Wood Fence Designs: Picket Fences

Want A Pretty Fence? Choose A Picket Fence

Of the many wood fence designs that are available to choose from, one of the prettiest is a picket fence. It is a style of wood fence that is particularly suitable for a cottage style home and garden and it has many advantages.

To begin with it is quite low in height, so if the fence design you are looking for is a privacy fence design it is not the right one for you, but it does allow the sun and the light through so it is good for plants and flowers. It is a romantic looking fence design and evocative of the typical English country garden, especially when it is a white picket fence and has a little wood fence gate.

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You need to know how to build a fence and a picket fence is constructed in a particular way. Supporting fence posts, which can have a shaped top to match the pickets, are fixed into the ground at quite large intervals and the ‘pickets’, upright pieces of wood, are held parallel with horizontal bars at the top and also at the bottom. The pickets can be quite plain or have a shaped top and there are many different picket fence designs depending on individual taste. They can be of varying heights – also within an individual fence if it is custom made – and it is possible to make the fence so that it will look the same from both sides.

While a wood picket fence is the traditional way of making these particular wood fence designs it is not the only option. Vinyl fencing has become popular and widespread and it has a lot going for it. It does not need to be looked after in the same way as it is impervious to the weather; it does not need annual painting and it is less likely to rot. Unless you get up quite close to them it is difficult to tell the difference between a wood picket fence and a vinyl fence.

Wood Fence Designs: Privacy Fence

A Privacy Fence Is A Great Wood Fence Design

When first thinking of choosing between the various wood fence designs for your home you will soon find out that there are quite a few different fence installations to choose from and it is important to pick a style that will give you what you need. Privacy fence designs are a popular choice for a garden fence and the idea of a privacy fence appeals to a lot of homeowners when they are trying to decide which types of fences will work best for them. There are lots of things to consider when building a fence and there are many pros and cons to every choice. The following are some examples of both of these.

The pros of  privacy fencing are quite a few. For starters it is obviously going to provide a lot of privacy as it will not be see through like chain link fencing and it will be much taller than, let us say, a picket fence. The height of a privacy fence is important if you are trying to keep a pet which can jump very high, a dog for example, safe inside the yard. It is also helpful for concealing unsightly items like a shed or camper that is housed in the backyard.

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The cons of building a fence for privacy include the fact that the same animal that cannot jump over the fence might be more inclined to bark if it cannot see what is going on. It is likely to become agitated if it can only react to smells and sounds that it hears without being able to see what is on the other side of the wood fence.

While a privacy fence design offers privacy, it also restricts the view of the homeowner to see what is outside of his or her home. This is something else to consider when building a fence or trying deciding what wood fence design is going to work best for you. No matter which of the wood fence designs is finally chosen, whether it  is  a privacy fence or some other type of fence design,  it should be well made and strong and an attractive addition to the appearance of the home.

All wood fence designs give the homeowner a lot of color choices whether they use paint or a wood stain There is also the fact that while the color choices are almost unlimited a certain amount of upkeep will be required. Because wooden fencing, unlike vinyl fencing or a chain link fence installation, is susceptible to weather and the elements, it will need yearly maintenance and you should expect to have to make basic repairs. Often during the winter months the weather is bad enough to knock down whole fence panels, and you need to be prepared for this.