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Wood Fences
Wood fencing brings sheer beauty to your
home and landscaping. Traditional wood creates an eye-catching,
versatile, and warm appearance. With proper maintenance
you can expect your wood fence to bring you years of privacy
and value. Just as with many other fencing materials, wood
comes in many different types to choose from, all offering
different looks and carrying different price tags. With
careful selection, the result will be a properly designed
and well-built wood fence that complements your home naturally.
Wood fencing offers an array of qualities,
colors, sizes and types. The quality, or grade, of wood
is available in clear, premium, select, standard, standard
and better, and quality. Clear grade is the most expensive
and offers the highest quality appearance. Quality grade,
on the other hand, has greater limiting characteristics
and comes at the lowest cost.
The different types of wood include cedar,
redwood, untreated and pressure treated spruce. A high grade
redwood fence makes for an excellent fence! Of course this
is your most expensive option too. Also, pressure-treated
wood isn't exactly the most appealing of wood fences, but
it is the most resistant to damage from rot or insects.
In addition to grade and material, there
are several creative styles to choose from. Styles include
solid board, shadowbox, spaced-picket, lattice top, stockade,
basket weave, or post on rail design. Each style is unique
and will compliment your landscape depending on the look
you most desire.
Keep in mind that regardless of what type,
quality and style you select for your wood fence, your greatest
concern should be with installation. Proper installation
is the means to a beautiful, long-lasting fence. It is often
suggested to use steel post to construct your wood fence
because more times than none, wood will not hold up with
ground contact and posts eventually will fail. Do your self
a favor and pay close attention to the installation.
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