
If you're in a neighborhood, chances are good that you have two story houses thus, neither 6' nor 8' will give you privacy for nude sunbathing. Probably a good bit more - and for what point?

I don't think your husband - even being over 6' - will have his privacy compromised if people can see the top of his head while he's standing next to the fence. Especially with a tall husband, you could paint a 6' fence from the ground. At some point you're going to need to re-paint (or otherwise repair) your fence, and an 8' fence will be considerably more work because you'll have to use a ladder. How tall is your house? Will this 8' fence fit into the overall look, or will it dwarf your house? What type of fences are common in your neighborhood? I think a fence that "stands out" would be unattractive. With that in mind - if the yards are so small that this would matter, or if it would shade my driveway - I do prefer the idea of 6' fence + 2' lattice. Until someone said it upthread, I hadn't considered that this would block out sunlight to my yard. What's your motivation for this tall-tall fence? I'm looking at my 8' ceilings right now, and I'm thinking, "That's a lot of fence!" I'm not going out in the yard, but I think my fence is 4'-4 1/2' - not that it's any great example of fencehood, and it's always been enough. If I thought about it at all, I'd suspect you were planning to buy a large dog and were trying to be sure you could contain it. If I were your neighbor, I wouldn't think twice about an 8' fence.
