Fence staining one side only

[Craig24]

Hi,

Looking for some advice on staining my side of a vertical overlap fence. I want to do it a different colour to what it originally was and what my neighbours on both sides have. Will this cause me a problem? I assume as its vertical overlap and not horizontal then it shouldn't drip through?

 

[Tigercubrider]

in theory......
maybe a mix of a brush and sponge to control the stuff may help.
if there is a garden shed on the other side, start there

 

[big-all]

do you have permission to paint on the fence thats not yours .??
is the other side darker or lighter than the colour you are using ??

 

[Craig24]

I don’t have permission but I get on with both neighbors well, I’ll ask before I start but I’m not actually sure who owns which fence?

It’s a forest green and I’m going to be painting it in a dark grey / silver.

 

[big-all]

my thoughts are to get loads off water handy on the the other side to wash away any excess the drips will probably be minimal
the only reason i mention it was my naibour sprayed his side off my fence some years ago with dark brown it over sprayed onto two off my windows double glazed units quite a lot and he found it funny as not a big deal when i complained he laughed as not a big deal
now he was a complete -----well i will let you decide
i dont suffer fools gladly but prefer to let things slide to get on
he did rub me up as he thought as a teacher he was better but his misses was very reasonable
any way the point i am making is he may have thought he was the salt off the earth and i was being very reasonable and i was was a ferking arse lol
so we need to keep in with people make lots off badly informed choices have little actual conception to real life in a domestic situation living with neigbours

 

[sodthisforfun]

I painted all our horizontal fences last year with cuprinol garden shades last year. I used a small brush, didn't overload it when painting the gaps/joins. Took best part of 3 days for 2 coats but didn't get a single drip on the other side. Was made up! If careful with it and don't use a sprayer then all should be ok.
I did ask the neighbour first and I think general rule of thumb is the right fence is yours (so the left hand side is theirs) but it will be on your deeds.