUR PATIENCE.WITH THOSE GREAT HELPERS.

Love the cattle fence idea.

Looks dang good brother!!! I am getting ready to do the hog panel fence for my half acre in my back yard. Love how you sandwiched the 2x4 cut in half on the ends and Dado the tops and bottoms gonna copy your work.

Great job! We had our house built back in 2015-16 and did some of the work ourselves. I built cattle panel rails for our deck railing and we all love the result. My method was very close to yours, although we had sided pillars that the framer had put on our deck so I built the panels between the pillars, instead of normal posts.

I really like your design/idea with the fence and those panels

Great job. Had to watch this video and another one before giving green light to my project. First, had some clues in how to but wasn’t a 100%. After watching yours, my project is a go. So easy, simple yet stylish!

Nice work. So cute with your little girl. Just a word from a worker with longer hair, keep a ponytail band on your drill for when the little one helps 👌

Hi guys 👋 just us 2saying hi 👋 what a great job on decking and fencing 👍den and sue from across the pond uk 👍👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🚌🚌🚌

nice job Ben! The deck looks great . You're getting to be a professional carpenter there 🙂🔨📏📐✏

Yea !!! Safe twirling !!

Great job, Now you got yourself pocket for water to accumulate on the bottom

Love the video - fixing to take down the stapled-on hog-panel on our deck and inset it like you've beautifully done. One thing I've learned from my test build, a 24" bolt-cutter (can be had for about $30) is the easiest way to cut the hog-panel through. Tried with an angle grinder but felt it was difficult even with a good cutting blade, on top of my general fear of that particular tool.

So the sandwiching of the wire panels is enough? or did you staple the wire to the outside 2x strip before sandwiching with the other strip? I'm reusing some panels from a dog kennel and I might need a thicker gauge. Seems like it wouldn't be rigid enough to keep a kid from pushing through, but maybe I'm underestimating how rigid it is. Love the final look! Nice work.

Thanks dude.

well dang now i know how to make my dog run too thank you

I like it

Great video, exactly what I was looking for an idea to do my deck railings. Balusters block to much view. Side note: you could be David Spades brother.

I thought about ripping a groove in the 2x4 as you mentioned but I was a little concerned with it hold in water

Many thanks for the video. Is that green Douglas Fir you are using, or something else? And 4x4s at the end corners, as well as elsewhere along the railings?

Looks great! I was wondering what keeps the kids from using the "railing" as a ladder and climbing over it? It used to be code that you could not have horizontal railings for that reason...

Can u do a tour of the tiny houses and show us how ur using each one and what for???

currently we bury 2 6 X 6 landscape timbers on the flat to set the stringers on, where you set cinder blocks, this negate wood to concrete conection and it allows you atatch the stringers to the timbers with treated screws. your cinder blocks need to be under the heal cut of the stringers, not so forward. that far forward puts the weight on a weak grain pattern As for your cattle panel detail, we run 2 2x4 on edge on the bottom, and sandwich the panel between these, it negates any water retention. When you run that one lower 2x4 on the flat first the 2x2 you use on top of that 2x4 trap water and thats not good, if you can. maybe drill some weep holes in the lower 2x4 to let the water out

Looks awesome - Im about to do the same. For the inset rails did you just rip 2x4s?

I'm assuming instead of ripping 2x4s u cane just use 2x2 and still get a flush fit?

Great job building the railing! I’m building a railing system myself and have not yet decided how I’m going to do it. I have a question and If I missed it in your video or other replies I apologies. Did you drill weep holes at the bottom for water to get through? Was wondering if and how you did that or if you think it is not necessary?

Beautiful deck! what gauge wire is the cattle panel?

Great job. Only thing I would say, is be careful with your daughter using the drill/Impact. I’ve seen my moms hair get wound up in the drill. Maybe something to consider. Perhaps pull her hair back in a pony tail. Blessings to you and your family. Jim.

Great job, was your spacing for the railing 8 or 10 ft

Where did you get your hog paneling from?

Where did you buy the hog panel from?

The lower horizontal 2x4 on your railing may be prone to holding water.. any issues so far?

So, when you cut your 2x4 in half (to get two 2x2)to use for framing the panel, how can that be flushed when there is a wire panel sandwich in between?

did you rip a 2 x 4 to get the framing wood for the panels?

where did you get the wire panel?

Looking at completing a similiar project. Do you recommend going with what guage panel material? My Farm Fleet offers both a 5 gage, and 4 guage. The 4 guage being about 1/4", and 5 slightly smaller. These are hot dipped after welding. Please advise. Thank you.

What is the gage for those cattle panels wire? Can they be painted ? thanks

Is that a 2x6 on the top and bottom?

excellent video and exactly what i was hoping to install on my deck. originally thought to go with vinyl clad, but galvanized looks fine. Can you tell me where you sourced the panel and what dimension the opening is?

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What kind of fence metal did you use?

Did the top rail begin to sag after a few months?

good morning, can you tell me the size of the net you used, thanks

How high is it?

Fast forward the first 5 min to actually get to the hog wire railing.

How about drainage on the bottom rail?

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Like any good mother, hope Kathy warned you to watch your fingers with those electric tools!

Dado cut those 2x4's and you're dealing with half the pieces 3/8" x 3/4".

Wouldn’t ‘t it just have been easier to panelize them and the screw the whole thing into each opening?

Not code!

So this doesn't meet code right?

Nice work but perfect size for a kids head to fit through. But I don’t think your trying to meet code.