Fences & Gates

Discover all you need to know for planning and designing fences, screens, and gates—plus tips on codes and regulations, building materials, and hardware. Learn how to build your own fences, following how-to drawings for plotting boundaries, setting and aligning posts, joining rails, and attaching boards, pickets, and wire. Select from 11 different types of fences, including rail, picket, and wood and wire. Browse through colorful photos showing ideas for fences, gates, and garden screens in landscape situations.