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Learn about working with walls and fences for your home with Bob Vila, including information about fixing fences, building a dry stone retaining wall, fencing material, and more.

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Beveled Fence Post
Beveled Fence Post
Here's how to dress up a fence post with a beveled cap. It's easy to do with a radial arm saw. Set the blade at a 45 degree ...
Budget Landscaping
Budget Landscaping
Bob meets with landscape designer Ruth Foster to discuss the foundation plantings. Ruth explains her material choices and cost ...
Building a Dry Stone Retaining Wall
Building a Dry Stone Retaining Wall
Building a dry stone retaining wall is a challenge. In addition to holding back the weight of the earth it is meant to retain, ...
Building a Pergola and Gate
Building a Pergola and Gate
Bob confers with contractor/carpenter Cortney Lofton as he builds a gate and pergola at the Studio City Bungalow.
Building a Privacy Fence
Building a Privacy Fence
Bob reviews the progress the Western Red Cedar custom fence designed to block the carport from the neighbors view at his home ...
Building a Redwood Deck and a Redwood-Cedar Fence
Building a Redwood Deck and a Redwood-Cedar Fence
Bob helps Ryley build a redwood deck. Bob emphasizes the use of stainless steel nails when working with redwood due to the ...
Building a Wooden Lattice Screen
Building a Wooden Lattice Screen
This western red cedar lattice fencing was a one-day project designed to screen the home recycling center. Western red cedar ...
Courtyard Design Tour
Courtyard Design Tour
Bob and the designer tour the new formal courtyard. They discuss the future of the plants shapes and how they will provide ...
Creating a Lattice-Top Gate
Creating a Lattice-Top Gate
Bob talks with Jay Triandafilou from Architectural Fence. An elegant gate is being added to the fence as a finishing touch. ...
Creating Summer Shadows
Creating Summer Shadows
Simple ideas to help create a shady spot to protect you from the hot summer sun.
Custom Bamboo Garden
Custom Bamboo Garden
Kalo, Teresa's brother, is on site to create a gift garden for the homeowners. He is weaving split, green-bamboo partition ...
Discussing the Home's Exterior
Discussing the Home's Exterior
Bob talks to Ryley about a fence and a brick path and to landscaper Susan Hoffer about a perennial and herb garden.
Discussion of the Northern White Cedar Picket Fence
Discussion of the Northern White Cedar Picket Fence
Bob meets with Dave Gordon from Cantarten Forest Products to discuss the design and installation of a northern white cedar ...
Dog Fence Options
Dog Fence Options
Here’s another great tip from BobVila.com. While we all know they don’t like to be fenced in, after thousands of years of ...
Energy Efficient Windbreaks
Energy Efficient Windbreaks
Smart landscaping that saves energy and dollars.
Exterior Tour of the Greystone
Exterior Tour of the Greystone
Bob tours the finished exterior with contractor Ron Gan, then goes inside to see Christine Smyth's spectacular decorating job.
Facing the Retaining Walls with Cultured Stone
Facing the Retaining Walls with Cultured Stone
On the exterior of the Rowley home, extensive retaining walls, foundation work, and curving stairways in cement block are ...
Fence Types and Styles
Fence Types and Styles
Fences are more than walls with a view, they have style, form, and function to meet the needs of homeowners and their property.
Fixing Fencing
Fixing Fencing
Fences are simple in design and easy to repair.
Installing a Fence on a Sloped Site
Installing a Fence on a Sloped Site
Bob talks with Jay Triandafilou from Architectural Fence Plus about the fencing installed on the side and backyard of the home ...
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