Cedar Privacy Fence

Lap Style Cedar Privacy Fence

Got a really noisy neighbor? The kind that has a security camera that points over your property, type that calls bylaw & parking control, likes to sit on the front porch watches you and others, well?

Time for a solid wood or plastic privacy fence!

Type of wood fence design allows no view through the fence for total privacy of one’s backyard. Spring & Summer is a great time to enjoy your outdoor spaces …. problem is your neighbour(s) got the same idea to enjoy their backyards.

Get a privacy fence quote! And get motivated to take back your families privacy!  Loose your adjacent undesirable neighbor(s) this summer when are using their backyards a lot.


This type of fence uses wood vertical pieces which over lap each other providing continuous wood surface. Lapped vertical wood design is similar to lapping horizontal siding on a building.

Take notice this fence design is little different in that there are no wood post breaks.

Board to Board Privacy Fence

This type of wood fence butt ends the boards against each other making the most of your board’s width.

New Privacy Fence Upgrades

Fence Design ideas have expanded greatly in recent years, offering more options and ideas to dress up your fence with examples as wrought iron inserts as show below.

Privacy Fence P.S. Need a New Year’s resolution? High privacy fence might work to screen out that a noisy neighbor or messy junky neighboring’s yard!

Privacy Fence TIP

Installing a fence is a efficient use of property line because most fence styles only need 8-12 inches of width.

In contrast to say a cedar hedge which in the beginning needs only 2 feet or so … but later after 10-15 years requires 3-5 feet + at the base consuming larger width than anticipated!

Noisy Neighbors?

Thick Cedars planted closely together create one of the best privacy Hedges!

Neighbors overly interested in your life, visitors and street doings are a pest .. so best blocked their view and get back your privacy!

P.S. This Cedar hedge could use a little trimming, the off season of winter is best time to trim, then you would better see the path with the black wrought iron gate.

Potted Cedar Tree

Cedar trees planted in large pots is a fast way to dress up a large area of pavement or concrete and can be part of your landscape design.

Potted Evergreen Cedars trees are a fast and easy way to increase your home’s curb appeal with out committing yourself to a lot of digging!

P.S. Square planter is white plastic container about 2′ x 2′ x 20″ high (600x600x500mm) purchased at Lowes.ca

Trim Cedars

Best Cedar Tree trimming time is late Fall or early Spring !

A Cedar tree’s growth generally retains the latest shape created … but a new trimming can bring back the design shape you like best.

Cedar trees can be formed into many shapes.  This is an easy DIY project!

When one is pruning cedars,  some prefer to cut the bottom wider than the top to allow sunlight to the lower branches … more of a Christmas tree or cone shape. Cedars are flexible and as shown in the picture above as cedars are trimmed in more of a column shape.

Trimming cedar trees or hedge can be done most any time of the year. The best time is after spring’s 6-8 week cedar leaf growth period.

Cedar Pruning Caution: Start out slowly and trim a little at a time until your shape starts to develop.  Cutting to deeply into the cedar you will run into the interior branches that have little or no foliage … then you end with a hole in you shape .. not so good!

Tools need are a sharp pair of hand shears for smaller trees … some smaller cedar hedges can be done with shears but with larger cedar hedges one needs an electric or gas shears.

If you have large and tall cedar hedges consider using an arborist as there is some danger and/or skill involved.

Advantages to regular annual pruning is that it keeps the cedar’s shape you want. Regular trimming maintains your cedar’s size and the garden area they take up.

Cedar Trees New

The evergreen cedar tree fights to germinate it’s seed and survive in the forest.

In this photo, little cedar seeds have found their way between the limestone cracks and with a little ground water try to establish themselves.

PS Cedars and rough stonework go together so well in gardens and landscaping!

Cedar Post Fence

Row of cedar tree wood posts mounted edge to edge.

These cedar tree posts have moss caps. This is because the open end grain of the cedar wood retains moisture thus allowing moss to grow.

Modern lumber fence manufacturer’s and building supply yards supply a huge selection of post caps which helps prevent post rot.

Cedar Tree Roots

Example of a row of 50 foot (18 meter) high cedar trees planted in a row.
Mature cedar tree roots are exposed on the bank side as water washes away the earth.


Closer view of the cedar hedge originally planted for a screen to traffic noise as they go down the hill and hard turn to the left at the bottom.

Cedar tree roots are good at slowing down the process of erosion by holding back loose earth and rocks.