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By Teresa Dixon In Chain Link Fence, Choosing a Fence, Organization

How To Prepare For A New Chain Link Fence

A brand new fence for your home can greatly increase its curb appeal and generously add value to your home. But, before you have one installed around your lovely home, there are a few things you need to consider.  Read on to learn how to prepare for your fence install.

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What Type Of Fence Do You Need?

First you need to decide on what type of fence you want for your home. There are four primary types of fences (see our fence gallery):

  • Vinyl Fences
  • Wooden Fences
  • Chain Link Fences
  • Ornamental Fences

What are your needs? Do you value privacy, protection, or visual appeal (or all three)? If you need privacy, you probably want to choose a fence that doesn’t allow prying eyes to see in.  Vinyl privacy fences, wooden privacy fences and chain link fences with vinyl inserts are good choices for this concern.  If price is a big factor, you may want to look at chain link or wood, as they tend to come in lower budget options.  If visual appeal is your goal, ornamental fences, vinyl and wood are great choices, as they can be visually stunning.

For the purpose of this article, though, we’re going to assume you’ve chosen a chain link fence.

Where Are Your Property Lines Located

Once you’ve decided on a fence type, it’s important to make sure you’ve throught through the installation pieces.  First, let’s look at property lines. Figure out where your property lines are so you don’t end up installing your fence on your neighbor’s property.  That would be a costly mistake, and may make for some poor relationship building.

Note where your property line is, with some sort of visual marker (like a stake or peg).

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How Much Fencing Will You Need

Measure your property to figure out how much fence you are going to need. With careful measuring, you can avoid purchasing more than you need and you can be sure that you’ll have enough materials to do the job, once you get started.

Remember the old adage, measure twice, cut once.  Measure and be sure before you place your order.

Call Your Local Government Office And Property Ownership Organization For Digging Permits

Preparing to have your fence installed can require a lot of time, planning, money and digging. Be sure to contact your local government office and property ownership organization to see if there are any type of restrictions or guidelines and what permits are needed to legally install your chain link fence.
Don’t skip this necessary step.  Not only can the fines be high, but if you aren’t allowed to put up a fence and you do so anyway, you may be forced to take it down.
chain link fence by the pool

Call Your Utility Company To Check For Off-Limit Areas

Call your utility company so that they can come out and mark places where you should not have your fence installed. This will keep you from accidentally digging up and/or damaging sewer/power lines.  While digging into water can be costly, hitting a natural gas line or electricity can be deadly.  Know where to dig to protect your home and yourself.
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Sound complicated? Well, it can be.  Our blog is a free resource we provide to help you, but if you decide that it’s too much hassle to do it alone, we’d love to be your fence contractor in Statesboro, Swainsboro or really anywhere in our Georgia coverage area (see our commercial and residential fencing coverage area here).

If you choose to work with us here at Central Fence, we will do all the dirty work for you (and we are a local fence company). Click below for a free quote.

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