Picket fence dreams: need your opinion!
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You've made good progress on your house remodel. A picket fence with those pink roses would be gorgeous! Now I want a pink climbing rose on my fence!
It would look perfect!!! Just make sure that the wood you use is weather proof!
Do not use plywood! It won't last. It will warp, the layers will separate from the weather. Use pressure treated 4x4's for the posts, 2x4's for the rails, and either 1X3's or 1X4's for the pickets. Even using untreated wood it may last about 4 to 5 years. Home Depot, Lowes, and Menards sell fence part and pickets...... http://www.homedepot.com/b/Lumber-Composites-Fencing-Wood-Fencing-Wood-Fence-Pickets/N-5yc1vZc3mo?Ns=P_REP_PRC_MODE%7C0 ***** https://www.lowes.com/pl/Fence-pickets-Fencing-gates-Building-supplies/4294402517?sortMethod=sortBy_priceLowToHigh ***** https://www.menards.com/main/building-materials/fencing/wood-fencing/c-5774.htm?Spec_ProductType_facet=Picket&Spec_ProductType_facet=Rail&sortby=priceAsc
What an adorable little house ~ I LOVE IT! A picket fence would be beautiful and would highlight the whole house. Do not use plywood, even if it does not rot, it separates. They make small fence boards, 1 x3 and 1 x 4 - use those for the pickets! they do not have to be pressure treated if they are not in contact with the ground and usually last about 20 years - if you keep them stained or painted. Use pressure treated for the posts and any horizontal boards. AND post a picture when you are done! Your reno looks fabulous!
Your house is darling, a picket fence will make it perfect! Do not use plywood, get panels already put together at Lowe's, these are pressure treated and can be stained or painted. They are 8 ft long, so you need 4x4 posts in between each panel, but we did ours, bought the panels, and the posts, stained all of it,and dug the holes, poured the concrete installed the posts and panels and the whole thing ran us about $680. We bought 28 panels, stain, posts, and one set of hardware for the gate. I haven't priced these things this year but we put our fence in last February, so surely it hasn't changed that much.Go check out Lowe's, and whenever you Do get your fence, post pictures for us please.
My husband and I also used the pickt fence panels from Lowes, it's now 2 years old and looks great. It was very easy we did ours just like the previous commenter Sue.
This is our picket fence using 8' panels from Lowes, we attached it to old existing chain link fence posts that we painted black. We love it.
do not pour concrete to set your fence posts, or they will rot.
I worked at a lumber company for awhile and when I was going to install a fence (myself) my manager said to make sure I used pea gravel instead of concrete to fill the post hole around the post. it will allow water to seep away. concrete will allow water to get in between the concrete and the wood and the wood will rot.