Texas State Fence Co. BLOG

Allen fence company, Texas State Fence Co., owner Sean Eubanks knows that many people enjoy building their own fences. Sean offers the following advice:

Basic Considerations

The basic decisions that you must make are really very simple. You must choose a fence style and material that complies with your aesthetic desires, with your zoning or HOA restrictions if any, with your budget and with your ability to handle the construction required. For the moment lets simplify the process and presume that you have decided on a traditional wood fence. In other articles we will discuss the other alternatives including fences made with Chain Link, Pole, Rail, Iron, Concrete, Brick, Cinder Block, Vinyl, Steel, and with Landscape Elements.

Choosing a Wood Fence Style

Wood fences generally fall into three styles:

• solid panel with no spaces for maximum privacy,
• shadow box with spaces for wind flow and minimal visibility through the fence, and,
• spaced pickets for visual separation without much privacy.

Solid Fences provide maximum privacy because they have little or no spacing between the pickets for prying eyes to see into the enclosed space. Some solid fences even have overlapping boards to eliminate the potential for people to see through the spaces that exist between the pickets. These types of fences are commonly used to enclose swimming pool areas, and to section of unattractive areas of the yard such as equipment sheds, pool equipment, etc. The popularity of solid picket privacy fences has grown rapidly during the last 20-30 years as the proximity of homes in subdivisions has proliferated and as the homeowners have come to desire added privacy when homes are placed so close together in subdivisions.  Solid fences have one particular downside in that usually one side of the fence appears very finished and the other side appears uncompleted. This aspect of a solid fence means that one side of the fence receives a less attractive presentation.

Shadowbox Fences are an ideal fence because the alternative placement of boards on either side of the railing with a space between for air flow allow both sides of the fence to have the same level of finished look. If you are not overly concerned with the ability of neighbors to see through the fence on a diagonal view line the shadowbox style of fence is both very attractive and offers significant privacy without the complete elimination of air flow which occurs with a Solid Fence.

Spaced Picket Fences are ideal for providing a visual separation between spaces, whether between a garden and the remainder of the yard, or between yards. Spaced Picket Fences are ideal for front yards and gardens but do not offer much privacy. Spaced picket fences are often combined with landscape elements such as trees, bushes and flower plantings to increase the element of visual separation and privacy. There are few types of fencing that are more attractive than a spaced picket fence but their popularity has declined in recent years due to the desire for increased privacy and for security.

Our next article will discuss the materials that tools that you will need to build your fence and how to prepare the site and the design for construction.

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Allen fence company owner Sean Eubanks started his company, Texas State Fence Co., to provide quality outdoor fencing and landscape hard structures to clients in North Texas. Texas State Fence Co. provides all types of fencing along with automatic sliding gates, swing gates, security fencing, outdoor kitchens and enclosures, patio covers, arbors, and gazebos. Sean also provides maintenance and repair of fences that have been damaged by weather and wind.  For more information please contact Sean Eubanks at 972-898-1307 for visit his website.