Upgrading Your Chain Link Fence With Plants And Faux Ivy

19 February 2016
 Categories: Business, Articles


When you purchase a pre-owned home, chances are some features of the house, such as the fencing, do not live up to your exact aesthetic and practical standards. If your home came with a basic, chain link fence to cordon off your property, you may feel like the structure does not enhance the beauty of your home or provide enough privacy. However, you do not have to be resigned to living with a metal fence that is an eyesore. You can invest in border plants or inexpensive faux ivy to upgrade the look of the fence.

Using Privacy Plants or Faux Ivy

It is possible to completely dig up a chain link fence and replace it. However, you will end up spending hundreds of dollars or more on labor, supplies and materials depending on the size of your yard and the type of fence you order.

You can plant privacy shrubs along the border of your fence to help shield your home from prying eyes. A garden center can help you choose the best evergreen shrubs for your property. However, you must spend time installing and caring for these plants.

Instead of dealing with the maintenance of live plants, invest in faux ivy. You can install realistic looking faux ivy on your own to provide an immediate upgrade to your chain link fence.

Faux Ivy Features

Like other types of barriers, faux ivy not only provides a security screen, but it also blocks high winds. It looks just like real ivy plants. The material has large oval leaves attached to lush vines that appear to grow in every direction.

Some retailers offer several types of faux ivy so you can choose a product that provides the exact look and feel you want.

The product can also be used to cover up balcony fences, backyard decks and barriers around garden and vegetable plots that you want to protect from small animals. You can also use faux ivy to decorate fences around pools and hot tubs.

If you want to grow your own real ivy, you can blend in the faux ivy until your natural vine plants grow in completely. If you planted young shrubs that will take a few seasons to grow tall enough to hide the fence, use faux ivy until the plants mature.

Advantages of Faux Ivy

Once the biggest advantages of faux ivy over re-installing a fence or adding dozens of border hedges is price. It will be much cheaper to install a faux ivy privacy screen on an existence fence. You can also cut faux ivy to size to fit any size fence or object.

Consider the following other advantages of faux ivy. The material is:

  • UV resistant, so it will not fade
  • Removable and re-usable
  • Maintenance-free
  • Durable
  • Rodent and insect resistant
  • Water resistant, so you do not have to worry about damage from rain and sprinklers

The faux ivy you purchase should also come with a warranty. If you are worried about the environmental impact of faux ivy, make sure to purchase eco-friendly products.

Purchasing and Modifying Faux Ivy

You can purchase sections of ivy, measured by the feet, to cover an entire fence. Have the dimensions of your fence on hand when your order your faux ivy. You can purchase as many sections as you need and attach them together for tall fences and large structures.

It is easy to affix faux ivy to fences with garden wire or zip ties. If you want to attach it to wood fences, use staples or screws. The faux ivy also attaches easily to wall anchors and fasteners if you want to add it to a wall for a classic look to your home's exterior. Faux ivy is preferable to real ivy because it will not become invasive and infiltrate gutters, window trim and shutters. If you other have structures on your property like sheds or detached garages, you can cover them with faux ivy as well.

For more information and tips, talk with a company that offers faux ivy, such as EZ-Ivy.


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