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customers choose which
style and color combination
is best for them. The app
includes over 60 standard
styles of vinyl fencing that
can be mixed and matched
in 35 colors and six wood
grains to create thousands
of different looks with dif-
ferent heights, caps and gate
combos. Once the customer
has selected a fence design,
a PDF can be printed for
them.
Top, Right: KompareIt.com assigns the typical
costs, per linear foot installed, of vinyl fences
at $25 to $40, and wooden fences at $10 to
$30. The added costs over time of wooden
fences include painting, repairing damage
from termites and weather, and more frequent
replacement giving vinyl fencing a long-term
edge in value according to USA Vinyl, the makers
of Weatherables® fencing.
PHOTO: USA VINYL
Bottom, Right: When setting posts, it is
recommended to place them approximately 6"
inside of the property line so that the concrete
footings do not encroach onto the adjoining
property.
PHOTO: LANDSCAPE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Easy to maintain, protected from weathering,
and impervious to moisture, rust and termites,
vinyl fences come in a wide variety of types,
heights, colors and looks including wood grain.
A three-man crew installed this Illusions Vinyl
fence in one day.