 Our
orders for fence panels arrive in varying levels of preparedness. Prices-per-panel
for the specific fence styles are linked on every fence page, as well
as the gates and arbors and driveway gates.
A)
Do your layout and landscape design
with the CPW product specifications in mind along with the specific
Fence and Gate styles. Present
us with an index of panels at their net widths and heights. A
gate style with the rough opening between posts. CPW will cooroborate
your total cost. When and if the project is scheduled, we will provide
front-view elevation drawings of the fence and gate styles.
B)
Decide upon your fence and gate styles
and sketch out your layout, noting overall dimensions. CPW will
calculate your panel count and provide you with the cost.
C)
Present your dimensions as an email text,
and attach any site photos that will assist you in selecting the most
appropriate fence and gate style. Photos
such as the fence/gate location, and any architectural precedents existing
within the site that may influence the eventual design.
Step 1) Determine
the length of the fenceline you propose to replace or create. The image
below suggests a preferred method for going about this procedure.
Step 2) In
the below layout, we have labeled our various sections of continuous,
unbroken fencelines. Sections "B" and "C" include
a gate break, so a measurement for the entire run are provided, as well
as to the left and right of the proposed gate opening. Let's begin with
Section "A". Figuring on the use of 6x6 posts, we'll first
convert 16-ft to 192-inches (16 x 12). We now divide 192 by the maximum
length of a panel--60"-- plus it's accompanying post--5-1/2".
192 divided by 65-1/2"= 2.93. This means we have two full panels
and nine-tenths of a third panel. Anything over a whole number must be
considered as a panel, otherwise we would be stretching our maximum length
to more than 60-inches-per-panel. We round this up to 3 panels for
Section "A".
(CPW will later configure these 3 panels to equal lengths) Section "B",
at 27-1/2-ft converts to 330-inches divided by 65-1/2"=5.03, or 5
panels for Section "B". Section "C", at 26-ft
converts to 312-inches, divided by 65-1/2"= 4.76, which is rounded
up to 5 panels for Section "C". Section "D" at
20-1/2-ft, converts to 246-inches, divided by 65-1/2"= 3.75, rounded
up to 4 panels for Section "D". Section "E",
at 8-ft, converts to 96-inches, divided by 65-1/2"=1.46, rounded
up to 2
panels for Section "E". Our Gate is noted at 4-ft, representing
the gate opening between the posts.
Our conversions, at this juncture, do not take into consideration
the added posts at each end of any given run. The finished panel lengths
will take this into consideration and be represented in the plan view
drawing posted onto each private web site before work begins in the
shop.
Step 3) How
about installation? Who, exactly, will be installing your fenceline
and how do you estimate this cost? Installation is a fairly simple
procedure made simpler by the PDF
Installation Manual. Although this text will accompany your order to insure it is available to your installer, along with the CPW drawings, it can also be downloaded as a PDF and emailed emailed to your
installer for his (or her) review prior to working up their estimate. Click the link to download the PDF Installation Guide (It i alsos found as a link under the Site map, or within the gate and fence-Cost
pages as well as on your eventual site page, along with posted drawings of you rorder). This will help him (or her) to provide a fair cost involving
a system they would otherwise not be familar with. Your installer,
whether in Illinois or Montana, can email us, or call, with their
questions regarding site-specifics.
Step 4) Those
of you who have managed to reach this point are of two minds: Those
who will go on for another several pages, researching interminably;
and...those who are now ready to implode after wading through all this
and are considering seeing what Home Depot has to offer off the shelf.
We apologize for what's involved in providing a product that is not
available off the shelf, or ready-made through your Sears catalog.
What you'll be rewarded with, however, is a product unlike any on earth.
A look that will immediately, upon installation, recover you investment
and elevate the value of your home to a point that, if you do decide
to move, to sell, they'll be waiting at the gate, bidders and representatives
of anonymous bidders, calling out figures to your hired auctioneer in
a unprecedented frenzy.
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