Hi,
I've enlisted the help of a friend to run a fence along one boundary side of my property. There's already a hedge along this boundary but it's thin in places and doesn't provide the required level of privacy between my garden and the adjoining public footpath.
The problem is that running a straight piece of string from one side of the proposed fence to the other side cuts off a fair part of the floorspace from my garden (as much as 50-60cm in places) as the existing boundary hedge appears to be curved away from the straight line created by the string.
I believe this can be overcome by dividing the fence into three straight line segments that roughly follow the path of the curve, helping us gain back the majority of lost floorspace. My neighbour, however, thinks that this will look dreadful. Is there some kind of generally understood rule amongst those in the know stating that "wooden fences should always be run in a straight line, otherwise they'll look bad"?
Many thanks