How To Build A Close Board Fence

The pickets are on both sides of the fence.

How to build a close board fence. How to install a close board fence feather edge gates landscaping sleepers. The spaces alternate on both sides of the fence leaving no visible gap between the pickets on the outside public side of the fence place a picket on each post to cover the post and rail connections. Mark your post with a crayon at top of rail for each rail. In today s video i will be showing you how a diyer like you or i can build an 18m long traditional closeboard fence on your own from scratch.

Then dig a second hole at the other end at the same depth as first post. This is also perfect depth for a 6ft fence hight above ground. Board on board pickets are also on both sides of the fence. How to erect close board fencing the posts should ideally be 4 x 4 inch treated timber set into the ground in a hole 2 ft 600mm deep and concreted with a concrete mix as shown in our concreting fence posts project.

Lay your rails out three per bay for six foot fencing and two per bay for four foot fencing. How to build a board on board fence board on board fences have a 3 spacing between the pickets. With your posts set at 7 10 center to center start railing your fence at one end of the project setting the first rail flush to the edge of the post. Then calculating the mea.

Firstly dig a hole at one end of where the fence will be installed and approximately 2ft into the ground which is a quarter of the overall length of the post we are using. There is a 3 spacing between the pickets. One should be fixed about 300mm 1ft from the ground the other a similar distance from the top of the posts. Before fixing the arris rails to the posts screw lengths of gravel board to the bottom of the fence.