McDonough Fence Company’s Top Ten Advantages of Fencing

Fences may be constructed to provide invaluable elements within any property. They may be used for privacy, for security, to block out service areas or unsightly views. They may be erected to define the boundary of a property or used as a landscape tool to support plants or to create an attractive backdrop within your yard.

The concept of enclosing parts of the outdoor space around our homes is nothing new, nor is the idea of using upright horizontal structures to create outdoor “rooms.” While the structures used traditionally were varied and included walls and hedges, the advantages of fencing nowadays range from cost to versatility.

These are our McDonough fence company specialist’s top ten advantages of installing fencing.

Top Ten Fencing Advantages From Leading McDonough Fence Company

1. Cost While fences range in price depending on the material and design chosen, they are generally less expensive to erect or install than solid walls. This is largely because less time and effort are required for footing than for the foundations of walls, and because less labor is required to erect fences. Even though bricklaying skills are not required for fencing, others skills including welding and carpentry, are required to make some fence types.
2. Screening Fences may be used to successfully screen parts of the garden in a number of different ways. Unlike solid walls that have a tendency to trigger turbulence, slatted or lattice screens allow the wind to pass through them. Less substantial than a solid brick, block or stone wall, fencing used for screening can be used creatively to allow a glimpse of what is beyond, or built in such a way that they visually block what is behind.
3. Sub-division Fences can be used very effectively to sub-divide a property into different areas of function and interest. But it must be done sensitively or fencing might be perceived as an irritating barrier that must be needlessly walked around. Incorporating paths and archways or gates with fencing usually works well.
4. Security Just about any type of fence can be used to provide security, either around the boundary of the property, or within the yard. However it is important to design security fencing so that it is solid and high enough to prevent people or animals from climbing over it. Happily both inexpensive and more costly options, like wire mesh vs welded metal, do the job successfully.
5. Safety Related to security, protection provided by fences is usually designed to contain children and animals, to keep them safe. Swimming pool fencing is also installed for safety reasons. Like security fencing, any fences erected for safety reasons should be designed in such a way that they will keep children or animals in or out of an area, as required.
6. Privacy Fences and screens are perfect for creating privacy in any property, either from the road, or within the yard itself, around a patio for instance.
7. Aesthetics Imaginatively designed fences can be aesthetically pleasing, adding to the overall appeal of your property. You might consider a traditional picket fence that is low and pretty, a lattice screen fence, or a decorative steel fence that allows you to see the view beyond.
8. Landscaping Many people underestimate the potential of fencing as a landscaping tool. In itself a form of hard landscaping, fences can be used together with plants (which fall under the soft landscaping heading) to create a range of very attractive effects.
9. Noise barrier and shelter While fencing doesn’t provide overhead shelter, it can be installed to provide a valuable noise barrier and a windbreak. A well-designed fence will also provide some degree of shade. Generally fencing erected for shelter or to reduce noise should be relatively solid.
10. Value Fencing is an investment because it adds value to any property. Of course the value it adds will depend on the type of fencing and the function it fulfills. Once you have built a fence or had one professionally installed, it’s important to maintain it regularly to ensure you retain the investment you have made, and increase its value.

For more information about the advantages of fencing, and the options for you property, call Natural Enclosures, a leading McDonough fence company, dedicated to its clients.