By golly, you're right about the wood and concrete issue; I knew that once upon a time but forgot. (I know about Rona because I belong to a board of old ladies like me with members from Canada. Except we have one brave male member who supplies concrete statues and such to them.)
I'm old; this fence isn't meant to outlive me since it's just reusing some old stuff the prior owner put in place. Badly. I can take it to the dump, sell it cheap on CL or find a use here; I'm trying to do the latter.
Thanks for all of the advice thus far. I'll give this a lot of thought, present it to the "committee" but ultimately decide what I think is best. Being able at long last to make my own decisions--good, bad or neutral--is delightful.
