The two things that decide whether a fence is a good idea or a long argument.
A fence looks like the simplest thing you can build in a yard, which is exactly why it produces so many disputes. It sits on a line that may or may not be where everyone assumes, it is visible from two properties, and it is held up by something nobody can inspect once the concrete has set.
These guides cover the parts worth getting right in advance: how to establish where the property line actually runs and why the old fence is poor evidence, how the common materials behave under Utah sun and Wasatch Front wind, and how to have the neighbor conversation in a way that keeps it a conversation.
The building itself is well-understood work. It is the decisions made before the first post hole that determine whether the finished fence is something you stop thinking about or something you keep having to discuss.
Fences get built in the wrong place all the time, and then they get replaced in the same wrong place because the new one follows the old one. Do that two or three times over…
Read the guide →Elevation buys you more ultraviolet exposure than most of the country deals with, and the Wasatch Front hands it out generously on south and west facing runs. Every material…
Read the guide →A fence is the one home improvement that lands directly on somebody else's view, and usually within arm's reach of their property. However reasonable your plan is, a crew…
Read the guide →Fences fail in two ways, and only one of them is about carpentry. The first is physical, and it is decided underground by post depth and setting long before anyone sees a finished panel. The second is social, and it is decided by whether the property line was established and whether the neighbor heard about the project before the crew arrived. A contractor can solve the first for you. The second is yours, and it is worth ten minutes.
If you take one thing from these: settle the line before you settle the material. Everything else about a fence can be changed later at moderate cost. A fence built in the wrong place is either a demolition or a conversation with a lawyer, and neither is improved by having chosen a nice cedar.
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