In My Backyard

Some brick columns went up and now the cedar fencing is connecting them. I’m not sealing the fence so when it weathers it will match the grays of the bricks. Although the original bricks of the house were discontinued, the mason was able to come up with a close match. The new bricks are smaller but since the columns are away from the house it is not very noticeable. When the deck is in place and you are standing on it the fence will actually be drink rail height which brings up another issue. Dobermans can jump a 44″ fence. Pedestrians will not be very comfortable walking by with two Dobermans leaning on the fence looking at them. I’m still thinking about a solution. If I drop the height of the deck, the steps leading to the sliding door begin eat up the surface area of the deck so there are some physical constraints to consider. One hint for the solution is that most animals can jump high or far but usually not high and far. Since this really won’t be a pressing issue until I actually get puppies and they are about a year old, I’m not going to solve this yet.