Which fencing material is better? |
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Pressure-treated wood fence |
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Natural look of wood. After installation wood fence can be stained or painted in any desired color.
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Available in wide range of styles and designs. Most popular colors are white, grey, and brown.
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No restriction to installation around any property.
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Good choice for residential property.
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Wood is a good low cost material for building security fences.
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Many vinyl fences are not designed for security purposes, but some products have a high level of security.
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Depends on fence design, but pressure-treated wood is a good option for building privacy fences.
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Solid vinyl panes are a great material for building privacy fences.
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Very susceptible to open fire. |
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Good resistance to impact. |
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Vinyl fences have fair resistance to impacts and could be physically damaged. |
Termites and insects resistance
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Termites can easily damage the wood fence. |
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Impervious to insects or termites. |
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Pressure-treated wood is durable material, but can be damaged by heavy abuse. |
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Vinyl fence is fairly durable, but can be physically damaged. |
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Pressure-treated wood fences have shortest lifespan compare to other fence materials. Often should be replaced in 10 – 15 years.
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With adequate care quality vinyl fence can last over 25 years. |
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High maintenance fencing material. |
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Normally do not require much of a care besides regular cleaning. |
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One of the cheapest fencing materials. |
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Prices for vinyl fences widely vary, but typically it is more expensive material compare to pressure-treated wood fence. |
Installation cost (labor)
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Charges to install one linear foot of pressure-treated wood fence are lowest compare with any other fencing options.
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Labor fees for vinyl fence installation could be slightly higher in comparison with building wood fence.
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Building a wood fence is one of the easiest tasks. |
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Installation of vinyl fence is not a hard project.
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Building 50 – 60 feet of standard pressure treated lumber fence with simple 36” wide gate typically is a couple days project for a crew of 3.
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Crew of three normally is able to install 65 - 70 feet of vinyl fence in 2 days. |
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Wood fence is easy to repair. |
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Damaged sections of vinyl fence can be easily replaced with new ones. |
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Fence posts installed too far from each other (normally distance should be 8 feet in between wood fence posts). Fence posts inadequately set into the ground. Wood starts rot because of skipping periodical maintenance. Poor built and mounted gates.
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Improper installed posts. Discoloring of vinyl fence normally happened because of low quality materials itself or poor maintenance.
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Pressure-treated wood and vinyl are good fencing options with their own advantages and disadvantages. Wood is very easy to work with material and pressure-treated fence is very affordable what makes it even more attractive to many homeowners. Vinyl fence typically last longer and require less maintenance in comparison with wood fence.
1 Rating was estimated on the scale from 1 to 5, accounting 1 as lowest and 5 as the highest quality of a product. Always consider the fact: not all products made equally the same and performance of particular fence significantly depends on individual product quality, adequate installation, and proper maintenance.