Downed Rail

Another fine example

Alpine Vinyl

Another fine vinyl fence repair

Our old friend still looking sonice after months of disintegration

Another rail down.

Someone must have sneezed!

Missing Pickets

Kerplunk

Oops!

Munch! There must be a vinylvore running around.

Snap!

Major Material Failure

I saw this nice example of vinyl fence failure between Midway and Charleston in Utah.

Broken rail

Ooops, lost a slat

Grabber Screws? The perfect solution to any vinyl fence problem.

Look, broken fence waiting to be born!

Bada-Boom

Bada-Bing

Another fine example

Oh, let's try electrical tape!

A poor attempt at repair

Complete Failure

Here a good example of complete failure. Note the atempt to repair the
2nd post.

Good Advice

Here is some good advice. And I quote:

The next photo shows why I hate vinyl fence. If you ever put in a horse fence, don't do vinyl. It may sound great, and looks great, but it just isn't very practical for containing large aninmals. Especially if you are in a cold climate. When my horses roll if one of their hooves comes in contact with a rail or a post and it's freezing out, it just splinters and shatters all over the place. Besides that, if they lean or push on it (trying to get to the hay, as shown in one of these photos) the stuff will snap and crack.

Source:
Hoof trimming day & my fence needs work (ugggg!!).

See! It's not just me.

-Mike

Don't get me started!

Credit to Michael Slezak for this photo.

I noticed this photo on flickr and it got me started. I'm going to post pictures that I take and find that show how crappy vinyl is in the real world. Sure, maybe a wood fence would have burned but maybe not. Later photos will show off the unique weaknesses of vinyl fence.

Don't get me wrong, I love plastic. My father's job was in the plastics industry so you could say plastic fed me and put me through college. Just because we CAN make fencing out of plastic doesn't mean we SHOULD.

OK, there are places where vinyl fence is reasonable. The first requirements are that it must be used in a place where it is physically impossible for any human or animal over 100lbs to come into contact with it. I guess this photo shows that it shouldn't be used where it can get too hot.

-Mike