How Tall Should a Fence Be?
Four feet, six feet or eight: what each height buys, why the cost climbs faster than the height does, and where extra height earns its keep.
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Notes on fencing in Columbus
Shorter pieces on the specific things that come up here: how tall to build, what the clay does to a post, what suits an older in-town street, and what a fence can honestly be expected to survive.
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Georgia 811 and the Fence You Are About to Dig
Georgia 811 names installing a fence as exactly the kind of project it wants to hear about. What the locate does, what it costs, and how long it takes.
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Red Clay and the Reason Fence Posts Lean
Piedmont clay holds a post firmly and holds water against it just as firmly. What that does over twelve years, and four cheap details that change it.
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Fences That Suit an Older Columbus Street
What works on the older in-town streets: open fences on the frontage, height in proportion to the house, and privacy kept where it is not seen from the road.
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Fencing a Yard When You Might Move in Three Years
Columbus has a lot of housing on assignment cycles. What that changes about fence decisions for renters, landlords and short-horizon owners around Fort Benning.
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Wind, Storms and What a Fence Can Honestly Withstand
Straight-line winds and falling limbs damage more fences around Columbus than anything dramatic. What construction helps, and what none can survive.
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What the Specifications on a Fence Quote Describe
Post rating, footing size, post spacing and gate construction set what a fence costs and how long it lasts. Here is what each specification means.
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