Dan Espen wrote:
jtpr writes:

We want to put a picket fence up on our property. The purpose is
to
simply define the property line. There are no animals or children
to
keep out or in. There will be gardening going on inside of it and
likely growing over some of it. About 150' of length, 3' high.

The question is maintenance. The property is located in an
historic
area of the NH seacoast across the street from the ocean. But the
house style is 1930's bungalow, most of the others being from the
16
or 17 hundreds. Obviously the most pleasing aesthetic choice
would
be the wooden fence painted white. But I am over maintaining
something like that at this stage of my life. So we have looked
at
vinyl and metal. Vinyl seems to choice we are going with now, but
I'm not totally crazy about it. Then I thought, it really doesn't
need to be white, could be natural. But I'm not sure what the
ramifications of that would be.

So, I'm looking for suggestions about this.

Here is a link to pics of the house:

http://jtpryan.smugmug.com/gallery/4...62605902_TDxPe

Nice house.

I'd go with white vinyl pickets and some landscaping.

I don't think any other color would work as well as white.
You've already got white railings in 2 places.

If it's "natural" then it's going to be gray after a while without
more maintenance than white paint would require.

Another option might be Trex or one of the other composite decking
materials that comes in white (or whatever color one prefers).

If he's willing to trade up front cost for low maintenance, he could
have it shot with white Imron--that should last for the rest of his
life and then some.


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