Jeff Beneke

Fences for Home and Garden (eBook, ePUB)

A Complete Guide to Selecting and Installing Wood, Masonry, Metal, and Living Fences
Illustrator: Powell, Melanie

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Home-improvement expert Jeff Beneke shows homeowners how to select and build the right fence to meet their needs. Includes step-by-step illustrated instructions for building wood, masonry, metal, and living fences that last. This complete guide shows homeowners how to select and build fences that provide privacy and security, mark boundaries, hide unpleasant views, keep animals in or out, beautify a yard, and provide protection from the elements. Because different fences serve different purposes-a bright white picket fence might add curb appeal but won't do much to secure your property from animals or people-it's important to think through the design process before the first hole is dug. Author Jeff Beneke walks readers through this planning process-High or low? Open or closed? Gated or no? Building with wood, metal, brick, concrete, or shrubbery? What type of fasteners? After the design and materials have been chosen, Beneke guides readers through the building process with illustrated step-by-step instructions. Also included is information on how to repair fences and gates that have been damaged by the ravages of time.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781635869170
• Artikelnr.: 70893811

Autorenporträt

Jeff Beneke is a building editor and writer and was a home improvement expert for The Spruce and a former editor of Fine Homebuilding Books. He has written more than a dozen home-improvement books, including How to Build a Fence, and published articles and reviews for a wide range of publications, including Popular Mechanics. He lives in Asheville, North Carolina.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1: Fencing
Then and Now History
Fence Law
Fencing with a Purpose
Materials
Before You Start Digging 2: Design and Layout Exterior Design
Field Research
Choosing a Style
Open or Closed?
To Gate or Not
Designing with Contrasts
Height and Sight
Scale and Proportion
Mixing Materials
Preparing a Plan
Finalizing the Plan
Plumb and Level 3: Wood Fences From Rails to Pickets
Choosing the Wood
Fasteners for All Seasons
Setting Posts
Attaching Rails
Post Top Details
The Picket Fence
Vertical Board Fences
Louvered Fences
Basketweave Fences
Lattice Fences
Prefab Panels
Vinyl Fences
Rustic Fences
Choosing a Finish 4: Masonry Fences Building with Stone
Building with Brick
Building with Concrete Block 5: Metal Fences Ornamental Metal Fences
Chain-Link Fences
Mesh Fencing
Barbed Wire
Electric Fences 6: Living Fences Hedges
Grasses
Bamboo
Fencing with Berms 7: Gates Design Decisions
Hardware
Building the Gate
Gateless Gateposts 8: Repairing Fences and Gates Refinishing a Wood Fence
Removing Mildew
Tightening Loose Fasteners
Correcting Footing Failures
Mending Decayed Posts
Replacing Decayed Posts
Repointing Mortar
Repairing Gates Acknowledgments Index