So they allow dogs but no fences, how does that work? Apparently dogs will get their exercise indoors or dog walker will come & take them. Unless you put wide cement area under the "chicken wire or whatever I'm afraid most any dog would be digging under it. Most large dogs can easily go over a 4 ft high fence. I have 6 ft block wall & a German Shepard made a running leap & went over it to kill our lop rabbit. His escape was easier as on inside the fence is not as tall as hubby had built a redwood & brick seat so he leaped on it & then there were mud dog prints on the blocks (I had watered that night) & he made his "get-a-away" (Never build a heavy cage with divided sleeping quarters & be stupid & make hole in 1/2 x 1/2 cage fencing so you can pour in the rabbit pellets. Dog that strong forced the hole bigger & rabbit panicked. We had newspaper & animal people out before they finally figured out what happened, I still have the dog's hair it left in hole. So if dog wants something & is smart he won't let a fence stand in his way.

Sue, we recently sold two office buildings that were required to have Key Boxes for the Fire Department. Luckily, they were never tested as to whether or not they would actually use their key to open the key box or go through the front doors. lol I'll have to ask my DH how far away the remotes work - our smaller ones don't have as far a range, but we have one of the larger ones in a drawer near the front door and can open the gate from inside. I'd say it's about 300ft. I'll double check that when he gets home. Sniffdog, ours is steel and the ticket doesn't show the gauge used, but I remember it was thicker than ones offered online. We were going to have the gate made and install it ourselves, but DH decided just to let the gate guy do it all. The gates were 750 each for 1500 (I think this was just for the materials because the Labor line is too high just for installation). The keypad entry on steel post was 150. The Apollo 1600 Dual Gate opener was 2K. There are also items not priced out on the invoice: Greasable ball hinges, Solar Panel Battery Charger and Gel Cell Battery. Large remote opener 21 each and small 26 each. The option we did not get was Automatic Exit Probe 270. Sweet tea, I don't have good cell reception since we are in a valley so that's not really an option. I don't have cash and jewels stockpiled, so a burglar would be highly disappointed after breaking in our home. Besides, there are 30 houses between the main gate and our house with easier access.

Hi sweeby - I think my quality of life would only be improved if I was sure to leave myself enough room to get out of the car since the fence would be on MY left! If it's too big a project to scoot over to the right a bit (e.g. if paving over a little bit of my yard is too big a project), then yes, it could end up not worth it. But they often park right next to me and I still manage to get out, albeit somewhat carefully. But I tell you, if building a fence *would* actually leave me room to get out easily, I would also love having a fence there (I'm now thinking only the length of my car or a bit longer...but I'm no longer thinking about the whole driveway yet just in case I can't terminate the easement - which I don't know yet)...because it would mean I wouldn't have to see them so much when in my front yard or sitting on my stoop. When I see them my hearts sinks. It's always very awkward. Even before the drama they never said hi. It's just yuck yuck yuck. They're the only ones cutting off noses (that would be MY nose - or my car's nose at any rate) I promise. ;)

Suzi, I have seen several around town here that I liked (moon gates, I think). I agree, the octopus is so cool! Cyn, Arcy, The gate will comply with code, of course. One can probably make most of the gates pictured here code compliant. We have had pools since we bought our first home and put one in. So it's not our first rodeo. Roarah, to meet height reqmts, we will be three rails high as well. Not to put too fine a point on it, but probably where our pool fence would abut the neighbors', rather than having back to back split rail, we will have just mesh or somesuch. The side that faces our house, where the entry gate is, will be split rail with mesh, as will the side perpendicular to that. The last side, which faces the ocean, will probably be a haha in the wild grasses. I am not sure what material that will be. Prob split rail again so it looks good in winter. KSWL, yes, I do too. But I need to show the landscape architect because we would have to move the whole fence forward to be able to have that recess. As it is now, stone steps begin just the other side of the gate. Rob, We have had pools in other homes, so kind of used to it. Plus we don't really have many neighbors. We are kind of tucked back in from the main road, and there are only three other houses here, quite far apart, each on 2 to 5 acres, and 2 have pools already. Lyban, Thanks, that is a good point. Outside, I totally agree that a totally solid gate looks a bit off with the open fence. I like"roarah's gate" vm too, but it will kind of disappear. It is shown in a small expanse, in a sort of intimate setting. By contrast, when you arrive at our home, this will be in the distance some. TIbb, I agree. It's such a pain even locking doors with the salt air. Daisy, yes. We always planned on a flowering vine, but in some choices they really dominate! Heretofore I told the landscape architect that all i want is blue hydrangea, but I want a ton of them. I know there is climbing hydranagea, too. Local, I was (believe it or not), trying to cut down on all the details when describing the fence, but in fact it will have three rails on the side where the gate is. Oddly, the side where we border the neighbor with the two rail, it might look like that is our fence, too, but we will have mesh or wire there. Thank goodness we have a lot of vegetation to fudge with this, and we are not going for a manicured look at all. Show us your project!