Building Fences & Gates: How to Design and Build Them from the Ground Up [Hardcover]

Richard Freudenberger (Author), Richard Babb (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1997

A manual for building, finishing, maintaining and repairing wooden fences and gates, which takes the fence from concept to completion. The book begins with planning the fence and selecting the style to be used. Then comes the construction, including selecting the wood to the phases of actually building. Photos of fences and gates are included.

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

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 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Lark Books; 1st edition (June 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1579900461
• ISBN-13: 978-1579900465
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 8.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #635,897 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars One of the worst books I have ever read!, August 23, 1998

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Chris Rudolph (Camas, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Building Fences & Gates: How to Design & Build Them From the Ground Up (Paperback)

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!

34 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Pictures of fences - only one semi-how to section, November 21, 1998

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This review is from: Building Fences & Gates: How to Design & Build Them From the Ground Up (Paperback)

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

5.0 out of 5 stars Great ideas on a wide variety of fence types, February 11, 2009

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Janette M. Stiles "Stiles Collection" (Tacoma, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Building Fences & Gates: How to Design & Build Them From the Ground Up (Paperback)

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!