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there will be back to back fences around my backyard with about a foot of space in between the two fences.

The fence is necessary to block the view to the neighbors dogs (boxer/lab? Mix) that go absolutely apeshit when People walk around my backyard.

Doable? Or does anyone see problems putting up this fence?

A few things to consider. First you are going to have to put the pickets facing to the inside because only a foot of space will not be enough room to work between the two fences. The alternative or one way to have your pickets facing out is to build the fence in sections and mount each section to the posts facing out. This 1 foot space is going to grow weeds and grass. The easiest way to manage this is weed killer such as round-up. If a ball or anything else gets between the fences it is going to be a pain in the arse to get it out as well. Also remember that if your pickets are facing out when one warpes and pulls out it will ba a major pain to replace it because you would have to pull out the entire section just to get to it. I would probably just mount mine facing in if it were me. I used screws instead of nails when I put mine up and whenever a picket has gone bad it takes about 30 seconds to replace it. I also saved about $2500 in labor by building it myself.

As far as the issue of the neighbors dog you are going to have to go an extra mile to eliminate this issue. My fence is not a shadow box. I put it up with the pickets flushed up against each other. If you use new pickets they are going to dry out in about 3 months and shrink. No matter how tight you put the pickets next to each other a gap will still be there every 6 inches between the pickets. these gaps allow my dog to be very aware of it if someone or something is on the other side. Even if you were to put a cloth screen totaly eliminating the ability to peek through the pickets a dog can still hear and smell. Dont get me wrong. Good fences make good neighbors but it's not going to solve the dogs going apeshit.

This post was edited on 2/21/12 at 11:35 am

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Posted by Jibbajabba

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Member since May 2011

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Posted on 2/21/12 at 1:31 pm to 4nmylifetime

well to be honest, it isn't really to keep the dogs from barking at me. I have seen big dogs jump hurricane fences before and with a small dog and a small child on my side of the fence, i really don't want to take any chances of that happening. I really don't see these dogs jumping a 6 foot privacy fence.

Another question.

There is actually a length of hurricane fence on my property that will need to come up. How easy/difficult will that be and what resources will I need to accomplish that?

By the way, thanks for being accommodating to all of these questions. I appreciate the input!