Guide To Choosing the Right Fence
There are many reasons to purchase and have a fence installed on your residential or commercial property. Maybe you have just purchased a new home and have pets, or you have newly acquired a pet, or you have installed a pool and by code must have a fence installed, maybe you have small children that need an area for playing in that is contained.
Whatever the reason, it can be a worrisome process as you search the internet or pull out the phone book (people still do that?!?) to see what options are available to you. You start to make contact with fence contractors in your area, only to find out, this will not be nearly as easy as you imagined.
This post is the first in a series about being better informed to help you make an educated decision on a major purchase for your home. Let’s face it, a fence project qualifies as something you should do your homework on.
I have had customers that contact me that know just as much about fence as I do (if not more, although I would never admit this, oops! I just did!) because they have done their homework and researched the subject. On the flip side of that coin, I have many more customers, who just call or email me for a fence estimate, and have no idea what they need out of a fence.
So, first things first. What kind of fence you need, sometimes, is much different than what you want. Think first about the purpose of the fence. If you are wanting to contain a tiny dog, you may not want a fence with large spacing between pickets, maybe you have a very large dog; you might not want a four foot tall chain link fence that he/she could easily climb over, or maybe you just don’t want your neighbors looking at you while you are in your back yard. So think about why you really need the fence, not what you think looks the best. Do some research on fences, I have several links on this page to fence manufacturers that we use for our customers. You can click on their web sites for pictures and specifications of different types of fence. Of course, I do not have one for wood fences, because they are built as per the customers specifications and needs. I will, however, be writing another post (or series of posts) dedicated
to wood fence.
