So for many folks who are just getting started with their home building, it can be a little challenging to know what they should expect. I was fortunate enough to be able to build my own split rail fence. It took a long time to do so and I was initially nervous about the materials, but once I did it, I was anxious to do everything myself.
The only thing I didn’t do was get it to look pretty. I don’t think I could have done anything else, so that was the big thing. I also wasn’t terribly impressed with the quality of the fence, though. It’s a basic steel fence, so it’s probably in pretty bad shape.
Most people do not like to see their fences look bad. I get that. But I also get it in the same kind of way that you would expect someone to say, “Hey, I think that fence looks a little weird.” Just because something looks wrong to you doesn’t mean it should be a problem.
It is a very common problem that seems to occur when someone thinks they have a good fence but really can’t stand to look at it. Its called “split rail fence” and what you have here is the perfect example of what happens when you try to make something look good but still feel bad about it.
Split rail fence is a type of fence that splits each rail to give you an alternative path to traverse your yard. We recently visited a home depot that had them and its all because the sales person had a few ideas of what to do with the fence. They wanted us to look at a few pictures of the fence and then they would answer the most common questions people have about it. It was a very informative sales presentation.
The problem with split rail fences is that they are hard to make look good. I have not seen a picture of any of the homes they have in store yet, but I’m sure they were impressive. The sales person asked us to think of a few things we could do to make them look better, such as adding different colored rails and/or railings. He took us through the possible steps and gave us a few examples on how to do it.
The thing that surprised me the most is that the sales person had a lot of ideas for how they could be improved. The only thing that was not mentioned is the fact that this home depot only has split rail fence in the home and not in the yard. So if your yard has railings already, you do not need this fence in there.
I had assumed that split rail fences were a universal necessity, but this home depot seems to be the exception to the rule. The split fence is a very easy way to keep your yard looking neat and tidy, but it is not a universal solution. For instance, we live in a pretty big yard and we have railings in both the yard and in the yard. The split rail fence in our yard is about 2 feet high and the one in the yard is about 1 foot high.
If you have ever been to a yard and noticed all the railings in the yard, you may have noticed the railings that were in the yard. In that case, you may never have considered the possibility that your yard is also made of split rail fences.
Now that we’re all agreed that splitting rail fences is weird, I’d like to take this opportunity to explain how split rail fences work and how they work in a split rail fence home.