@Apparition @John Cooper - no sad face necessary. I literally had an appt with a fencing contractor today to discuss a replacement vinyl fence! Said appt. was postponed until next week. With the wind blowing it down, I might get a small insurance settlement, and even if I don't, it makes removal of the old one that much easier! Just hope it doesn't take a damn year to get it replaced - nobody in Florida is in any hurry to get anything done.
The wood rotting out so quickly makes me wonder if the fence installer used pressure treated wood which holds up better to a lot of moisture exposure. If not I can only recommend you specify that for your upcoming fence installation.
I'm not using wood at all - vinyl is the "big thing" here, and with good reason.
Oh yeah, I forgot you already said you're going with vinyl. Good choice. We don't have anything but long runs of aluminum fencing on the sides of our property, it's like wrought iron but it doesn't rust and has next to zero wind resistance.
What goes into the ground? I'd be worried if the aluminum contacted the ground. Otherwise, sounds great!
I don't know yet, I haven't had any repairs needed. We're going to add a gated section across the back to keep the 2 year old grand kids from falling into the pond, I'll find out then. Whatever it is it must work well, it's pretty much all I see in Fleming Island.
