I want to build a simpler privacy screen/fence for our patio. In the area I live, several neighbors have done this, but everyone has slightly different solutions for it. The fence will be a couple of meters long and <1.8m in height to avoid a building permit. The idea is to have a gate closest to the house (flowerbed on the side facing the neighbor) and otherwise simple horizontal slats.
Now to the main question:
Conditions
the driveway next to the house is paved up to the patio itself, which consists of concrete blocks that are about 10 cm in height
next to the house foundation, there are some form of concrete blocks that create a distance to the actual house
where the driveway ends, there is a flowerbed flush against the asphalt, the boundary is made of edging stone (unknown type of stone but I assume some form of granite)
There is a larger divider in the form of a fence between our driveway and the neighbor's, which is mounted with solid posts, possibly it would be possible to attach the fence to this in some way
Option 1 - follow the edging stone
The most aesthetically pleasing would be to let the fence follow the edging stone, which would require posts to be attached to the edging stone and the concrete blocks that form the edge against the foundation. But is it possible to drill holes in the edging stone so I can attach a type of post bracket to the edging stone?
If it is possible to drill to attach a regular U-post bracket with anchoring mass in the edging stone, is it too weak to support the fence? Thinking you could compensate by placing the posts closer together in that case?
Option 2 - place the fence outside the edging stone by mounting in the asphalt
In this option, you need to make attachments in the asphalt or somehow get through it to dig down footings or pour footings. This surely requires a fair amount of work and risks encountering obstacles such as blasting stone or similar. Depending on what lies beneath the asphalt.
In both options 1 and 2, I imagine attaching one or two post brackets in the concrete blocks that form the edge against the foundation or one post bracket in the permanent blocks that lie there and laying out two blocks joined in the channel against the house and casting a post bracket into these.
Gate-bearing posts should be dug and cast properly, "intermediate posts" can maybe be attached to the curb if the fence is sparse like a Gunnebo net and does not present any significant wind resistance.
Gate-bearing posts should be properly dug and cast, "intermediate posts" can perhaps be attached to the edging if the fence is sparse like a Gunnebostängsel and does not present any significant wind resistance
Dig and cast as in concrete plinth? Thinking a couple of centimeters between the slats.
Dig and cast like in concrete blocks? Thinking a couple of centimeters between the slats.
Sure, if the gate is heavy, you should ideally cast both gate posts together underground to ensure the gate doesn't hang crooked after a couple of years.
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