Take the tour ×  I have a fence that was built about 4 years
ago. There was a large oak tree that I wish to keep on the fence
line. The fence was built around the tree; it not only removed
the tree from my yard, but I didn't like the look of it: (not to
scale, obviously)  fence--> -------[]-----------[]---[]  00
|  0000  <--Tree                                   |  0000
|   00  So I had someone come out and redo it to be like so:
fence--> -------[]-----------[]-----  00
---[]-----------[]-----[]
0000  <--Tree                |
0000                         |
00                          |  Notice the chunk of fence that is
connected to the posts [] and just floating next to the tree.
Those are starting to come apart...  I'm looking for a good
solution to maintain this design better. The floating pieces are
actually connected with a