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Homeowner bucks traditional white vinyl for more natural stained-wood look fence were staggered so that the lowest of the four would be only 6 inches from the ground to help keep the homeowner's dogs from escaping. The 6-inch opening was later se- cured with welded brown vinyl-coated wire mesh in- stalled along the bottom of the fence. The crew was also able to easily incorporate the property's ex- isting entrance— two brick columns and a wrought iron gate—into the perimeter fence, and the privacy fence panels were added where the perimeter fence reached the farm- house. Other gates were built on site and installed. Though the crew was pleased with how easily the vinyl fence parts fit to- gether, the grade of the terrain created some difficulties throughout the proj- ect. "Once you get out in that part of coastal North Carolina, the land isn't flat like the beaches we have near us— it has a rolling grade," Townsend said. "We just had to make the fence line flow visually. A lot of times, you'll want to use a string or a level for that, but in cases like this, you're more de- pendent on your eye." Despite a challenging installation, requests for add-ons and modifications from the homeowner and a property line dispute, the project still finished in a week-and-a-half, complete with a happy customer and an admiring neighbor. "The fence looks great," Townsend said. "The CertaGrain and Sierra Blend take on such a beautiful character in the sun- light, and the home- owner was just beside himself when he saw the finished product. He loved it, and his neighbor wanted a fence just like it." Creative Fence Concepts continues to add customers to its growing legion of Myrtle Beach vinyl fence aficiona- dos looking for colors other than white. Being able to demonstrate the products' low maintenance require- ments and how they look just as good a few years down the road as they do new has been a successful strategy, Townsend added. "We've got a great online pres- ence around here, so people can see photos of the jobs we're doing," he noted. "We also have color samples of the fence products on display inside and outside our showroom, so cus- tomers can see how nice they look when new and how well they weather The Creative Fence Concepts crew: Left to right, back row: Mike Easton and Pat Gallagher. Left to right, center row: Randy Billings, Frank DiGangi, and Caryn Hep- ler. Left to right, front row: David Michalski, Cherie Townsend and Jonathan Townsend. Not pictured are Mike Nardelli, Curtis Lilly and Wayne Lachappelle. Shown above is a portion of the 2,100 lineal feet of 4-rail post and rail fence in- stalled by the eight-man crew in near record time.