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 at home and lawn and garden centers and custom-made fences by fencing contractors.
A fence contractor will charge $3,500, including labor and material, to build a 50-foot-long vinyl stockade fence with an entrance gate. A homeowner with carpentry skills and tools can buy the fence components and build it for $1,800, saving you 49 percent….