Reading a Steel Fence Spec Sheet: Gauge, Picket Spacing and Post Size
Two fencing contractors walk the same backyard, measure the same run of property line, and quote the same linear footage. Then the bids land—and they are separated by a couple thousand dollars. The instinct is to assume one company is overcharging. More often, the two quotes describe two different fences that happen to occupy the […]
Chicago Bungalow Belt and Greystone Blocks: How Steel Fencing Fits Historic Facades
On a brick-lined block in Chicago, a homeowner steps back from the sidewalk to study a narrow side yard. The bungalow’s limestone porch and the greystone next door frame a strip of concrete barely wide enough for two people to pass. The question is not whether to add a fence, but how to add one […]
Vinyl vs. Steel Fencing: Which Holds Up Better Through Chicago Winters
Chicago winters do not test a fence politely. They work on it from three directions at once: frost lifting and dropping the soil beneath the posts, lake-effect snow pressing against the panels for weeks, and road salt thrown up from the alley every time a plow passes. When homeowners start comparing a vinyl vs steel […]