Pool Fencing Tips

As well as forming a decorative hardscape feature that enhances your home, fences provide security and privacy. Consider the following two forms which you can install in both the front and back yards.

Tubular Metal  

Tubular metal fences consist of spindles fixed between a top and bottom rail, set within periodic decorative posts and caps. The metalwork along the fence top varies from circles, scrolls, and spearheads to simple horizontal rails. Thus, they can evoke a modern, clean look, an embellished heritage vibe or a range of other aesthetics. One thing that remains constant in all these adaptations, however, is the innate classic elegance of the general structure.  

Typically using steel or aluminium, tubular metal barriers are available in various colours such as black, green, cream and beige among others. You can protect your front yard, pool deck or patio with these railings that provide a clear view. The benefit of this is that they don't close-in and confine areas. Around the pool, they allow you to watch out for everyone's safety. As a front fence, you can feel secure knowing that the facade is visible from the street, and thus trespassers won't have free-rein to do what they please in private.  

Lattice Screen

Lattice fences are another adaptable form of barrier that suits many places around your property. Use them as a front fence by fixing the lattice within framing posts with caps. While tubular metal fences mainly grant security and decoration, lattice screening often plays an additional role, that of a privacy screen. For instance, you can install a high lattice wall around a patio or verandah to block the view to neighbours' homes or the street. Because latticework is airy with square or diamond gaps, it's not overbearing as a solid barrier might be — even when built as a tall partition.  

Lattice screen fences come in numerous colours such as white, green, blue or raw timber. As well as wood, the screens use vinyl, metal and other elements. The width of the horizontal and vertical strips and the diameter of the gaps produce the overall look. The slats can be broader and thicker, and the holes can be chunkier. Generally, though, they're on the more slender, graceful end of the spectrum. A benefit of these barriers is that you can meld them within the garden by growing climbing vines through the weave after the initial fence installation so that they eventually become part of the landscape.

To get help with a fence installation, contact fence contractors near you.