Ortho's All About Fences & Gates [Paperback]

Ortho (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2001 | Series: Ortho's All about

Offers advice on choosing the ideal style.

Describes techniques for all phases of planning and construction.

Includes dozens of proven designs.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Ortho (January 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0897214455
• ISBN-13: 978-0897214452
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #579,436 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive, recommended, July 17, 2003

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Kurt A. Johnson (North-Central Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ortho's All About Fences & Gates (Paperback)

This book really covers most everything you need to know to build a fence. Everything is covered in this book from picking out a fence design, through planning and building the fence, and installing gates. This is a wonderful book, one that helped me through installing a fence and gate at my own house. I highly recommend this book.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars fenced OUT, October 4, 2006

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R. Marra "fenced out" (Connecticut USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ortho's All About Fences and Gates (Ortho's All about) (Paperback)

For basic fence building, this book is okay. It repeats much information, right down to the images, found in other fence books. Hmmm. But what's most frustrating about this book is the copious inclusions of photographs of fences and gates for which there are no designs. I'm not talking about exact designs, but rather guidelines for building the particular kind of fence; for instance, how to have the vertical pickets enclosed within lower and upper horizontal rails. No ideas provided. I actually called the publisher and asked, and got a run-around but no real answers except that because those photos are from private properties, they can't help. So why include them?

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent fence book, July 20, 2004

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mark-o "mark-o" (new jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ortho's All About Fences & Gates (Paperback)

Definitely worth your 10 bucks if you want to put in a backyard fence. Covers all the different types of fences, and describes the advantages and disadvantages of each. Plenty of color photos of various fences, plus illustrations. My fence isn't built yet, but this book is what I plan on using as my primary guide.