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Fencing
Good fences make good neighbors
Whether you want style or privacy,
the right fence will enhance your home.
After more than a century of open landscape design, fences are once again gaining popularity as a means to define landscape, create microclimates, and make distinctive visual statements.
The following lists some of the more popular fencing materials and applications.
| Material |
Advantages |
Disadvantages |
| Wood |
- wide range of design possibilities including open and maximum privacy styles
- natural wood weathers to grey
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- painted fences require maintanence
- subject to rot unless maintained
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Vinyl, Plastic, PVC
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- wide range of design possibilities including open and maximum privacy styles
- very low maintenence
- doesn´t rot, corrode, rust, or peel
- tolerates salt air and bad weather
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Metal (wrought iron and aluminum)
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- formal
- secure
- long lasting
- relatively low maintenance
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- fairly expensive
- not much privacy
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Chainlink
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- functional
- practical
- durable
- easy to camouflage with landscaping
- easy to maintain
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- not particularly attractive
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Stone, brick, and block
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- distinctive appearance
- fireproof
- long lifespan
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