Staining or painting the fence will also help to protect it from moisture and UV radiation. A lattice fence has an interesting crisscross pattern instead of the typical horizontal or vertical boards.

Garden fences have come along way since the standard white picket fence days. Now with a range of colours, sizes and styles to choose from they should be carefully considered as a key part of your ...

These fences do not all connect to form one continuous line. There are some areas that have no fencing at all. But US Border Patrol agents have all sorts of high-tech surveillance equipment to ...

Documents show the completion of the wall in the lower Rio Grande Valley would leave an area five times the size of Manhattan on the wrong side of the divide.

Thirty-two years on from the fall of the Berlin Wall, there are now 1,800km of walls and fences either built or under construction on Europe’s borders. That is the equivalent of almost 12 new ...

Finland has begun constructing a 200km (124 mile) fence on its border with Russia to boost security. The Border Guard said it will be 3m (10ft) tall with barbed wire on top. Finland shares the ...

Just over a week ago, India's federal home minister Amit Shah announced a plan to fence the open border with neighbouring ... refugees from Myanmar, its own panel had identified only 2,187 ...

Norway may build a fence along its 198-kilometer border with Russia, inspired by Finland's initiative. Justice Minister Emilie Enger Mehl noted the potential for enhanced security and monitoring.

Live news: Finland calls for border fences to stop ‘instrumentalised’ migration from Russia and Belarus on facebook (opens in a new window) Live news: Finland calls for border fences to stop ...