Backyard Fences Garden Nursery Landscaping Guide
Backyard Fences For Your Family Home
By Rodger G Allenby
Backyard fences are useful when you want to define the boundary
of your property with your neighbors. This should be done with
professional advice to confirm the boundaries of your yard, prior
to the installation of the fence, to avoid legal consequences
and neighborhood disputes.
I used a property surveyor to confirm my boundaries, before I
arranged for the installation of backyard fences on my property.
There are many reasons for backyard fences surrounding your property.
You want privacy and security. Your home is your castle. You do
not want every Tom, Nick, Harry and their dog walking all over
your property.
Putting Up Backyard Fences
There are many who are afraid to approach their neighbors about
putting up backyard fences. In a way that is understandable, though
there really is a benefit to doing so.
Some think that putting these up makes for bad relations between
neighbors, but that actually is not true. It tends to make things
much better for a variety of reasons.
I am glad there are fences between my yard and the ones next
door, and I think if the fences were not there, we would have
more problems than we do. As it stands, we get along perfectly
fine.
Determine Property Line Before Fence Is Installed
Having backyard fences installed works out better because there
are not disputes between neighbors about property line. This is
why both neighbors should have input, and why someone should come
to determine the property line before the fence is put in.
Problems arise when someone just puts one up and the other neighbor
thinks the property lines are wrong. If both are in on it, there
is no cause for question later, especially with the professional
being involved.
Shared Expense With Your Neighbor
There can be problems when backyard fences are a shared expense
however. This leaves much open when something happens to the fence,
or a part of it. Who pays for it? Who repairs it? What color is
it going to be?
The people putting up the fence should pay for it entirely, as
it was their idea. That way it is obvious that if something happens
to it they are the ones that pay for it.
However, if the neighbor does something to it, they will know
they owe the other. It sounds a little complicated, but one buying
makes more sense and makes issues easier to sort through if things
go bad.
More Privacy With A Backyard Fence
The act of putting up backyard fences actually helps relations.
Each of the neighbors feel as if they have more privacy, and they
feel more free to enjoy themselves in the yard.
I wish the fence in my yard went all the way around both sides
so that people from the street were not gawking at us, but at
least I know my neighbors and I can be outside at the same time
and we don't have to stare at each other, if we don't want to.
It makes things more peaceful and I also know that when my daughter’s
ball goes over the backyard fences they will return it without
problem. If she were constantly running to their yard all the
time, that might not be the case.
I have a pet dog. I have a problem with the dog disappearing
into the neighborhood and the whole family spending hours, days
looking for our pet. After we found our dog, I mentioned our problem
to the vet.
Underground Pet Fence
The vet advised a review of options and recommended an underground
pet fence as a solution. I have decided to install an underground
pet fence and my pet has never disappeared again.
The underground pet fence is not a hideous ten metre high above
ground fence. You set a boundary within the yard with wires underground
and this is the underground fence. Your pet wears a collar. If
your pet is close to the boundary, it will hear beeps, if it step
on the boundary it will either get a mild electric shock or a
spray of Citronella, depending on your settings.
Both of these methods are considered humane and will not harm
your pet. For confirmation if an underground pet fence is the
best solution for your pet, contact your local vet.
Now, I can keep my pet dog on my side of the backyard fences.
About the Author:
Rodger G Allenby has written a number of articles on landscaping and gardening including
Water Gardens,
Garden Supplies,
Grass Seed,
Green Lawn,
Underground Pet Fence.
Keep a lookout for more of his articles on this website.
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