has anybody ever used that cyclone fence privacy weaving tape stuff?

[NMDemDist2]

our old RV gates are shot and we have the cyclone fence from the soda cage at the store we are going to replace it with. BUT>> it's a huge part of the front of the house and cyclone fence isn't very attractive.

this looks pretty cut and dried, affordable and good looking, anybody ever do it?

http://www.gmtips.com/misc/fence/

[Warpy]

1. It's ugly as homemade sin

and the first windstorm unweaves some of the aluminum slats and bends them. I've never seen that stuff look like anything but hell. Just use the gate by itself.

[NMDemDist2]

2. this isn't metal slats, this is a plastic ribbon stuff n/t

[LiberalEsto]

3. How about bamboo?

Renewable and quite attractive. I haven't tried it myself.

http://www.bamboofencer.com/s.nl/sc.7/category.3/.f

[NMDemDist2]

4. I've tried that in other applications and wasn't pleased

but thanks for the input.

[eleny]

5. A friend used it for her back fencing in the yard

She said it was easy to do.

Can you leave the fencing out altogether? The reason I mention this is because there's this house a few blocks from here that got sold a while back. It was on a corner and had the cyclone fencing in front and along the street side. The new owner took all the fencing down and it looks real nice without it.

Another thought - I recently saw an episode of "Flip This House". The house has a cyclone fence and the renovator planted vines along the fence and worked the new vines in the fencing a little to show how it would grow. But that was California. Maybe not such a good idea for AZ.

Btw, I wasn't a big fan of metal fencing. *But* - we really needed to replace some ancient rolled "farm" fencing that surrounded our small pasture area. We wanted wood fencing but it takes a lot of upkeep, is pricey and we can't see the pasture from our house. Our lot is an irregular. We opted for brown cyclone fencing and I absolutely love it. It almost disappears from view and looks pretty when it rains or snows.

edit: One last idea - Consult a realtor. They might have some of the best advice on this matter. When we were considering our remodel, we asked a local realtor if it was advisable to go with a giant shower instead of a tub. Our house only has one bathroom but we pretty much only take showers. She advised us to go with a tub since some people won't even look at a house if it doesn't have a tub - no matter how fabulous the shower. I'd never considered what she observed about home buyers. (Now we need to figure out how to add a second bathroom with a shower!)

[NMDemDist2]

6. can't really leave the fencing out. we have very strong pool enclosure

laws here and it is a gate so the vine idea won't work either

how did you like your neighbor's fence after she did it?

[eleny]

7. I haven't seen my friend's fencing in a while

She lives a good distance from here and we usually get together away from home. But I did see it when it was first finished. It looked pretty perky with the bright green inserts. To tell you the truth - it's not my taste. So I'm not a good one to comment on the aesthetics. I think it's because hers is bright green. I would go with a different color if it was the only option.

I can sure understand about the pool regulations. My folks needed to do that in Florida. They planted a vine to twine in the fence since they grow fast in Florida.

Also, see my edit to my first response. Just another thought.

[NMDemDist2]

8. we are going with a real neutral beige for the tape. it should just fade

into the block fence and the rock on the ground (hopefully)

and I can sell is as "termite proof" fencing which is a GOOD thing here LOL

[OnionPatch]

17. That would be me

:hi: gotta have that tub! The bigger and deeper, the better! I turned down a few houses when we were hunting because they had no tub. Also, anyone who has kids needs a tub. Kids are hard to wash in the shower. :)

[wildeyed]

9. If the gate is serviceable and in good repair, I would just go with that.

It is what it is. Maybe paint it, then plant something really nice that blooms on either side to soften it up.

[NMDemDist2]

10. i'll definately look at it first but it will look all the way to the back

of the property and probably have the sheds just sitting there looking sheddish from the street

:shrug:

we'll see

[Nicole]

11. I wouldn't use it

My neighbor did, about 5 or 6 years ago. It looked like crap after a couple of summers.

The sun dried it out so that it became faded,brittle & cracked in places. The first good wind then took several chunks of it out.

