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amother
Fuchsia
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 Mon, Mar 25 2019, 12:44 pm
I want to build a 6 foot fence at the back of my house because there are constantly people walking through our yard. I called a company but it is very expensive to built a tall wooden fence. Do you have any ideas for me for a DIY or other alternative?
Thanks
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amother
Apricot
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Mon, Mar 25 2019, 12:47 pm
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SingALong
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Mon, Mar 25 2019, 1:10 pm
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Would you plant a row of privacy trees? Completely surrounding your yard? I did that and once they grew in no more people going through. I think it was cheaper or about the same price as a fence. I also went down to henursery and bought the trees wholesale so that saved me some also
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Amarante
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Mon, Mar 25 2019, 2:54 pm
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The cheapest alternative is a chain link fence - not the most esthetic but you can plant vegetation which should fairly rapidly disguise it.
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watergirl
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Mon, Mar 25 2019, 3:02 pm
| Amarante wrote: | | The cheapest alternative is a chain link fence - not the most esthetic but you can plant vegetation which should fairly rapidly disguise it. |
We actually just put in a fence. We got 6 bids and every company told us that with new terrifs on metal plus the labor, chain link is now more expensive than treated wood.
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Amarante
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Mon, Mar 25 2019, 3:12 pm
| watergirl wrote: | | We actually just put in a fence. We got 6 bids and every company told us that with new terrifs on metal plus the labor, chain link is now more expensive than treated wood. |
That could well be - I just finished a remodel and my GC told me that prices on stuff really went up and I was lucky that the majority of my materials had been ordered prior to the impact. I was basing my post on information prior to the tariff.
I bought a bed last year over the internet and I think it was about $400 - I couldn't use it and gave it to my friend and when I looked it up because she had lost the instructions  the price had gone up to $590 - literally since October 2017 when I bought it which was about 18 months ago.
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watergirl
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Mon, Mar 25 2019, 3:14 pm
| amother wrote: | That could well be - I just finished a remodel and my GC told me that prices on stuff really went up and I was lucky that the majority of my materials had been ordered prior to the impact. I was basing my post on information prior to the tariff.
I bought a bed last year over the internet and I think it was about $400 - I couldn't use it and gave it to my friend and when I looked it up because she had lost the instructions the price had gone up to $590 - literally since October 2017 when I bought it which was about 18 months ago. |
Yeah, we did vinyl on part of the fence and treated wood on part and the price was almost the same as chain link, including labor - chain link is more labor intensive than wood or vinyl.
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