The Fence Bible: How to plan, install, and build fences and gates to meet every home style and property need, no matter what size your yard

by Jeff Beneke, Melanie Powell (Illustrator)

A fence is more than just a barrier. Used in imaginative ways, it can become an architectural feature that blends well with the style of your house, a landscape element that enhances the appearance of your property, or an accent piece that helps define a part of your yard or garden.
In "The Fence Bible" hands-on home improvement expert Jeff Beneke provides an in-depth, comprehensive how-to encyclopedia that enables homeowners to choose and build the fences and gates that are best for their landscape--both for appearance and function.
Beneke suggests the appropriate types of fence to keep the swimming pool secure, con fine the livestock, keep deer away from the garden, or create outdoor living spaces. He then discusses the essentials of proper fence design and provides step-by-step illustrated instructions for planning, building, maintaining, and repairing any style of fence.
Beneke covers every kind of fencing: wood, masonry, and metal, as well as shrubs, hedges, and trees.
Whether you have a tiny urban backyard, a sprawling suburban plot, or a small spread in the country, this book is sure to help you find the perfect fence.

Genres: Nonfiction, Gardening

261 pages, Hardcover

First published February 15, 2005

Reviews

[Mandy Crumb]

A comprehensive and well written guide to many types of fences. Numerous tips for the novice and expert diy crowd. Illustrations and photographs were very helpful and easy to understand.
I have no intention of building my own fence but will use the information from Beneke to weed out good and bad fence contractors.

[John]

For once you can skip the YouTube videos and random DIY blogs, and just get this book from your local library. Very thorough and helpful, with some great tips in fence-building that weren’t obvious to this DIY-er.

[Holly]

Very helpful, easy to follow, with great tips and details I hadn’t thought of. I wanted even more photos of various styles.

[Cruz Baisa]

There's lots of content here. More than just a thorough instructional book, this how-to gets into designing for form and function as well.

[Tim Gannon]

For any DIY'er that wants to put in their own fence/gate, this text was awesome- this seems to cover everything for wood - metal - masonry - and living fences - Covers design and installation and maintenance - the author really seems to know this topic - a great foundation for doing any sort of fencing project. I was quite pleased with this purchase. Will now be a great reference book for my future projects.

[Amy]

I'm lucky in that my only damage from Hurricane Matthew was downed fence panels/posts. But now I've got to figure this out. :\

After reading the book: if I can't even get the closet door track off in the guest room, I'm thinking a fence may not be something to try...

[Emelda]

My roommates found this so incredibly useful. And we're almost done with our fence!