This backyard fence looks like a classic stained cedar privacy fence — and it is. What you do not see is the part that decides how long it stays that way: every post is galvanized steel, set in concrete.
The difference between a builder-grade fence and one people comment on is rarely the fence itself. It is six or seven small decisions, most of which cost very little if they are made before…
An uncovered slab in North Texas goes unused from June to September. All three of these fix that, but they give different amounts of shade, attach to the house differently, and cost quite different…
A cedar fence in North Texas gets hit by hard sun, hard rain and soil that moves under it. Almost none of the care it needs is difficult — it is just easy to…
An automatic gate is the one thing on a property that has to work every single day, in the rain, with a car waiting behind it. Most of the reliability is decided before the…
Pool barrier rules are the one area of fencing where getting it wrong has consequences beyond looks. They are also widely misexplained online, including on the state law question.
Staining is the cheapest thing you can do to extend the life of a wood fence, and it is the thing most often done at the wrong time with the wrong product. Timing matters…
Most people decide based on how the fence looks, which is the least useful signal available. Here is the order we actually check things in, and you can do the first test yourself in…
If you have watched a three-year-old fence start to lean in North Texas, the wood is rarely the problem. The soil is. Here is what is happening underground and what a proper installation does…
Cedar and pressure-treated pine both last in North Texas, but they fail in different ways and they do not belong in the same parts of a fence. Here is how we choose between them.
