We are scheduled to close next week on a piece of property. Just 1.5 acres, but it's a perfect location and just enough work for us to manageably update. Should be great.
The back 1/3 of the property has loads of established trees, and pretty badly overgrown brush. Nothing a brush hog and some sweat equity won't fix. There is a small wet weather creek. More of just drainage for the neighborhood than a creek (doesn't hold water, just some puddles). It's clear water moves down it annually, but not enough to keep grass from growing. Doesn't seem to be any limbs or anything large that floats- if it did it would have collected on this property (as that part hasnt been cleared/kept up in a while). Some small trash, that I'm sure will be routine.
My question is this. The drainage runs straight across the back of the property, and is about 2-4 foot deep (not water depth, just a few feet down from level ground). The drainage cuts off about .25 acres of the back that I would love to fence in with the rest of the yard. Would need to be large dog proof to be worth it.
What type of fence, if any, would you recommend crossing the "creek". I would prefer an affordable fence with visibility, over a solid wooden fence. Split rail or pipe with panels/wire would be just fine for me. I could easily span the "gap", and add more panel under where the water flows. I'm guessing I would likely need to fix/replace those panels occasionally? I'm not the first to do this, so there may be an easy solution I am ignorant to? Learn me OB!
Thanks!
The back 1/3 of the property has loads of established trees, and pretty badly overgrown brush. Nothing a brush hog and some sweat equity won't fix. There is a small wet weather creek. More of just drainage for the neighborhood than a creek (doesn't hold water, just some puddles). It's clear water moves down it annually, but not enough to keep grass from growing. Doesn't seem to be any limbs or anything large that floats- if it did it would have collected on this property (as that part hasnt been cleared/kept up in a while). Some small trash, that I'm sure will be routine.
My question is this. The drainage runs straight across the back of the property, and is about 2-4 foot deep (not water depth, just a few feet down from level ground). The drainage cuts off about .25 acres of the back that I would love to fence in with the rest of the yard. Would need to be large dog proof to be worth it.
What type of fence, if any, would you recommend crossing the "creek". I would prefer an affordable fence with visibility, over a solid wooden fence. Split rail or pipe with panels/wire would be just fine for me. I could easily span the "gap", and add more panel under where the water flows. I'm guessing I would likely need to fix/replace those panels occasionally? I'm not the first to do this, so there may be an easy solution I am ignorant to? Learn me OB!
Thanks!
