| A bamboo fence can add a cool, tropical flair to your | | | | bamboo canes. Woven and split bamboo fencing lasts |
| backyard. Bamboo fences serve as great backdrops | | | | about 10 years. |
| during backyard barbecues and parties. But they can | | | | Installing bamboo over existing fence |
| also look very elegant, especially if built using woven | | | | If you have a chain link fence, you can simply wrap |
| panels. The color and shade of bamboo fences | | | | bamboo fencing rolls around it, both on the inside and |
| varies, and each can lend a different feel to the | | | | outer part, and attach the bamboo at regular |
| overall decor of your home's outdoors space. In | | | | intervals (usually 6 feet) with heavy duty stainless |
| addition to looking great, bamboo fences are also | | | | steel wire. If you have a flat hardwood board fence, |
| eco-friendly, as they provide a sustainable alternative | | | | use split bamboo rolls, and attach them using heavy |
| to the consumption of hardwood materials that come | | | | duty stainless steel staples instead of wire. |
| at the expense of over-logged forests. If you're | | | | Stand alone fencing |
| thinking of replacing your old fence with a bamboo | | | | If you want the cleanest and most authentic look, |
| fence, here are a few technical basics you should | | | | however, you should definitely go for the stand-alone |
| know. | | | | fence. In order to install a stand-alone bamboo fence, |
| Styles of Bamboo Fencing | | | | you must first put in a vertical framework of |
| Regardless of the style, commercial bamboo fencing | | | | hardwood poles. Using bamboo poles for the |
| will come in either rolls or panels. Some of these will | | | | framework won't do, as bamboo rots more quickly if |
| be made with poles or canes either 1" or half an inch | | | | kept in constant contact with the moisture of the |
| in diameter, held together by stainless-steel | | | | ground. This means also that, wither stand-alone or |
| galvanized wire. Pole or cane bamboo fencing will | | | | installed over an existing fence, the bamboo fencing |
| usually last about 20 years. You can also get split | | | | must be kept an inch or two off the ground. You can |
| bamboo fencing, made of the outer layer of split | | | | close the space using wire mesh or leftover boards. |
| bamboo poles, or woven bamboo, made with thinner | | | | |