I'm glad it wasn't on my side of his property. I have a wood fence so he only had it on the other side of his place.

[troubleinwinter]

12. Interesting product. I had never seen it before.

I think it is going to be a LOT of work, and won't much effect the sale of your home.

A sale isn't going to hinge on the gates (Ooooo, I made a punn?!)

A buyer will think, "I really love this house. We will need to do something to the gates.... someday."

Screw it. Clear clutter and buy a couple of divine potted plants.

[politicat]

13. Is it a privacy thing?

Like, can the pool be seen from the road? Or is it just to keep the gates from being a shiny metal feature in your curbside look?

Because if it's a privacy thing, then yes, I would do it in a color that blends in with the wall. But if it's just so that the gate looks similar to the fence, then don't. The ribbon will draw attention to the gate rather than helping it blend in.

But if it's the way to keep the pool from being visible to the world, then definitely. There are enough um... sun worshippers who don't want the public nudity offense....

[NMDemDist2]

14. well not really, it would just look into the RV parking area and the

garden sheds

I am probably over reacting, I'll have to wait til the gate is up then I'll take some pics and let you guys take a look

edit to add, here's the "before" that gate is all but destroyed and barely opens

[Lugnut]

15. We have it.

We put up a six foot high chain link fence around most of the back yard back in 1986 to contain our Dobie. The strips have been in it ever since and they are just fine. I did most of the weaving myself. It was tedious but not at all complicated.

[NMDemDist2]

16. thanks Lug!

although DH has inspected the wooden gate and we're just repairing it

the cyclone pieces we had wouldn't work :shrug:

but I'll keep it in mind, I thought it was a good idea and a cheap way to dress up and give some privacy to chainlink

[OnionPatch]

18. I wish I had some pics of our fence

A section of our property's fence is chain link. (Same thing as cyclone, right?) It has slats in it but not plastic or metal. They are made of wood. And they are put in vertically, not diagonally like the ones in your pic. I think it looks pretty nice. I have no idea where you would buy the wood slats, though. They were here when we moved in.

[NMDemDist2]

19. usually you have to buy it with the slats, they are a pain to install

after the fence is stretched

we ended up just repairing the wooden gates we had so it's no longer on my agenda

[troubleinwinter]

20. Oh, AZD, I think you did the RIGHT thing!

[NMDemDist2]

21. I DID NOT! I did the *Correct* thing

don't you call me "Right"

thems fighting words these days

:rofl:

[troubleinwinter]

22. Awwww.... lay offa me. Here's somethin' for ya....

A picture of the 'volunteer' I dug out of my rain gutter when I moved to AZ a coupla months ago. Sucker is huge... two feet across. It bit me.

"RAIN" gutter.... hahahaha!

[NMDemDist2]

23. rain gutters.....

that a whole story for another day after I call the pizza man and put the bedroom back together after it's paint job today

:hi:

[troubleinwinter]

24. Imma settin' here waitin'.

[NMDemDist2]

25. rain gutters

9 years ago we moved in the house, it had rain gutters, the only house in the neighborhood that had em

we found out why when the first monsoon storm hit, the side yard was under 3 inches of water

so we rented a big power post hole digger spiral thingie, dug a hole 4 foot deep in two places, installed 4" PVC pipes with holes drilled in em, filled them with gravel and covered the tops with 4 inches of dirt (a dry well in other words)

rememeber, this was 9 years ago

three weeks ago we torn them down to paint the house and they were all the way full of dirt and I'm surprised we didn't have anything growing in em either

:rofl: yeah, rain gutters are kinda a waste around here.....

[troubleinwinter]

26. Some years ago, in No Calif,

my husband took down the vertical 'leaders' that take the water down from the gutters, to clean em out, because they were blocked.

Turns out they were CRAMMED SOLID with peanuts. I had been feeding peanuts to the bluejays, and they love to 'stash' em for later.

Husband was NOT happy about my bird feeding habits.

[NMDemDist2]

27. OOOPS!

:rofl: