A HOMEOWNER has called out a neighbor for an unstable privacy fence built on the property, as the resident and experts fear it could collapse at any moment.

Oklahoma resident Lizz Caywood found herself in a difficult spot with the fence surrounding her yard when she moved into her new property in May 2019.

“This is embarrassing,” Caywood said of the privacy fence while speaking to local news outlet KFOR.

“It’s bad.”

Camera crews on the ground panned the backyard of the home, where the towering black fence could be seen with a less than sturdy foundation, held up with two-by-fours as makeshift stilts.

Brackets were also bolted to the top of the retaining wall behind the fence rather than having posts cemented into the ground, providing an unsecured base.

Wood shims were shown to have filled in gaps where posts were placed around the fence line.

The fence was completed by Caywood’s former neighbor, Jared McCracken.

“With the wind…its 80-foot span, it’s going to come down with weight,” Caywood claimed.

She noted that the overall build of the fence felt cheap, but McCracken argued that he informed the homeowner it was under warranty.

“I explained to her that I had a one-year warranty on the fence,” the former neighbor told KFOR.

“Those brackets are made for that type of application and I’ve used them before.”

The neighbor also sent Caywood a text explaining that he could not control severe weather occurring and knocking down the fence.

He claimed the brackets were strong enough to hold up over time, and they’d only give out due to “manufacturer failure or strong wind.”

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Even so, Anthony Velez from fencing company First Class Fence told the outlet that he feels the design was flawed from the start.

“As a contractor, you still have to be wise enough to say, ‘hm, I’d probably better not though in this case,'” Velez noted of the fence structuring with brackets instead of cemented posts.

“First off, there’s no post behind [the fence] at all, and that’s failure number one.”

The contractor continued that the brackets would be used for a patio set-up rather than a sizable privacy fence surrounding a yard, as the weight load would likely be too much for the system to handle.

Apparently, the Caywood’s privacy fence that was built by McCracken still stood after two decades, and there were cemented posts supporting some sides of the fence, but just not the backside.

The cement posting could be installed and replaced, but it would cost Caywood considerably more to perform the process.

McCracken also claimed that the brackets were installed with Caywood’s approval on an invoice, which she claimed was incorrect.

“That is not true — I just assumed he’d do it like the old fence,” the frustrated homeowner claimed.

In total, the rebuild would cost around $2,000, a payment amount McCracken said he’s unwilling to cover.

“No, I’m not going to pay $2,000 for that fence to be rebuilt,” the neighbor noted on a phone call with KFOR.

“I would be willing to consider some kind of reimbursement on brackets.”

Velez and First Class Fence assisted Caywood in replacing the bracketed fence, but the homeowner said she was discussing options with an attorney about the next steps.

It’s unclear if legal action was ever taken by the homeowner.

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