Wood Fence Installation Tips: Installing Posts and Pickets

Lowe’s home improvement expert, Mike Kraft, shows how to install wooden fence posts and pickets when building a new fence. First, set the posts. If you need to cut the fence post to length, you can cut it now. Before you put the post into the holes, add gravel for drainage. Then set the post [...]

Buying a Vinyl Fence? Home Improvement Chain Store Prices are not What They Seem

You see them advertise on the TV every day, orange aprons fluttering down the aisles at Home Depot, “You can do it! We can help!?”, the warm voice of Gene Hackman telling you “Lowes, let’s build something together”. These big names spend big bucks to convince you that if you want to improve your home [...]

Vinyl Fence Buyers! Limited Color Choices Await You

As I said in an earlier chapter, vinyl does not come in a wide range of colors. Like that Procol Harum song “Whiter Shade of Pale“, it is usually limited to white, pale shades of grey or tan. This is because the titanium oxide pigment (a component of vinyl which prevents colors from yellowing or [...]

Vinyl Fence Buyers, Don’T End Up With A Bad Case Of “Buyers Remorse”. Research Before You Buy.

Spring is just around the corner and so is fence buying season. If youâ??re one of the millions of home owners who are seeking to provide their family the privacy and security they deserve youâ??re probably starting to think about purchasing a lifetime quality vinyl fence. Dollar for dollar it is the best value on [...]