Ottawa Privacy Fence? Yes, Please.
Often you’re building a fence to keep a pet in, to keep your kids in, as a great feature for your landscaping… and yes, sometimes we build privacy fences, even in the Ottawa area.
Before you undertake a privacy fence, you will want to make sure there are no neighborhood bylaws that prevent such a fence, as many communities won’t allow privacy fences.
You’re obviously not going to start building your Ottawa privacy fence until the Spring thaw… but you can begin with the design considerations – and if you stop into The Fence and Deck Store we can help choose materials and validate your plans.
Here are few quick things to consider as you design your Ottawa privacy fence:
Test your privacy. You may decide that a fence with the height just shy of two meters will give you the privacy you are looking for – only to discover that because of how your deck sits or the slope of your yard, you really aren’t creating privacy at all. Likewise, perhaps the slope of your yard (or your neighbor’s) requires a privacy fence only slightly taller than a meter. Stop by The Fence and Deck Store and pick up a few pieces of fence material/lumber to test this. Take the board to different vantage points along the proposed fence line and have someone else positioned in your social area(s) to see how much privacy you will actually receive from varying heights.
A few logistics. You won’t want to tear down your fence after you’ve built it, so make sure not only that you are in line with the neighborhood covenants, but that you know where the property line is and you have a building permit.
Plan for your materials. With a privacy fence and the materials used, fence posts are typically 2.5 meters apart. Brave the cold, stake out your yard and measure for what you’ll need in terms of fencing and posts. If you try and space out your posts farther, wind and gravity will make you pay for it in the long run… the closer posts are together the stronger your fence will be.
Include flexibility in your design. Think about how you will access your yard, where the gate should go – and then design another. Two access points – you’ll thanks us for that. You should also make one panel removable in case you ever need to provide access for you or a contractor to build a deck or conduct more than simple landscaping.
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