Quarantine of the Day
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Got a backyard fence estimate yesterday and so eager to get work underway in the next few weeks. Our neighbors have either shitty old wooden fences, or a 4 foot high chainlink fence. Our house is on a curve, and the rest of the yards to our north look right into ours, or we look almost into the back of our next-door neighbors house.
Getting a white vinyl 6 foot tall privacy fence. We don't have gates right now and I am dying for my kids to go outside and play unsupervised during this crisis.
Now I'm thinking of redoing the entire backyard, small as it is, collecting inspiration, considering taking most of the grass out, putting down fine gravel, stepping stones, a fire pit, and a pergola with a retractable awning. We were planning a bunch of home interior updates this year, but with this home isolation going on for an unknown amount of time, I really want the best outdoor space we can make, because our backyard sucks, and whenever we sell our house someday, that would be a huge selling point.
If we can get outside often as summer gets here, have some shade, and a nice but small place out there, I will be ecstatic. It will make this all so much easier to deal with.
- vinyl? what's wrong with a wooden privacy fence?imbecile
- I take it wood is significantly more expensive than vinyl? Vinyl's such a nasty material... :(Nairn
- Wood wears out. Vinyl is only 10% more than wood.mg33
- If we could get something resin based that simulates wood, I'd love that, but I expect it's pretty expensive.mg33
- Wood may wear out (eventually), but at least it's not going to shit on the planet - vinyl's not recyclable, and has a nasty production process.Nairn
- If you do insist on getting that shit, at least check it's phthalate-free, for your kids' sake.Nairn
- Thanks, will look into that. :)mg33
- Small gravel means stepping on pebbles barefoot. I took a bunch of that out and used concrete. We have a pool,so lots of barefoot time outside. Wood fence...lemmy_k
- is easy to build and replace worn out slats. Mine have been up for 7 years and I painted them once in that time.lemmy_k
- This is the kind of stuff we're into.
https://pin.it/1VrjJ…mg33 - As small as our backyard is, a lot of these multi-surface options could be really inviting.mg33
- vinyl warps, cracks, & discolors. a thing about vinyl is that when warranty time comes, the manufacturer may no longer sell your style/color. just fyiimbecile
- replacing bad boards over time is easyimbecile
- Cedar, ftw. Let it grey. UV-aged Vinyl looks ickyGnash
- Vinyl looks like old plastic after a year and it never can look fresh and new again. Wood can be repaired and refreshed easily.monospaced
- Those american chain fences look absolutely grim. Flavours of prison, lacks of privacy, aesthetics of depression.shapesalad
- I plan to do a small chain fence and then grow a tall hedge around it for part of my yard. It keeps kids in and looks good.monospaced
- Maybe a neighbor will go halfseys on a nice wooden fence we can share for ultimate privacy.monospaced
- White vinyl fences are the comic sans of fences. I loathe them - sorry!stoplying
- Vinyl looks cheapdbloc
- Stripper pole, kids will love itTurboslacker
- Razor wire fence is the only way to go.PhanLo
- Stained, horizontal wood slats looks great.
https://i.pinimg.com…dbloc - You can repaint the wood to make it look fresh new and change color over the yearBennn
- at dbloc I did that in my garden. It does involve a little more labor (2 people to hold and nail the boards). Vertical only needs one person.Centigrade
- Dbloc, I do like the looks of that.mg33
- @centigrade a little more effort, but well worth itdbloc
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- Hmmm reminds me of this:
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