Tongue and Groove with Lattice Vinyl Fence

Just completed a job down in North Port and installed the white vinyl tongue and groove with lattice.  We also installed a 10′ double gate with it as well.

For those who don’t know much about it, it’s a 5′ tall section that has a 1′ lattice section attached to it creating the 6′ tall section by 6′ wide. 

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Wood Style Fences

Here are some examples of the differences of the wood style fences.  Many get confused on the difference with the boards and how they are aligned.  We build our wood fences on site depending on what the layout is and what the customer wants and needs at their home or property.

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Tongue and Groove Vinyl Fence

Here is a recent job done on Casey Key.  The material installed was the tongue and groove 6′ tall white vinyl fence with gothic caps.  The customer wanted it adjusted to the way the ground ran down the strip as well.

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Post and Rail wood fence at Wellfield

Here is a picture of recent wood post and rail we installed at Wellfield Park in Venice, FL. 

Chainlink Fencing Information and Specs

Chainlink comes in a variety of gauges. Gauge is the diameter of the wire; the higher the gauge number the smaller the wire diameter.  Common gauges and diameters are as follows:

• 6 gauge=.192”
• 9 gauge=.148”
• 11 gauge=.120”
• 11 ½ gauge=.113”
• 12 gauge=.106”
• 12 ½ gauge=.099

Chain link is available in heights of 36”, 42”, 48”, 60”, 72”, 84”, 96”, 120”, and 144”.

Many have asked if chain link come in colors, and yes they do.  You have your typical grey galvanized, which is your basic.  There is also what is called vinyl coated chain link and the colors that we are able to get in the material: forest green, midnight black and sierra brown.

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Cedar Wood Fence vs. Pressure treated Pine

Okay, so most people when they call in to our fence company say ” I would like to get a fence quote with pressure treated wood…”  And of course my reply is that we do not use pressure treated and here is why…

At one point in time we thought about using the pressure treated because all the fuss about made it seem that it was much better than just regular beautiful cedar.  We did a little research on this before we made any decisions on what to do and also asked customers what they had used in the past and most said pressure treated.  Well these customers that were calling us and telling us this had just installed the fence not but a year or two ago and it was already drying out and falling apart. 

Other customers we talked to that had cedar fencing we either put in or someone else did had their fence for over 10 years with no problems except for some minor repairs due to weather.  This is when we decided to stick with the regualr cedar wood for our wood fence installs because it never fails.  Although I won’t completely diss on the pressure treated fence, we actually use those posts to go in the ground because it drys out keeping the ground and soil from deteriorating it.  So that is a one plus to it but just about the only one. 

Hopefully that gives you a good idea of the difference between the two wood fences and can help you make a decision with you fencing.

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Product Safety and Fence Pool Code Information

The consumer Product Safety Commission suggests installing a fence or other barrier, completely around the pool. If the house is part of the barrier, the doors leading from the house to the pool should be protected with an alarm or the pool should have a power safety cover.

- The fence or other barrier should be at least 4 feet high. It should have no foot or handholds that could help a young child to climb it.

- Vertical fence slats should be less than 4 inches apart to prevent a child from squeezing through

- For any pool barrier, the maximum clearance at the bottom of the barrier should not exceed 4 inches above grade, when the measurement is done on the side of the barrier facing away from the pool.

- Gates should open out from the pool and should be self- closing and self-latching. The gate should have no opening greater than ½ inch within 18 inches of the latch release mechanism. This prevents a young child from reaching through the gate and releasing the latch.

- If the fence is chain link, then no part of the diamond-shaped opening should be larger that 1¾ inch. The mesh size should not exceed 1¼ inches square.

Use this guide when the release mechanism is located less than 54 inches from the bottom of the gate.

- If horizontal members are equal to or more than 45 inches apart, vertical spacing shall not exceed 4 inches.

- Fence gates should be self-closing and self-latching. The gate should be well maintained to close and latch easily. The latch should be out of a child’s reach.

- When the release mechanism of the self-latching device is less than 54 inches from the bottom of the gate, the release mechanism for the gate should be at least 3 inches below the top of the gate on the side facing the pool.

Note: Placing the release mechanism at this height prevents a young child from reaching over the top of a gate and releasing the latch. Also, the gate and barrier should have no opening greater than ½ inch within 18 inches of the latch release mechanism. This prevents a young child from reaching through the gate and releasing the latch.

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