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Picket or Chain Link?

The TVClubHouse: Archives: 2004 January - Arpil: Picket or Chain Link? users admin

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Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 3:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Any opinions on which we should get? We want it to contain our two beagles and little boy in the backyard. Any pros/cons and opinions would be appreciated.

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 3:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think you need to go with what the people in your neighborhood have. There is no covenant against chain link in our neighborhood, but if we were to have one, it would depreciate the value of our house because all the fences here are wood.

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 3:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I wish there were a covenant against chain link, but there is not. And since there is some type of steel/chain link shortage, CL fences are about as costly as wood. The house next door has a coated chain link fence. The other neighbors don't have any fences.

Spygirl
Member

04-23-2001

Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 6:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
If the price is the same, go for wood - definitely! They are nicer, and they provide more privacy and security. Plus, it definitely ups the re-sale value.

Jagger
Member

08-07-2002

Wednesday, April 21, 2004 - 5:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Wood is nice, but wood is also a lot more upkeep. Wood needs to be stained or finished every few years and over time it will rot. Wood will definitly increase the value more than chain link. In my area chain link is still much much cheaper.

You also have another option, which is the plastic fencing, which looks very much like wood but is basically maintaince free. From what I hear, at least in this area, the plastic fencing is more expensive than either the wood or the chain link.

Good luck on deciding which one to go with.

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Wednesday, April 21, 2004 - 6:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Jagger, we buy pretreated fencing. I have never stained a fence in 20 years .

Lumbele
Member

07-12-2002

Wednesday, April 21, 2004 - 8:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Annie, I have and it is a big pain in the you-know-where, esp. since our fence is about 60 feet and a "weather wall" as well as a privacy fence.
Julie, if you expect to live there for a long time and can possibly swing it, my vote goes towards a maintenance free fence.
For the looks and resale aspect my second choice would still be wood, but treated wood, you'll have a few more years between staining/painting.
Chain link you could hide with a hedge, but that, too would require quite a few years to complete.
Good luck!



Jagger
Member

08-07-2002

Wednesday, April 21, 2004 - 12:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Texannie around Minnesota even if you buy the pretreated fencing after a few years it needs maintance. I'm not sure if that is because of our drastic weather changes or what but most items that are pretreated tend to show their wear after 3 to 5 years.

Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Wednesday, April 21, 2004 - 1:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Don't forget: there are the privacy slats you can get with chain link, and just replace them when necessary.

I would go with chain link and grow vines on it--cat claw grows very quickly.

The other consideration is whether the fence would block street view sufficiently to raise the risk of you being broken into.

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Wednesday, April 21, 2004 - 2:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
We just have to worry about the termites eating ours! LOL

Jagger
Member

08-07-2002

Thursday, April 22, 2004 - 6:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL Texannie, those pesty little wood eaters. From what I hear they can cause major damage to a home and property.

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Thursday, April 22, 2004 - 6:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yep..they eat our mulch too!

Kaykay
Member

01-21-2004

Thursday, April 22, 2004 - 10:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My neighbors got a German Sheperd and had to get a fence. They decided to have a 4 foot picket fence in the front and side and had a dark green chain link in the back. It look nice. The dog can look in to woods in the back yet the fence still looks nice from the front :-)