| One of the best rights we have as a species is | | | | best option is along the lines of a chain link |
| the general right to privacy. I don't care if you're | | | | aluminum fence. This also wouldn't provide much |
| my neighbor, you don't have free reign to know | | | | security, but it would provide a higher level of |
| what books I like to read outside my pool. Fences | | | | security as you can install a good gate and some |
| are a great way to block people from any | | | | nice wire mess to at least keep the pests out of |
| annoying amateur spy operations. This isn't the | | | | your yard. |
| only reason for a good privacy fence though. You | | | | Vinyl fencing might be the best option for the |
| will often need it for reasons of general safety | | | | average person who wants both though. These |
| and liability. | | | | come in larger and panel style versions that won't |
| Let's actually start with your options though. | | | | seem like an ugly addition. The most common |
| There is the simple horse fence if you are merely | | | | types are the solid panels that surround many |
| looking for an affordable and decorative option to | | | | pools in America. They are tall enough to afford a |
| surround your large property. This is basically just | | | | reasonable level of privacy while also granting an |
| the standard farmhouse fence that a lot of | | | | additional level of security and safety. The safety |
| traditionally-themed places use. It's just a few | | | | issues aren't really about keeping people in though. |
| planks between other planks to form a few | | | | It's primarily about keeping people out. There's a |
| wooden lines that make crossing difficult. This will | | | | reason that they are popular around pools. People |
| obviously do nothing for privacy and or safety. | | | | don't just fence in their pool to keep the |
| You are as exposed as either. There is a huge | | | | neighbors from seeing them in a bikini. They do it |
| gap in between the planks and these generally | | | | to avoid legal issues in case someone hurts |
| can't be very high. Safety isn't present at all. | | | | themselves while illegally using the pool. Keeping it |
| Someone or something can go under or jump | | | | in an open area is just asking for trouble. Making |
| over the fence at any time that they feel like it. | | | | them jump over a 6 foot fence removes any |
| Your next option would be something along the | | | | notion of not securing it properly. |
| lines of an aluminum fence. Now, you could | | | | Ask you can see, there are different fences for |
| theoretically use some type of long sheet metal | | | | different needs. Just consider your situation and |
| fence, but that would look incredibly ugly. The | | | | get the perfect fence. |