Privacy Screen

Everybody likes to enjoy time outside in their back garden during the summer, and you have an anticipation that you can enjoy some privacy while you do so. Having just moved into a new home and discovered that privacy is no longer there, you want to rectify this problem fast. Before you get on the phone to your fencing contractor, however, you need to ask yourself two important questions to help you get the perfect privacy screen for your home.

Council Regulations

The type of privacy screen you can have is going to be partly determined by what the regulations of your new local council have to say. Councils vary in their regulations about height and material that can be used to made your fencing more private. Brisbane City Council, for example,
For example, if your new home is on a busy street and you want to stop passing traffic and pedestrians from seeing into your yard, this is one issue. However, if the neighbours behind you have a two-story home that looks straight into your back garden, that is a different issue all together.

If you are trying to protect your privacy while you are sunbathing on your patio, and the privacy intrusion is coming from a neighbour in a two-story home, then you need a privacy screen erected close to the patio area. The higher they are, the closer the screen needs to be to you to block their view. If you are trying to get privacy from passers by, then you need to make alterations to your existing fencing to shield prying eyes.

The second part of the block question is whether you are just looking for visual privacy, or if you want to block out sound as well. When creating a sound barrier, you need to create a solid privacy fence. For example, growing thick, clumping bamboo along your fence line, or adding privacy slats to a chain link fence. These form a barrier that will reduce the noise problem. If noise is not an issue, you can have a more open weave privacy screen such as a