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6' or 8' privacy fence for backyard?
Posted on 5/7/24 at 2:13 pm
Posted on 5/7/24 at 2:13 pm
Looking to put a wood privacy fence up soon. Keep going back and forth on 6' or 8'. Reason 8' is being considered, is because my house and and pool sit up on a 3 1/2ft house pad. Area where fence will be placed is not as elevated. This will only be down one side of property to block a neighborhood, not enclosing my backyard.
Anyone here have 8' fence and wish they would've gone with 6'?
Anyone here have 8' fence and wish they would've gone with 6'?
Posted on 5/7/24 at 2:24 pm to slapahoe
I have a 6’ fence with a section of it being 8’ due to a shitty neighbor I had when I had it built. The 8’ section broke off the posts after bending the posts during Ida. I’m a cheap arse and decided to fix it myself - all by myself. Let me tell you, if you go 8’ and something similar happens to it, you better be willing to pay a crew to pick it up and reattach it because fixing mine was one of the most intense workouts I’ve ever gone through.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 3:29 pm to slapahoe
I almost did 8' but a fence builder told me it will curl/warp over time. I still wish we had in the front portion of the fence that faces the road because when I'm on elevated deck in the back, I'm partially visible from the sidewalk/road while grilling. I might add some lattice to it.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 4:05 pm to slapahoe
I would do 8 foot if allowed...and consider board on board if you don't want people looking through the cracks
Posted on 5/8/24 at 5:31 am to slapahoe
They also make 7’ boards. I have 7’ with a 8” mud board and I find it to be the perfect height.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 8:45 am to slapahoe
I recently replaced a damaged section of a 6' fence and now wish I'd gone with 8'. Most screening foliage has been removed. The back neighbor leaves 3 soffit mounted flood lights on all night shining directly through my windows. An 8' fence would block some of that light.
I'm thinking about topping my 6' fence with a 2' wire trellis and letting Virginia creeper take over. My hope is that wire + vines stand up better to hurricanes.
Also, fence contractor cautioned that the quality of fencing lumber has declined.
I'm thinking about topping my 6' fence with a 2' wire trellis and letting Virginia creeper take over. My hope is that wire + vines stand up better to hurricanes.
Also, fence contractor cautioned that the quality of fencing lumber has declined.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 10:36 am to slapahoe
Replaced our fence 2 years ago, and went with 8 feet as well as building it up a few inches so that rain water would not sit on the boards and rot them. Results in a little more than an 8 foot fence, that I wouldn't change at all. We had the same issue in that our pool pad was built up and I could see directly into my backyard neighbors windows over our previous 6 foot fence. Now we have true privacy. Wasn't cheap, but it was worth every penny.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 4:40 pm to slapahoe
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Keep going back and forth on 6' or 8'
Why not split the difference and go with 7’?
Posted on 5/8/24 at 5:25 pm to slapahoe
Half of mine is 7 feet and man that's tall. But it's on the same elevation as the rest of my property. If you do go taller than 6, be sure to get stronger posts than regular treated 4x4. Schedule 40 or 4x6 / 6x6 deep in the ground. 7 and 8 foot fence is a big arse sail in hurricane force winds.
That being said, Ida leaned half of it almost completely over and snapped the other half like twigs. We are replacing with 6 ft.
That being said, Ida leaned half of it almost completely over and snapped the other half like twigs. We are replacing with 6 ft.
This post was edited on 5/8/24 at 5:26 pm
Posted on 5/8/24 at 6:30 pm to slapahoe
Regardless of what you do, I recommend steel posts in concrete. Makes it so much easier to replace runners and boards
Posted on 5/8/24 at 7:34 pm to slapahoe
I like all my neighbors except one and it just so happens that I can see the one from my backyard and they can see me.
Go 8'.
Go 8'.
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