Horizontal wood fence with young shrubs planted along it behind two service trucks in Melbourne

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Commercial Wood Fence With Planters in Melbourne

A long horizontal board wood fence along a commercial property in Melbourne, with a bed of young shrubs planted in front.

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Location: Melbourne, FL
Material: Wood
Style: Horizontal board
Property: Commercial frontage

This commercial wood fence installation runs along the edge of a business property in Melbourne. The boards lay horizontally between evenly spaced posts, and the run follows the road and the drive for a long stretch. In front of it, a bed of young shrubs is going in, so the fence will have a green edge once the plants fill out. The photos show the wood before the plants grow in, which is the plainest look at the fence itself.

Straightline Fence has been building in Central Florida since 2012, and we work in Brevard County with our own crews. We check zoning and permit rules for the address before we quote. Call (407) 593-1888 and tell us what your frontage looks like.

Horizontal board wood fence receding down a paved drive beside a chain link fence in Melbourne

Frontage

Why choose a horizontal board fence for a business?

It looks finished from the road, and it screens what sits behind it.

A business fence gets seen by every car that drives past, and it speaks for the company. Horizontal boards read as a deliberate finish, closer to a built wall than a back yard fence. They hide equipment, storage and parked vehicles behind them. A fence this long is a lot of boards, and every one has to line up.

In the photo, the fence runs straight along the drive and the lines of the boards pull the eye down the run. If the property needs security more than looks, chain link is the other common choice, and you can see it on the left side of the same photo. Our commercial fence installation page covers how we scope both. Heights depend on zoning, so we check the rules for your address before we quote.

Horizontal wood fence with a row of young shrubs in front of it beside a service truck in Melbourne

Planters

What do planters add to a wood fence?

A softer edge, and a green screen over the lower boards as the plants grow.

A long wood wall looks hard on a commercial street. A bed of young shrubs along its base softens that. In this photo the plants are small and spaced a few feet apart in a strip between the fence and the drive. As they grow in, they will cover the bottom of the boards. Pick shrubs by mature size, not by the nursery tag. A plant that spreads eight feet wide will crowd the boards within a few years.

Leave room when you plan the bed. Plants pressed against the wood hold moisture on the boards, and that shortens the life of any wood fence installation in a Florida summer. Keep a gap of a foot or more so air can move. Aim irrigation heads at the roots and away from the fence face.

Long horizontal wood fence running along a paved road at a commercial property in Melbourne

Wind

How is a tall wood fence built for Brevard wind?

With posts set deep in concrete and spaced to match the run.

Brevard sits in a high wind zone, and a long wood fence acts like a sail. The boards are the least of it. What keeps the fence standing is the post, so we set posts two to three feet deep in concrete and space them for the run. Horizontal boards add one more demand. Each board spans between two posts, so the spacing has to stay tight enough that the boards never sag over the years. Wind load also climbs with height, so a taller run needs deeper posts, and the plan comes from the real wall height, not a standard spacing chart.

Our fence company in Melbourne page covers the permit and wind rules for the county. For a quote on a commercial run, schedule a free estimate or call (407) 593-1888.

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