Bamboo Fences
Bamboo fences is fast becoming a very durable and green fencing option for home owners today. It is available in rolls and slats, and because it is a naturally grown material, it is perhaps one of the most attractive green choices while supporting the environmental effort to use renewable materials.
Bamboo is extremely versatile and come in a variety of fencing materials that allow you to achieve both privacy and enjoy a beautiful fence at the same time. Here are a few bamboo styles you can choose from to suite your personal style and taste.
- Live bamboo fences is a great way to go especially if you live in a warm climate. It grows on an average of about one foot per year, so you can actually have an attractive, live fence in just a couple of years. You just need to keep it trimmed to your desired height every year after it reaches maturity.
- Bamboo cane fences is another great bamboo choice. It is made from 3/8″ diameter poles all tied together with galvanized wire. It is extremely resistant to wind and won’t deteriorate or weather as fast as some other wood materials.
- Rolled bamboo fences is another variety of bamboo fence made out of 3/4″ bamboo poles. The poles are tied together and rolled up so it can be shipped and delivered easily. This type of bamboo fence comes in an assortment of heights of up to eight feet tall, and can be installed onto wooden posts or on top of your existing fence including chain link fences.
- Bamboo stick fences makes use of 1/2″ bamboo slats instead of traditional bamboo poles. The use of slats instead of poles opens you up to rotting and weathering however, so you will want to treat the slats with a weather sealer to prevent this from happening.
- Bamboo twig fences are made with the small twigs you get from mature bamboo trees, all interwoven and tied together with galvanized steel wiring. This style of bamboo fencing is a little more open than others, but won’t stand up to weathering and other elements for very long. It’s ideal for a temporary tropical look you might be searching for, say for your tropical themed party one night.
While bamboo fences gives you great way to use sustainable, eco-friendly materials, and is beautiful in itself, you can boost its structural integrity by building a cedar frame around it to include the posts, cross bars and top rails. This will also help make it a more permanent fencing option. So if you’re tired of looking at that old chain link fence, dress it up with bamboo and start enjoying your tropical atmosphere.
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