Fence type

7/16/2017 at 4:20:05 PM

For appearance sake, cedar looks great. Pressure treated wood lasts for twenty years plus and is fairly pleasing to look at. Do not use non-treated wood as it will rot and discolour, split and or warp. Remember, it's a fence and has to look decent and do the job that it is meant to do. I wouldn't spend a fortune on it, but it is part of your house and grounds. I am not fond of pvc plastics or other "fake" wood ... for fences.

7/16/2017 at 4:37:07 PM

Hi Paul,

I've been building fences for 30 years and I'm not a big fan of the new aluminum and plastic fences not to mention they cost an arm and a leg. I would build it out of pressure-treated lumber and instead of fence boards use 5 quarter decking boards. Not only will it look better it'll last a lot longer.

Hope this helps you.

7/16/2017 at 9:06:21 PM

Hi,

The p.v.c. will outlast any of the other products.

But....the fence is only as strong as the posts and concrete holding it up. Properly frilled 10" wide holes, 4' deel with brown 6" 6" posts id the way to go.

But as I mentioned....the posts will start to decay in 7 to eight years. So if you go that route just build a brown p.t. fence. If you go with concrete and steal posts, then go with thr p.v.c.

7/16/2017 at 9:16:22 PM

You have been amazing!!

Pt fence??

It looks like we are leaning towards wood.

If this were your new wood privacy fence, what exactly would you be looking for in your estimate?

Thanks for all of the incredible advice.

Cheers,

Paul

7/16/2017 at 10:08:48 PM

Hi Paul,

I work in the windsor area and I do install vinyl pressure treated and aluminum.

A Pt wood fence depending on what style you want I would charge you anywhere from $25 to $45 lnft including materials.

7/18/2017 at 5:20:46 PM

Pressure treated wood is the most economical and long lasting ratio you can get. Just make sure that whoever does your fence digs down four feet, below frost and uses suana tubes that stick up above the ground with a ramped cement head on it.