Guide to Choosing the Right Fence in Raleigh, NC. For Your Needs: Part 2 Location, Location, Location
Part 2:
After you have looked into the many different types, styles, heights, and materials used for fence building in the Raleigh/Durham, NC area, (I am not familiar with areas other than the southeast United States) and you are pretty sure you have a good idea of the fence you would like to install, lets work on where the fence needs to be located on your property.
There are several ways to look at determining where to locate your fence on your property. Is it going to be located at property lines? Or, maybe there is just a portion of your fence you would like to have fenced in. Either way, the best way for you to really see where your fence will be located is to mark it out with wooden stakes, and a bright colored string line. These are easily purchased for a few dollars at the local hardware or home improvement store.
If at all possible, have your property survey with you during this process, it will help you in determining where your property lines are. Use the wooden stakes to mark your fence location. It is not important to have multiple stakes running down the same line for this, only on the corners and changes in direction. After you have marked it out with the stakes, attach the string to each stake, and pull tight to keep the string off the ground. If your property slopes up and down, you may need more stakes to keep the string off the ground.
Now that you have done this, take a good look, walk around trying to visualize your new fence. Try to see problem areas; does the fence run through heavily wooded or overgrown areas? Is there a steep slope on your property? Have you thought about where to put the gate(s) and what size gate you will need? (There will be a future post just about gates)
Now that you have taken a more visual look at your fence location, there maybe some issues to contend with. Take care of these issues before moving on. Also, after this step, you may realize that the type of fence you wanted won’t work in your yard, for instance; a vinyl privacy fence does not install well on steep sloping areas, you may need to consider wood.
Stay Tuned, More to Come . . . . . .
Keith R. Bloemendaal
