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What is a privacy fence? - LeighArchibald - 01-29-2011
You should have heard about privacy fences which are often an essential feature of the urban or suburban yard and you could also expect it to play a role on some rural landscapes as well. Usually experts advice to install privacy fences since it serves some important functions such as screening out unpleasant external sights and sounds that would otherwise impinge upon the senses and screening your movements from the prying eyes of your neighbors. Having a privacy fence doesn’t mean that you are trying to hide something from the eyes of your neighbors. Instead it is a screen which will provide you some privacy so that you need not worry about being open to somebody else while you are in the middle of some household tasks that you wish to enjoy being alone. And this may be the reason why the famous poet Robert Frost wrote in his poem Mending Wall that “good fences make good neighbors”.
It is usually suggested by experts while conducting pest and building inspection services that it is better to install a hardsacpe privacy fence because it has got many advantages when compared with their softscape counterparts. First of all it provides speedy results. When you install wooden or vinyl privacy fences and masonry walls they could furnish instant privacy. Or else you will need to grow plants and wait until the plants reach sufficient height to provide privacy. Also, you need not be worried about maintaining the privacy fence if they are well built. But if you choose to grow plants you need to water and weed on them.