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Originally Posted by papercutter

Well, if you were to take the concept of individual free-standing panels broken up with plantings in between, it might be a wash by the time you increase labor over a board fence, but decrease materials and the number of postholes. "Lattice" can be much more than home depot lattice sheets; if I'm designing a privacy screen, I'll construct the lattice from cedar 1x1s or 2x2s, spaced anywhere from 4" to 10" on center. Add in some plantings, especially climbers, and what's behind will disappear.

So you clearly have some variables here- who's building the fence (or its equivalent), what are they capable of doing well, and how expensive is their labor?

I'm digging your idea with the steel mesh, I'm just not sold on the concrete mesh as the way to get there. I can see the big roll of rust I've got stashed behind my shed from here, and I'm not feeling it. Are you thinking of just unrolling it and attaching it across a bunch of posts, or creating individual panels between the 6x6s?

I actually had in mind the larger gage stuff which I think may be sold in panels. I was only really thinking this because I had explored this idea a few years ago when I worked for a design-build. The problem I thought of then is along the lines of your comment on the rusting, except I was thinking more about the rust staining the wood, which wouldnt be pretty. I like where this conversation is going though.