| Fences are either open, to use as a
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| | This will preserve it much better than
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| trellis for roses or other plants, or
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| | painting afterward.
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| they are closed to serve as a wind, sun
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| | Set your fence posts deep enough in the
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| or privacy screen.
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| | ground to resist the prevailing winds, at
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| The materials will depend largely upon
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| | least 2 feet and even deeper. Set heavy
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| the use to which the fence is to be put.
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| | posts in concrete. Tamp firmly in place
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| The most popular, and probably the most
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| | so the fence will not wiggle. Hardware
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| attractive, fences are built of wood in
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| | used should be galvanized.
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| various forms, but newer fences of
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| | Among the most popular types of fences
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| asbestos-cement and corrugated sheet
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| | are the traditional picket, the
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| metal are colourful and stand up against
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| | post-and-rail fence and the hurdle fence,
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| rot better.
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| | but with increased stress on privacy
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| Because they are heavier, they are
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| | screening, the louvered and lattice types
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| usually erected in a zigzag design, the
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| | are ever more popular.
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| better to stand up against prevailing
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| | The post-and-rail fence is made of posts
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| winds.
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| | spaced at 10 foot intervals with large
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| The major problem in prolonging the life
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| | slots cut in them. The 11-foot-long rails
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| of a fence stems from rot at the ground
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| | are tapered to flat ends, which are
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| line, for here it is susceptible to
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| | inserted in the posts. The hurdle fence
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| alternating wet and dry conditions.
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| | has split rails built into a braced frame
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| Among the best woods for withstanding rot
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| | and nailed together, with the end pieces
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| are California redwood and Southern
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| | of each panel becoming the posts.
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| cypress, white cedar and red cedar,
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| | The picket fence, traditionally white,
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| chestnut, locust and arbor vitae. While
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| | has posts spaced from 8 to 12 feet apart,
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| painting the wood with preservatives
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| | rails 3x4 inches, and pickets 2 to 3
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| often lengthens the life of your fence,
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| | inches wide, pointed at the top.
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| this will do no good unless the
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| | The pickets should be 2 inches off the
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| preservatives penetrate.
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| | ground at the bottom and extend well
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| That's why a post that has been
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| | above the top rail. The spindle fence is
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| machine-creosoted will resist rot, while
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| | a kind of picket fence with round
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| a hand-creosoted post will not. However,
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| | spindles that pass through holes in the
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| if you use a good preservative on a
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| | rails.
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| clean, dry, unpainted wood, and give the
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| | There are many possible variations of
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| wood two or three coats, you can do a
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| | board fences used for screening. A broad
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| good job.
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| | rail may be alternated with a narrow
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| Among the commercial wood preservatives
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| | rail, or the boards may be applied
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| you will find those of pentachlorophenol,
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| | vertically, like palings, with, perhaps,
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| copper napthenate (which has a green
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| | a staggering of the boards on either side
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| colour) and zinc napthenate, a clear
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| | of the rail. Boards may be slanted in a
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| solution.
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| | louver effect to give privacy while
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| In addition to the point where the post
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| | admitting air and sunlight.
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| hits the ground, any place where two
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| | A basket-weave fence can be constructed
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| pieces are nailed together on a wooden
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| | of thin, flexible boards and provides
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| fence is subject to rot. Therefore, it is
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| | total screening and a handsome background
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| wise to treat the wood where the members
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| | for planting. It is somewhat difficult to
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| are joined before you put up the fence.
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| | build yourself, however.
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