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Building fences and gates how to design and build them from the ground up

by Freudenberger, Richard
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Authors: Babb, Richard ISBN: 1887374477 Subject(s): FENCES - DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION --GATES - DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION Year : 1997 Reviews from LibraryThing.com:
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A complete how-to manual, this book shows how to build, finish, maintain, and repair wooden fences and gates. The book includes advice on planning, deciding the purpose of the fence, adapting to the actual site, and selecting an appropriate gate. 120 photos, 60 in color.

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For the beginner or the experienced woodworker, Building Fences and Gates covers just about everything one needs to know. The book starts with some interesting history on fences, then lays out how to plan the right fence for your property and needs, choose the appropriate materials and finishes, plot and diagram the curves and slopes of your land, set and align posts, build interesting and functional gates, choose proper hardware, hang gates, and make permanent repairs. In hundreds of color photographs, a huge variety of fence styles and fence-building materials are discussed, along with the tools needed, safety tips, and instructions on how to do things right the first time and avoid sagging gates and buckling, falling-down fences. Whether your tastes run toward a Victorian picket fence, a wattle fence, a woven lattice fence, a post and board fence, or a rustic split-rail fence, you will find the plans and instructions you'll need to construct any fence you fancy! --Mark A. Hetts

Enhanced Descriptions from Syndetics:

A complete how-to manual, this book shows how to build, finish, maintain, and repair wooden fences and gates. The book includes advice on planning, deciding the purpose of the fence, adapting to the actual site, and selecting an appropriate gate. 120 photos, 60 in color.

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Great ideas on a wide variety of fence types

11/02/2009

Not a how-to book, but loaded with dozens of fence types and styles. If you are starting your fence project from scratch and need ideas, this book would be a great inspiration!

Great for design ideas !

29/10/1999

A great source for design ideas and advice on planning, plotting and building your fence. This book has beautiful photographs and presents clever solutions for fence builders.

Pictures of fences - only one semi-how to section

22/11/1998

Put it this way - if you need to build a fence yourself - this is not the book for you.

One of the worst books I have ever read!

23/08/1998

This book has maybe 10 pages on building a fence from the ground up. The rest is mostly filler and pictures of the types of fences that are out there. I would not recommend this book to anyone!

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