Fence Installation Question

[tuco]

Nice fences guys.
Love the ingenuity Oft. Has a cambered look that's interesting as you look down it.

I'm glad we decided to have the posts and rails on my side of fence and neighbors took the face side.
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This is how you're supposed to build a fence. Good on you dude for doing it proper!

[old goat]

Keep the dirt off the bottom of the fence boards.

[Flounder]

Here's a fence I built a few years ago. Eastern white cedar left unfinished. Stainless steel screws except to hold the vertical slats in place. They have a cleat on each side and I just tacked in a stainless brad to hold them vertical. Screws wouldn't work on the 1x1 pieces without splitting. I was concerned about the large spacing not being private enough but it works great.


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[Ted Striker]

^^^ beautiful.
Nice job flounder.

[adrenalated]

^^^ beautiful.
Nice job flounder.

X2, nice work

I don't have the patience to build that

[meeb69]

Once built a 6’ fence with my father in our side yard when I was 16. Cedar posts and square topped pickets with pyramidal tops to finish the posts which extended a couple inches above the pickets. Looked really nice.

We pulled a permit and followed the code. Apparently there was some kind of waiting period we failed to understand. The city came back after we were finished and said the fence could not exceed 48”.

My dad was so furious when he got the letter from the city he said “come with me...”. We snapped a level chalk line at 48” and he walked the length of the fence with a circular saw and just cut everything off square. Project complete.

One of my favorite memories of my dad :-)

Sometimes the hardest part about building a fence is neither the fasteners or the wood, but the neighbors.

[riser4]

fences make good neighbors

Once upon a time I had neighbors that were dumb as fenceposts. They weren't good neighbors.

[The Tortoise]

Built this a few years ago. Since it's shared with the neighbours I went with the over-lap style. It's more work/materials but at least someone isn't stuck with a shitty side.

[Mazderati]

See-through fences. For when you want to spy on your neighbor at a 45 degree angle.

[oftpiste]

Love the ingenuity Oft. Has a cambered look that's interesting as you look down it.

Thanks. It actually is cambered.

[goldengatestinx]

Often it's caused by repeated weed whacking getting through the pressure treatment, and dirt/water exposure.

Neighbors piling their dog shit against the other side of your fence...

[Ted Striker]

maybe they're trying to tell you something?

[tuco]

Thanks. It actually is cambered.

RCR as you look down it

[The AD]

Fence is done! We plan to add copper toppers to the posts, but finished other than that.
This is from my side

Me and my neighbor

His side

[iceman]

Nice fence. You guys are ugly as shit though.