Category: fence

Build a Stockade Fence

When you want a privacy screen consider a stockade fence, with its tightly fitted pickets, that provides a solid barrier between your property and your neighbors. A stockade fence, made of wood or vinyl, also makes a nice backdrop for a garden landscape. You’ll find fence sections 6 feet high by 8 feet wide sold…


Design and Build a Picket Fence

Dear James: I think a picket fence would look good across my front and side yard. I have some saws and tools. Is this a project that the average DIYer can handle?—Jesse T. Dear Jesse: If you have worked with wood at all and have some power saws, a picket fence is probably the easiest…


Vinyl Fencing Requires No Maintenance

Dear James: We would like a white post and rail fence. A neighbor has one, but he is always painting it. Will a vinyl fence be durable and require less work?—Kayrn F. Dear Kayrn: Post and rail fencing, especially white, can make an aesthetic improvement to the character of any home. Moisture and water do…


Irish Rally Driver Breen Died After Fence Post Penetrated Car Window, Hyundai Says

Irish rally driver Craig Breen was killed instantly in a crash in Croatia last week after a fence post penetrated the car’s side window, his Hyundai team revealed on Wednesday. Co-driver James Fulton was unhurt in the accident in pre-event testing last Thursday. Breen’s funeral took place in his home town of Waterford on Tuesday….


Driver Arrested After Crash Through Fence at Texas Capitol

AUSTIN, Texas—A Texas woman has been arrested after an SUV she was allegedly driving crashed through a fence at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, authorities said. Karla Morales Mateo, 25, drove the vehicle onto a sidewalk and dropped her two daughters, ages 4 and 2, out of the vehicle, then drove through the southwestern…


Build a Rail Fence

A rail and post fence is one of the easiest fences to build. Its horizontal rails fit into pre-cut holes in the fence posts, so they go together like pins in a slot. Originally, it was a fast way to keep livestock from straying into a nearby homestead; today, its natural good looks make it…


Board-and-Batten Fence Is a Simple Project

Dear James: We have a new unpleasant neighbor, so we want to build a low-cost board style of fencing ourselves. What is a good design to build to block the view? — Angie M. Dear Angie: As they say, “Good fences make for good neighbors.” Your choice of a board-type fence is good for several…


Get Fancy With Wood Fencing

You’ve heard the wise saying, “Good fences make good neighbors.” It’s been around in one form or the other for hundreds of years and Robert Frost immortalized it in one of his poems just over a century ago. The advice is solid and you can take it one step further, should you desire. Attractive and one-of-a-kind fences…


Video: Man Builds Tall Fence to Keep His ‘Airborne’ Dog in the Yard, but the Plan Backfires

Keen to prevent his youngest dog from escaping the yard, a man built a tall fence around his Kentucky home to keep her in. But the plan backfired; the dog made light work of the wooden perimeter, and her funny acrobatics have made her a social media sensation. “I built the fence when I moved…


Kids Playing a Football Match Are Stunned After a Deer Jumps Over the Fence to Join the Fun

A group of kids who were playing a football match in southwest London were in for a shock when a fully antlered stag hopped over a fence onto the pitch to join in the fun. The red deer, which jumped into the middle of the football game at Bushy Park Sports Club in Teddington, was captured…