"...intended to help the reader decide whether or not they would like to take on the task of construction themselves." -- House and Home magazine
"The most comprehensive and informative guide ... will provide a clear understanding of the range of fences and fencing materials available" -- CSIRO Publishing, part of Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Product Description
This guide to rural and suburban fencing now includes vine trellising, dry stone walling and pet enclosures.
Reading this handbook during the planning stage of your fencing project will help you avoid unnecessary costs during construction as the contents cover:
• Legal aspects
• Cost savings
• Layout and design
• Buying and building
• Materials
• Security
• Safety
The book is from Australia but will interest anyone involved in the building of fences worldwide in that Australia is known as a source of innovative ideas in fencing for both rural and suburban uses. The short history of fencing in Australia shows, for example, the ideas applied by Australian settlers some hundred or more years after the same problems were faced in the USA. Readers in the US will find some very different answers.
Similarly, while dry stone walling is very much a historic British way of dividing land, it also became common in parts of Australia in the 1800s and has seen a remarkable revival which is detailed in this book.
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