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Posted by RicodJour on May 24, 2006, 1:48 pm
jonathan@opalise.co.uk wrote:
> I've enlisted the help of a friend to run a fence along one boundary
> side of my property. There's already a hedge along this boundary but
> it's thin in places and doesn't provide the required level of privacy
> between my garden and the adjoining public footpath.
> The problem is that running a straight piece of string from one side of
> the proposed fence to the other side cuts off a fair part of the
> floorspace from my garden (as much as 50-60cm in places) as the
> existing boundary hedge appears to be curved away from the straight
> line created by the string.
> I believe this can be overcome by dividing the fence into three
> straight line segments that roughly follow the path of the curve,
> helping us gain back the majority of lost floorspace. My neighbour,
> however, thinks that this will look dreadful. Is there some kind of
> generally understood rule amongst those in the know stating that
> "wooden fences should always be run in a straight line, otherwise
> they'll look bad"?
Straight fences are easiest. Slightly non-straight looks crooked.
Curved/segmented like you mean it - done by design - is perfectly
acceptable. Can look quite nice and only takes a little longer to
layout and install.
Don't kill the hedge by building the fence right on top of it. Since
you mentioned privacy, I assume this is apparently wood/vinyl fencing.
Depending on the system, you may want to use round posts to simplify
installation.
R
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> side of my property. There's already a hedge along this boundary but
> it's thin in places and doesn't provide the required level of privacy
> between my garden and the adjoining public footpath.
> The problem is that running a straight piece of string from one side of
> the proposed fence to the other side cuts off a fair part of the
> floorspace from my garden (as much as 50-60cm in places) as the
> existing boundary hedge appears to be curved away from the straight
> line created by the string.
> I believe this can be overcome by dividing the fence into three
> straight line segments that roughly follow the path of the curve,
> helping us gain back the majority of lost floorspace. My neighbour,
> however, thinks that this will look dreadful. Is there some kind of
> generally understood rule amongst those in the know stating that
> "wooden fences should always be run in a straight line, otherwise
> they'll look bad"?