Five foot high-reaching fences (over which many people can see and talk) are increasingly being superseded by six-foot fences giving the impression of complete privacy.

Privacy fencing is the custom of fences to protect privacy, frequently by preventing outsiders from seeing onto a property. There are cultural reach agreement with regards to the fitness of fences around properties. For instance, it is common in European underdeveloped countries to put a fence around the entire border of one's property, including the front border, with a gate to obtain access to the property. However, in manifold parts of North America, Fence Repair Dallas fences are commonly used only on the borders between properties that astern onto each other (on the side away from the street) and along the sides of properties up to the stop where the house begins. Such fences are often made of chainlink and do not prevent people from seeing into neighboring yards. They may be intended to dot home lines or to keep dogs in, or out of, yards. The end yards in such neighborhoods are often open to the street.