With most fencing shops and contractors booked solid, more and more people are embracing the Northwest “can do!” spirit and going the DIY route. If you’re considering building your own fence but ...

Poet Robert Frost famously wrote in 1914 that, “good fences make good neighbors.” While it’s true that well-defined borders can help prevent tension, those very borders have been at the center of many ...

Putting up a fence on your property might be done for a wide variety of reasons. For some, it is for safety and aesthetics, while for others it is to create a sense of privacy and seclusion around the ...

Their dogs were frenemies. But Andrea Becker and her neighbor got along, so when she fenced in her yard for her pup, Becker added a good neighbor gate in between their properties. Becker, a Seattle ...

Q. I plan to build a privacy wood fence, and I’ve got many questions, not the least of which is how to secure horizontal wood framing members to the vertical fence posts so the weight of the fencing ...

Did you know a wooden privacy fence — if it is installed properly — can last 40 years or more? Tom Kent, co-owner of Kent Fencing Co., 510 S.E. 15th St., said he has seen some fences last that long.

In his poem, “Mending Wall,” Robert Frost wrote, “Good fences make good neighbors.” By that Frost means that good relationships require clear boundaries. The same can be said of your relationships ...

I grew up on a farm and a popular saying was, “Good fences make good neighbors.” If the cows broke through the fence, the neighbor was not happy about the damage to his cornfield. Paying for the ...