"MiamiCuse" wrote:
"brooklyn1" wrote:

I hope when you erected your
fence you placed it like 6"-8" off the ground so you could reach
under, placing stockade slats directly on the ground will also cause
them to rot.... you would have had a taller fence too.... you can
still raise the sections.

No I did not do them 6-8" off the ground the planks were almost at the
ground in some cases touching the ground. I did not want them off the
ground and they may rot faster but I am willing to replace the planks sooner
in exchange for a fence that blocks out from below with stray dogs, possums,
raccoons etc...


Possums and racoons can easily climb any fence, may as well try to
fence out squirrels... dogs want in they will quickly dig under and
larger dogs will dig and chew through wooden slats within a few
minutes... for dogs one really needs chainlink or some kind of iron
picket fence such as used around graveyards. And still dogs will dig
under chainlink and iron fencing... to keep dogs from digging one
really needs to place the fence upon a paved area or do the typical
concrete block wall thingie one usually constructs in southern climes
where the ground doesn't heave from freezing weather.

From your first post it was evident that your concern was to block the
view of your neighbor's ugly fence, but now with your subsequent posts
you're tossing in all sorts of other conditions. I think for you the
only solution is to move onto large acreage with a forest buffer... I
gather from your descriptions you are on a relatively small surburban
lot, perhaps 1/4 acre... it's not possible to find any real privacy on
so small a lot where neighbors can hear each other's toilets flush. I
lived in a similar situation, I learned to tolerate my neighbor's
eyesores and peering eyes and I planted shrubery as needed... you will
never be able to hem yourself into so small a lot where you will have
privacy in all areas, the best you can do is to create a small
secluded island for yourself such as a well planted patio. Privacy
fencing your entire perimeter is an exercise in futility... and often
it's better to be able to see across property lines... if you put up
too nice a fence next thing you know your neighbors will remove and/or
not maintain theirs, and then they will attach stuff to your fence
and/or decorate your fence with what you may think is graffiti. And
soon as they learn what bothers you those are exactly the actions they
will perform, like making loud noise, cooking stinky foods, and even
tossing their discards over. And same as you moved there neighbors
move away and new neighbors move in, and they may redecorate their
property in ways that interfere with your goals. By fencing yourself
into a stockade you are telegraphing your disdain towards neighbors.
Good fences make good neighbors, but only if they're good [neighborly]
fences.