Posts, rails, pickets or panels, concrete and gate hardware for a wood, vinyl or aluminum fence.
0 of 13 answers are yours. The rest are typical defaults — check each one.
Total fence length
default
All the runs added together, gates included.
Treated wood
The budget choice
Cedar
Cedar boards on treated posts
Privacy
Boards side by side
Board-on-board
Two layers, no gaps
Shadowbox
Boards alternate sides
Split rail
Posts and rails
Zoning usually allows about 4 ft in front yards and 6 ft behind.
6 ft
The usual backyard fence
6 ft
Stiffer: tall or windy
Usual for the style
1×6 privacy, 1×4 pickets
2 for a run with two ends (at the house counts); 0 when it goes all the way around.
4 ft
Mower and wheelbarrow
10 ft double
Driveway: two 5 ft leaves
Fast-setting concrete
Pour it dry, add water
Mixed concrete
Cheaper per post
Gravel, no concrete
Drains; tamp it hard