| Bamboo fencing is a great way to spice up the look | | | | made of pole and canes lasts about 20 years. Woven |
| and feel of your back yard. Using bamboo instead of | | | | or split bamboo, while lighter and aesthetically |
| conventional wood materials for your fence is also a | | | | different, only lasts for half as long. |
| great way to help our environment. Bamboo is a | | | | Installing bamboo atop existing fencing |
| form of grass and it grows very rapidly. In fact, | | | | If you have a chain-link fence already in place, it is |
| bamboo is one of the most easily renewable natural | | | | easy to install a rolled bamboo fence on top of the |
| resources in the world. By opting for bamboo fencing | | | | pre-existing chain-link. To do so, you will basically |
| instead of wooden fencing, you'll be helping cut back | | | | wrap the bamboo roll around the chain-link fence, |
| on our consumption of more precious wood materials. | | | | attaching the bamboo with heavy-duty galvanized |
| Choosing your style | | | | wire at regular intervals. |
| This type of fencing comes in several different | | | | If you have an existing fence of wooden boards and |
| styles, and choosing the right one for your back yard | | | | want to install bamboo fencing over it, you can use |
| depends entirely on the type of look you are going | | | | woven or split bamboo. To attach, use heavy-duty |
| for. In almost all cases, though, regardless of the | | | | stainless steel staples, instead of wire. |
| style, bamboo will come in either rolls or panels. Most | | | | Stand-alone fencing |
| commonly, these will be made up of long poles 1" in | | | | Installing a stand-alone bamboo fence is a harder than |
| diameter or thinner canes ½" in diameter, all | | | | installing one over pre-existing chain-link or panel |
| held together by durable, stainless steel galvanized | | | | fencing. You'll have to put in place heavy-duty |
| wire. | | | | wooden poles to provide the vertical framework |
| But the rolls and panels also come in woven bamboo, | | | | upon which the bamboo fencing will then be placed. If |
| which is made of smaller canes held together in | | | | you opt for stand alone fencing, remember that the |
| bundles. Another fencing style is split bamboo, which, | | | | actual bamboo fencing should be a few inches off |
| as the name implies, is made of the outer surface of | | | | the ground, as bamboo rots more quickly if it is |
| the bamboo cane tied together with wire. | | | | contact with the grounds moisture. For this same |
| When choosing a style of fencing, you should also | | | | reason, make sure that the vertical poles you install |
| consider the issue of durability. How long do you | | | | are made of strong wood, and not bamboo. |
| want this type of fence to last? This material is | | | | |