Make room
for outside.
Explore the boundary. Shape your view.
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Your design selections stay in place.One fictional garden, real 3D occlusion. Board face, gap, height and bay width use your inputs. Support sections, plants and site dimensions are illustrative. This is not an engineered fence, privacy rating or verified species sample.
5½″ actual face · 8′ stock · 10% allowance · no gates
95.7% face-on board coverage, excluding posts and edges
Canonical garden reference: natural tone, 6 ft, ¼-inch gaps. Use the live scene above for your selected height, surface and spacing.
Sightline
The spaces between boards are part of the design. Face-on coverage is a geometric ratio, not a privacy rating: viewing angle, board thickness and position also matter.
95.7% face-on board coverage5.5 in face + 0.25 in internal gap. Change the gap above to compare the ratio.
Adjust stock, gates and allowances →A boundary,
considered.
Resolve the
connections.
Fasteners & metals →Explore the design library →Request materials →The concept estimate covers a straight run divided into equal bays no wider than 6 ft, using 8 ft stock and your selected board direction. These are editable planning assumptions, not approved spans or a fence design. Gate assemblies, foundations, labor and hardware are excluded. Nominal 1×6 here uses an example 5½-inch face; verify your supplied profile. Review all inputs and calculations.