Your dry, painted timber flag-pole, with a plastic insulated antenna wire
running down it, can be located alongside a wall of your house or at the
end, side or middle of the garden.
One common house-building style around here (California) uses a
building frame of 2-by-4 or 2-by-6 wood, with an outer layer
consisting of stucco which incorporates a galvanized-steel "chicken
wire" mesh.
I'd encourage keeping HF vertical antennas well clear of any walls
made in this fashion.
--
Dave Platt AE6EO
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