Cheap Fence Ideas

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Cheaper methods of creating fences are available, if you're willing to use your imagination and perhaps put a bit more work into it.
The cost of even a simple fence can be expensive if you have a lot of area to fence in. Landowners with horses or other animals who need to fence in many acres spend a huge amount on fence building and maintenance.

Used Fence

• If you're lucky, you might find people who are removing a fence from their property and will give it to you if you're willing to cart it away. Watch online trading sites such as Kijiji and Craigslist, or put your own message online, or a wanted sign in your community asking for chea  fences that people might want removed.A fence acquired in this manner might not be in great shape, but if you're moving it anyway, you can dispose of any parts that are damaged or rotten and just use the good parts.

Electric

• If you're looking at a large area that needs fencing, and you don't have much upfront capital to pay for it, an electric fence might be the best solution for you.An electric fence involves far fewer materials for its construction than a heavy wooden fence and, therefore, is cheaper and easier to install, although you then have to pay for the electricity to run it. Electric fences require only wire, posts and some electrical equipment.

Hedges and Plants

• In some areas of the world, fences have been created out of living plants for centuries. This method won't fill your fencing needs immediately, because it requires a number of years for the plants to grow large enough to be effective. If you own a large parcel, find stands of young plants that can be used for fences.Thorny and dense plants that are local to your area and are hardy are best, as they will thrive in your climate and can probably be bought more cheaply than plants that are imported from somewhere else. This method requires some long-term planning, but can result in a long-lasting, no-maintenance barrier that blends well into the landscape. You might be able to carefully dig them up and replant them in lines where you want the fences to be.

Pallets is another cheap fence idea

• An effective, though not beautiful, fence can be made from shipping pallets. Line them up in a zigzag pattern and nail, screw, or lash their sides together to create a strong barrier. If you are searching for the cheapest fence, and aren't intimidated by a some hard work moving hundreds of pallets, this might be your best option.Millions of pallets are used every year, and many companies are happy to give them away.

Natural Rock Retaining Wall

Natural rock walls are built without mortar and fitted together like puzzle pieces. Building a natural rock retaining wall is something that works well in our present day.This manner of building stone walls is very old, and can be found in Africa, dating back to 1350 through 1500 AD.

1. The Base

   • Excavate down to the subsoil and compact it, or lay down packed gravel.The base of the natural stone wall is important, for if you have a good foundation, you have a strong wall.

   Add a Slope to the Wall

   • When you are building a natural rock retaining wall, you need to slope the wall back slightly, in the direction of the earth you're trying to hold back with the wall. After you lay the first layer, set the second layer slightly back from the first, and so on with each successive layer. This will make the wall all the more secure and strong.

   Consider the Capstones

   • The capstones are an important part of the natural rock wall. Try to find capstones that are as big as possible, for not only do they need to stay in place, but they have to prevent rain from seeping into the cracks of the wall.

Adobe Wall - very cheap fence ideas

Adobe is an age-old building material that is easy to make and extremely durable. Adobe structures account for some of the oldest extant buildings on the planet. Adobe buildings also offer significant advantages in hot, dry climates; they remain cooler during the day and warmer during the night, as adobe stores and releases heat very slowly. 

Bottle Garden Fence - the cheap fence options

For a slightly more eccentric look you could construct a bottle fence.If you have an abundance of large bottles then this is not only a cheap fernce option but also a very easy one. The idea is that from the street it looks like a wall of bottles that you would find in a cellar but it’s been glued together with mortar to form an impenetrable garden fence.
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You also have the ability to make patterns in the wall with different coloured glass bottles. Even adding some paint to the mortar joints or using a pigmented mortar can add some extra aesthetic value.
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Brick Garden Fence -  cheap fence or not ?

Using recycled bricks, a brick fence can be one of the cheapest yet high security garden fence options on offer. Unlike the dry stone wall you will need to also purchase and mix up some mortar to hold them together but this shouldn’t be too expensive.
Leaving the gaps in the fence like this will compromise whether you’re after privacy or a cheap fence. If you would rather more privacy then make the gaps smaller or non-existent. Otherwise, relish in the knowledge that you saved yourself some extra bucks.

Rusty Iron Fence

An iron fence like this should offer some privacy and also a high level of security.

The beauty of garden fences is the ability to hide them with creepers and climbing plants. Thus, you can easily source old rusty iron fencing from a salvage yard and then hide it as you allow your creeping plants to grow over it. This is also another low maintenance garden fence and you may even decide to allow some of it to show between your plants to add to the effect. Plus, once it’s grown over will also prove to be incredibly aesthetic.

Bamboo Garden Fence

 Bamboo is also very strong so if the garden fence is constructed well it should offer some degree of security as well as looking great.

Like the dry stone wall, if bamboo is easily accessible (try areas where it has become an invasive weed) then erecting a bamboo fence is also going to be a relatively cheap fence option.
The bamboo fence is another option that is low in maintenance and won’t require painting or costly oils. If bamboo isn’t available in your area, then brushwood may be worth considering as well. Both types of fence will take some time to tie up but it is much cheaper to do it yourself than buy sheets already prepared.

Rustic Wooden Garden Fence

Depending on your location, sourcing the materials shouldn’t be hard and in most cases can be accessed from your own property or local forest. Even secondhand wood from building sites would work well.

This wooden fence is high on the aesthetic value and low on the security side and would be quite easy for an DIY landscaper to construct in a spare weekend.