Fences for Home and Garden: A Complete Guide to Selecting and Installing Wood, Masonry, Metal, and Living Fences - Paperback

by Jeff Beneke (Author), Melanie Powell (Illustrator)

From a home-improvement expert, a guide to building just the right fence to serve your individualized needs.

This complete guide shows homeowners how to:

*build fences that provide privacy and security
*mark boundaries
*hide unpleasant views
*keep animals in or out
*beautify a yard
*provide protection from the elements.

Author Jeff Beneke guides readers through the building process with illustrated step-by-step instructions. Also included is information on how to repair fences and gates that have been damaged over time.

Author Biography

Jeff Beneke is a building editor and writer and was a home improvement expert for The Spruce and a former editor of Fine Homebuilding Books. He has written more than a dozen home-improvement books, including How to Build a Fence, and published articles and reviews for a wide range of publications, including Popular Mechanics. He lives in Asheville, North Carolina.