Fences, Walls & Gates softcover: Building Techniques, Tools and Materials, Design Ideas

Has a variety of creative ideas; BEAUTIFUL photos. About half is pictures of fences of different materials, and combinations of materials, often including other landscaping/hardscaping ideas and concepts, with narratives. The other half is Building Basics, which includes the basics of building different types of fences (wood; masonary; ETC) and gates. Altho the instructions have some detail, they are basic. If you are a total novice (like me), you'll probably need some additional help. Another part of the second section is about available materials: lumber; metal and vinyl fencing; fasteners; blocks, bricks, and stone; gate material and hardware. I got a lot of information and ideas from this book and would recommend this book to others.

Was just what I was looking for to aid in fence design and construciton. Great illistration and directions. Found the design I was looking for.

The 128 page book didn't take long to go through since about half of the book is photos. Now, the unusual fences pictured at the beginning aren't the ones they attempt to give instructions to build. The instructions to build an average fence are vague, leaving me with questions after I was done with the section. I'm glad only paid under $1 for the used book, of course that is before shipping.

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If you're looking for a book to help you design and build fences... DON'T BOTHER. This has some great pics of fences, but falls far short in helpful information.

This book was more or less a waster of money for me. It had some (really only a few) good pictures of wooden fences and gates that I was looking for, and the rest were more artsy metal and masonry. The instructions on building were for very simple fences and gates, which I already knew and found for free on the internet. I was really looking for pictures or instructions on building an outstanding fence and gate.