re: Horizontal fencing vs verticle

I purchased boards that were a full 1“ thick board. A company in Richardson, TX has a mill in central Texas and turns out some great product. I did a custom board on board vertical design where I used heavy duty pipes, no more than 6' apart each, in a bell footing requiring 100# of concrete in order to install the fence covered with pickets on both sides. My neighbor and I knew the cost would be high to do it this way and I knew I'd need to calculate in how to manage the weight and deal with the wind load for the occasional 65-70 mph gusts we get in North Texas.

I did the project myself. It was so customized that the fence contractors were all quoting far more than we wanted to spend. I didn’t charge my neighbor for my time. I was happy to have a financial partner in it, though. It took me 3 months to complete (lots of business travel) the main fence and then another two months to build my gates and the trim work, working on my own, (I paid my nephew to help me for four weekends to help me dig and set posts).





When it was done it looked like this:





After staining (I waited 6 weeks to give the wood time to settle). This is from my side, which runs down my driveway.



This is from my neighbor's side (his steel fence was pre-existing).



Oh, and yes, it looks like that last section isn't level in the pictures. It is, but the camera lens I used caused a distortion in the image. It's actually level across the top.