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THE GOOD FENCE
32 Iron Fence by Custom Security Fence & Iron Works. Texas Fence company combined masontry columns and cedar for this custom fence. A painted aluminum fence with decorative gate that frames a view of the garden is by Great Fence Distributors. house& home | April 2009 | house andhomeonline.com
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AG WELDING, 713.988.4200, www.agwelding.com AMERICAN FENCE & SUPPLY, 281.332.0511, League City; 6612 Harborside Drive, Galveston, www.afence.com ART FENCES, 281.610.6194 CUSTOM SECURITY FENCE & IRON WORKS, 281.219.1400, www.customsecurityfence.com GREAT FENCE DISTRIBUTORS, 866.869.8940, www.greatfence.com MADDOX CUSTOM POOLS (Jerith fences), 281.498.7929, Stafford NATIVE TEXAS LANDSCAPE, 281.687.7512, www.nativetexaslandscape.com MCKINNON ASSOCIATES, 713.869.2797, www.mckinnonassociates.com WESTWOOD FENCE, 6101 E Houston Road, 713.674.3277 McKinnon has also used acrylics and polycarbonates to create artistic fences. These materials let light pass through, but are opaque and therefore provide privacy. ?They can be backlit to bring out night time qualities,? he adds. Polycarbonate vinyl fencing requires little or no maintenance and resists termites, fungus and dry rot. Newer versions of vinyl fences are fade resistant and are difficult to tell apart from wood. Other materials include wrought iron, especially nice for gates and accents, and stucco, which, in fencing, is cinder blocks faced with stucco. As for combination fences??the sky is the limit,? says Hackney. He has built wood fences with brick columns, wrought iron with stone columns and cedar fences with stucco columns, just to name a few mixed uses. SELECTIONS AND ELECTIONS Once you select your main material, you have an array of options that can dress up your fence. A sampling of ideas includes a tall privacy fence with a grilled window such as McKinnon designed for a client. The high fence blocks an unsightly utility easement outside the property, the window lets the breeze through and the grill provides security. Lozano suggests customizing a wroughtiron gate or driveway arch. The Great Fence residential product comes in five different colors. Even a simple cedar fence can be punched up with a cap along the top, says Hackney.
