Front Page Forum: Where to Look for a Fence?
There seems to be a great deal of uncertainty among homeowners about fences. Namely, what style of fence to use and where to get it. When we were planning our garden reno last Spring we had a very tough time finding anything on our own; ultimately, the guy we hired to help us sourced this…
There seems to be a great deal of uncertainty among homeowners about fences. Namely, what style of fence to use and where to get it. When we were planning our garden reno last Spring we had a very tough time finding anything on our own; ultimately, the guy we hired to help us sourced this red cedar fence which we’ve been quite happy with. (Don’t mind the almost barren flower bed.) So where have readers gone to get their fence material? How about online sources or catalogs like the (rather pricey) Walpole Woodworkers?
I went to Fence Plaza on Rogers Ave and purchased a doubled sided cedar fence with a lattice top that looks “finished” on both sides.
It’s mostly chain link fences on my block of the South Slope. Ugly, yes, but at least you get more light and air than with those big stockade fences. And you can get morning glories or something to grow on them in the spring and summer.
To 11:39 and 11:47: Agree with you 100%–BTW, it has always been custom in Brooklyn to put nice side out–it’s out-of-towners who treat their neighbors so unneighborly with the crude justification, “I paid for it.” You can’t buy good taste or good behavior.
To 11;57: Many houses had low picket fences until the 50s or 60s, when two trends started: tall picket fences, which cut out light and kept you from seeing into the neighbors’ yards (privacy maybe less important than nosiness) and cheap metal fences. Chain link seems as senseless as aluminum siding until you realize that people were tired of all the maintenance and replacement costs of wood. Most people used to do that sort of work themselves, and it could get time-consuming as well as expensive. Different times, different priorities.
chain link fences are ghetto
I just did a fence with Almendola. It cost almost 4 k. We could not fit it through our downstairs so I had to help the guys lift it through our parlor windows and down to the garden. Thanks for large windows, 6 ft high fence, beware it might not fit through your staircase.. We got a bid from the Chelsea Garden Center they wanted 12,000 for the fence and extra 1200 to stain it, and charged tax on top of it, ALmendola did not charge sales tax as it was a capital improvement. Ha take that NY STATE.
We bought an eastern cedar lattice fence(6ft tall, 8ft panels) from http://www.waysidefence.com and installed it ourselves. Well, we do have a carpenter that is working with us as we restore this house.
The fence is great, the deliverer helped take it through the parlor and out to the backyard!
We installed it with the posts in-line with the panels and put Thompsons oil on the neighbors side before installation, so everyone gets the same view. Being lattice, it isn’t a heavy privacy fence, but it does allow light and air to travel through the yards.
Originally there was a 3ft chain link fence around the back and I believe it dated pretty far back as a lot of the houses in our row have the same fence.
what about bamboo fence? has anyone had any experience with that? is it any cheaper?
Walpole gave us a quote of nearly 12k for 150ft of fencing and a driveway gate for a property we have in RI. They were very professional, but overpriced. We found a similar solution for less than half of their quote. Nice catalog and website to use for ideas, though.
anything, backwards or not, is better then those awful metal “fences” people have in their yards. I don’t understand how people who have the taste to buy a brownstone then ruin it with a nasty yard instead of a proper garden.