Outdoor Essentials White Vinyl Privacy Corner Accent Fence

I have an outdoor packaged heat pump unit which incorporates a blower box that forces air into my home. During the long summers here in Florida, the blower box is exposed to the hot sun for most of the day. The exterior metal of the unit becomes so extremely hot that you can't even touch the unit. This transfers heat inside of the blower box and requires the unit to run longer in order to adequately cool the inside of the home. So I purchased this privacy fence not to reduce noise, or for aesthetics, but rather to shade the blower box from the sun in order to realize increased cooling efficiency during the summer and reduce my electric bill. The fence stops just where the condenser vents are located on the unit, so there's no problem in constricting the outdoor air flow. The fence does look really good, and it was also easy to assemble too (you MUST spray soapy water to get the pickets to slide onto the rails). My only gripe would be that when the rails are pushed into the posts, the locking tabs on the rails allow for wide and unsightly gaps between the posts and the adjoining picket. The rails do not stay tightly attached to the posts, so the posts just swivel loosely on the rails. I viewed this design flaw as completely unacceptable! I didn't want to drill holes or install unsightly hardware anywhere on the exterior of the fence which also might rust in the future and result in staining the bright white vinyl. So I fixed the problem with one-inch stainless steel angle brackets, stainless machine screws, nuts, and lock washers. I installed them on each of the top and bottom rails (8 total) on the inside of the posts in such a way that they force the post to remain tightly pushed against the pickets. No more gaps or swiveling posts. See uploaded photos! The wood stakes keep the fence firmly in place with the three provided screws near ground level. So if I ever need access to the blower box, I only have the three screws to remove. Nice!

Fantastic for covering up unsightly air conditioners and toy bins! I have two of these in the back yard, one covers up our air conditioner and one covers the ugly outdoor toy bin. They were very easy to put together. I did it on my own easily, but it might be a bit easier with two people. They are made from a heavy duty material and don't contain any metal, so there's no chance of rust. I have them on a cement pad that has walls on two sides, so they are fairly protected from any strong winds. That said, they are not secured to the ground at all and have made it through some significant storms without budging. They include wood stakes for securing if you wish to do so. These are attractive and perfect for their intended use!

Good product. Purchased 2 to enclose pool filter and pump. Easy enough to assemble. Only reason why I gave it 4 stars is because the instructions list the caps as included however they were not.

This was very easy to put together and is one of the few that I found that was tall enough. Covers my pool pump perfectly.

Not a bad product overall, but not great. I bought two of these to make a small enclosure for trash cans at a small commercial building. Assembly was relatively easy, but I had to figure it out mostly by myself due to poor instructions.This is not designed to be completely free-standing. They give you 3 wooden stakes to help secure it to the ground but i doubt this thing will stand in 25-30MPH winds unless you find some other way to secure it. I secured it by using 1/4" bolts to keep the corners together and attach the end to a wall. I then attached the bottom to three 2" bricks to weigh it down. See pictures.The pieces (including the posts are all hollow). The tops of the vertical slats (10 in total, 5 per panel) are slid through a slot in the top horizontal rail and fit into each other in a tongue and groove fashion. Then the bottom horizontal rail is slid through the bottom of the slats. You may need to use a rubber mallet or rubber object to get the bottom rail on.The end posts and corner post click onto the main sections and are held (not so securely) by tabs on the horizontal rails. Overall this product does the job, but is somewhat flimsy. I think a fair price for this product would be $50-$75, not $182. I know it costs a lot to ship (hence the high price), so knowing what I know, if I could find this item in a brick and mortar store for $75, I would buy it.PROs1) Assembles in 10 minutes.2) Does the jobs after some modifications3) Looks niceCONs1) Poor Instructions (Unclear assembly process, says it comes with screws but doesn't, says it has twenty slats but it has ten.) Usually when a manufacturer cares about their product, they include good instructions.2) Flimsy connections (Tabs connecting corner and end posts to main assembly don't hold it tight. A lot of give.)3) Won't withstand a strong wind without additional securing.4) Overpriced

I've now purchased two of these (1 for hiding trash bin, 1 for recycling bin on opposite sides of driveway), very expensive the first time ($181!), more reasonably priced recently ($140). The first one arrived with cross-beams that were too short but called manufacturer who quickly made things right. For best results, see photos & instructions posted previously by Jack O'Hara showing how to use 8 1" angle brackets to tighten it up so slats don't gape. I'm using mine on top of a driveway, so also read review by a user who blocked off the bottom of each of the three posts with cut pieces of 2X4s then filled the posts with pea gravel to hold the unit securely against heavy winds, etc. Ideal size for hiding 1 typical rolling trash container. These modifications made this into a product truly worthy of 5 stars.

Was perfect to hide the a/c unit the builder put on the courtyard. We put pavers down and fenced in the courtyard, but still had the ugly ac unit as an eyesore. This hid it nicely, matched the vinyl fence, and stood on pavers without needing the stakes or bolting down. Worked out perfectly and so easy to assemble.