Installing a new fence is an exciting project that can enhance the security, privacy, and aesthetic appeal of your property. However, before diving into the installation process, it's important to consider several factors to ensure you make the right choices.
In this blog post, we will discuss 11 essential things to consider before installing a new fence. By taking these factors into account, you'll be on your way to having an attractive and functional fence that you can use for the next several years.
Before erecting your barrier, consider its:
Start by determining the primary purpose of your fence. Are you looking to enhance security, create more privacy, keep pets or children safe, or simply add a decorative element?
Clarifying the purpose will help you choose the right materials, height, and design according to your needs.
Before proceeding with your fence installation, familiarize yourself with local regulations and obtain any necessary permits. Certain neighborhoods or homeowners associations may have specific rules regarding fence height, material, and design. Make sure that you comply with them to avoid potential issues in the future.
One of the things to consider before installing a new fence is your budget. Consider the cost of materials, labor, and any additional features you might want, such as decorative elements. Setting a budget will make decision-making easier while ensuring you don’t end up with a fence you can’t afford.
Evaluate the durability and maintenance needs of different fence materials. Factors such as weather resistance, rot resistance, and susceptibility to pests will impact the lifespan and upkeep of your fence. Consider the long-term costs and effort required to maintain your chosen material.
Your fence should complement the architectural style of your home and enhance its curb appeal. Consider various fence designs, such as picket, privacy, lattice, or ornamental, and select one that goes well with your property's overall aesthetics. You may also want to consider staining it to achieve a certain look.
Do you need a gate or entrance to your property? Barriers that encompass large areas like your garden or property typically need an entrance. Think about the type of gate you want and make sure that it can accommodate individuals, garbage bins, or vehicles based on what needs to pass through it.
Consider your local climate and environmental conditions when selecting a fence material. Some materials may be more prone to damage from sun exposure, high winds, or moisture. Choose a fence that can withstand the weather conditions in your area.
Finally, think about the long-term maintenance and repair requirements of your chosen fence. Regular maintenance, such as cleaning, painting, or staining, may be necessary to prolong its lifespan. Additionally, inquire about warranty options and find reliable contractors for future repairs.
Installing a new fence requires careful consideration of various factors. By keeping these 11 things in mind — purpose, local regulations, budget, material selection, durability, entrances, aesthetics, security, property lines, climate, and maintenance — you can make better decisions while ensuring a successful and satisfactory fence installation.
Remember, a well-planned and properly installed fence can add value and functionality to your property, so carefully go over these 11 things to consider before installing a new fence
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You can see that if we cut the trees down and ran the fence all the way up to the rock wall on the left side (essentially the property line), we would have little privacy from the neighbors' outdoor patio, whereas if we left a few trees up and ran the fence at the angle described above, there would be a little more breathing room and privacy between us.
I am still not connecting the dots in my head. I see 3 choices:
1. If you cut everything down up to the prop line and install the fence against the neighbor's patio, you now have privacy from the fence, and a more open yard for your use.
2. If you run the fence 4' inside your property line following the natural clearing edge of the trees, you have privacy from the fence, but have gifted the "breathing space" to your neighbor's patio use. You have the same amount of usable yard you had without the fence.
3. If you run the fence following the property line, cutting through the trees, you have privacy from the fence. You have the same amount of usable yard you had without the fence. But you have a buffer of trees against the fence on your side.
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Identify and define your lot first by clearing a path all around the property boundary line (a mower and a half in width). Mark your property line on both sides and in the back by setting a treated 4"x4"x8' post in the ground at every corner or turn or angle -- placed at and immediately inside your property line.
Do paint the part of the post that will be below ground to help protect it from moisture. Consider adding a solar light atop each posts, perhaps with a motion sensor and Consider adding a plain but sturdy bracket for hanging a hanging basket on each post.
Also, and even if it is not at a corner or angle of your property line, make a point of placing one post on each side of the property (at and immediately inside the property line) across from each of the front corners of the house. You could do the same for a point directly across from the back corners of the house.
If you are on reasonably good terms with your neighbors, you could even look for the "iron pins" that usually mark property lines together.( (If your neighbors are going to dispute the property line, just doing those things to mark your property line should be enough for you to find that out before investing in a lot of expensive fencing. )
Once you've clearly identified your property line, you can begin deciding what in the way of trees and shrubs, etc., you want to keep or thin out or add and even begin to do that before building any fence.
Once your sure the left and right property line at the front and back corners of your home is not going to be disputed, you can create a privacy fence (as viewed from the road) for your (to be fenced) side of the yard and for your back yard. For symmetry/ curb appeal, make these two fences in line with the front and/or back exterior wall of the home.
You could put the solid privacy fence on the left (to be fenced in) side of the yard beginning from the front corner to the side property line post in line with the front exterior wall of the house. You could put the fence on the right (driveway side) of the house in line with the rear exterior wall of the house to the post on the driveway side of the property with a gate in that fence and a path from the driveway to the gate.
Then you need to decide how much privacy you want from each side.
If identifying and fencing your yard is your primary objective -- if you want the entire back property fenced in, the rest of your fence could be a chain link fence beginning and ending at the property line post of your (as viewed from the road) side privacy fences and you might be able to use a "green fence" inside the chain link fence for privacy on either side of the back yard or along the back property line.
A chain link fence will be easier to maintain because you will not need to keep painting it to protect it from rot as you would a wood fence -- a fence against which your neighbor's could plant things so close to a wood fence as to be detrimental to its lasting longer.
Note: Keeping a path beside the chain link fence that can be kept clear as a walk path and/or mowed both gives your pets a run path (and/or a poop path) and lets you access you fence to maintain it long term.
If privacy from the side is also an issue, such as on the narrower driveway side, you could still create the chain link fence, with or without a green fence, first but then, at selected areas, you might add other privacy measures.
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Remember that one form of privacy is physically blocking the neighbors and/or their guests and/or pets and/or children from just "walking over" into your back yard any time they want. That could be very important, especially if you have dogs and they have children that live or visit with them.
I would put the fence as close to the property line as the regulations in your area require.
Where I live now fences are 1' from the property line while buildings or structures must be 3' from the property line.
Where I lived before fencing was placed on the property line, but buildings and structures had to be 10' from the property line.
I had an odd corner in my last back yard where the lot rose up about 6' higher than the rest of my back yard. The various owners over the years had planted different things to camouflage the space. I would have never considered just bringing the fence inside the tree/plant line.
You can keep your trees/plants on your side of the fence and your neighbors can keep their trees/plants on their side of the fence.
Regardless of which side of the fence the trees are on, you are still responsible for trimming them, maintaining their health, getting them taken out if they become diseased, keeping the weeds down. It is far easier to do all your yard work on your side of the fence.
I always enjoyed the feeling that this one corner gave to the yard. Better than having a perfectly blank space with nothing buy yard.
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