Transform your backyard

Trailscout · #1 08-19-2002, 07:51 AM

It's not too hard for most of us to be nude inside our homes, but if possible, wouldn't it be great to make your backyard "nude-friendly"?

I would need to move to a more private neighborhood or put up some very high fences, but I have friends who have enough space between them and their neighbors that backyard nudity is easy to achieve.

My personal goals:
Have a private nude garden.
Have a hot tub out in the garden.
Attach a sun room to the south side of the house.
I would consider a rustic backyard sauna, but I like steam rooms better.
Get a swimming pool. I can only afford an above-ground pool for now.
Have a small private lake where I could fish, row, and swim nude. (Nice idea, but I would have to move to the country for that).
My nudist country friends have many acres of land to roam nude, but I still think that the suburban backyard can often be transformed into a nudist retreat.

Trailscout · #2 08-19-2002, 07:51 AM

It's not too hard for most of us to be nude inside our homes, but if possible, wouldn't it be great to make your backyard "nude-friendly"?

I would need to move to a more private neighborhood or put up some very high fences, but I have friends who have enough space between them and their neighbors that backyard nudity is easy to achieve.

My personal goals:
Have a private nude garden.
Have a hot tub out in the garden.
Attach a sun room to the south side of the house.
I would consider a rustic backyard sauna, but I like steam rooms better.
Get a swimming pool. I can only afford an above-ground pool for now.
Have a small private lake where I could fish, row, and swim nude. (Nice idea, but I would have to move to the country for that).
My nudist country friends have many acres of land to roam nude, but I still think that the suburban backyard can often be transformed into a nudist retreat.

turkishnudes · #3 08-19-2002, 08:09 AM

I am sure that you could not get more in the centre of the city than us!! We are in the heart of Istanbul, a city with 16 million residents, high rise buildings galore and as I have said in another post here, a muslim country of course ( what a combo!).
We still manage to have a pool on our balcony ( albeit inflatable!) and enjoy nude gatherings out of the sight of the neighbours and other nearby buildings - we just covered the railings of the balcony with straw matting and it gives such a Hawaiian flavour - hope I spelt that right!!
In three years we have never been busted by the police and never had any complaints so I guess we can't be seen! [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif[/img]

gamblefish · #4 08-20-2002, 03:27 PM

My backyard is about 95% nudist-friendly as it is. The only chance of someone spying is the neighbors in back from their second-story window or neighbors on all sides through spaces between boards of wooden fence. I would love to let them all know I am nudist and would they mind etc., etc., but we don't talk to them very much and I just don't know if I could breech the subject just yet. I guess under the right circumstances I could. As it is I sunbathe, mow grass, garden and clean up all in the buff. Two summers now and haven't been caught (as far as I know,anyway!). My wife says she would laugh her *ss off if I got caught!! That's a woman fer ya!!

Naked Bob 2 · #5 08-20-2002, 05:55 PM

Speaking of transforming your backyards does anyone have info on woodfired hottubs? I saw one years ago at a friends cabin out in the country and I think it would work good for me as I would not have to run electrical wires or gas lines. Just assemble the kit and get a wood fire going in the submerged stove. Anyone got one of these, or seen one before?

nudelife · #6 08-21-2002, 05:10 PM

I guess we're really lucky living here in Florida -- in an area of one-story houses. The first thing we did was install a 6 foot high solid privacy fence. Our backyard with a pool and spa is totally nudist friendly and we spend spend many weekends (Friday night thru Monday morning) totally, completely and gloriously nude. Sorry, folks. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif[/img]

hikingjim · #7 08-31-2002, 09:13 AM

I am lucky and live in a neighborhood of mostly single story houses, but I still had to do some things to make my back yard private. I will pass them on as they may be useful to others. Most of the property here has board fences. It is surprising what you can see through the cracks especially in a moving vehicle. With narrow boards it can almost be as though the fence were not there. When I had to replace the fence, I cut a half inch dado on opposite sides of the edges. The boards then overlap and provide no gaps. One side of my lot had visible windows from my neighbor. Fences can be no higher than 6 feet and a person in a room in that house could look right over the fence into my back yard. I put up a garden trellise of redwood lath that went from the top of the fence to 8feet in height. The trellise was mounted on its own poles, set 1 foot from the fence so it could not be considered a fence extension. My neighbors can not see in my yard, the building code was not violated, and I can spend many happy hours gardening and enjoying my yard in the buff!

BareInBare · #8 08-31-2002, 10:33 AM

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I put up a garden trellise of redwood lath that went from the top of the fence to 8feet in height. The trellise was mounted on its own poles, set 1 foot from the fence so it could not be considered a fence extension. My neighbors can not see in my yard, the building code was not violated, and I can spend many happy hours gardening and enjoying my yard in the buff!

Hikingjim:

I have the same exact situation as you do. On two sides you cannot see in but the house behind me could. I have a 6 foot fence and would interested in any pics or other information you can tell me on this ides of extending that one end without violating any codes.

Thanks,
Joel

Douglas George · #9 10-02-2002, 07:52 PM

A reply to hikingjim, here is a solution to that 6' fence rule. Build flower boxes from 8-10'
long and 2' high space them apart 8' and plant small trees between them. Then build the fence on the top of the boxes leaving a space of 1' between the bottom of the fence and the flower boxes then you will have a fence 9' high. The flowers and greenery in the boxes will fill in the space between the fence and flower boxes.

Jerryg · #10 10-04-2002, 04:48 PM

To Hiking Jim
Thanks for the idea of the dado joint, I had been wondering what I was going to do about the cracks in my cedar. I had already reset the boards after they dried for a couple of months. By the way if any one has problems with kids stepping up on the rails and looking over, I used treated 2"X6" and split them at a 45' angle works great nothing to stand on.