our house before it was remodeled
Picket fence dreams: need your opinion!
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Okay, maybe I'm a little old fashioned here, but I have always dreamed of having a house with a little white picket fence around the yard. My husband and I just bought a tiny 800 square foot house last year and have been working on sprucing it up and doing some minor stuff to increase the curb appeal. The picture of the red house below is our house (before we we resided, painted, re roofed and tore out those ugly bushes). Its actually an adorable little house but the plan when we bought it was to basically flip it and sell it for more so we can move to the country and start our little family. Anyway (sorry about the A.D.D.) I started looking at the price of fencing so we could fence in our yard but that quickly came to a halt when I found out how expensive fencing is (and we have a huge corner lot so we would need over 5,000 dollars worth of fencing)
A friend of mine suggested making my own, and I got the Idea of making one out of treated plywood. A sheet of 4'x8' ($24.95) plywood will give me 24 four inch strips and If i space them about 3 inches apart (so my miniature dachshund cant get out) I can make it stretch 13 feet. I've got the plan in my head for how it will be all laid out but I can't find anyone who has ever made a fence out of plywood before to see how it lasts and if it looks alright. What is your opinion? (I know some people will probably say I should just fork out the money and buy one, but I'm all about doing it myself and saving money wherever I can. Fake it til you make it! :)
Our house after the remodel . SO MUCH BETTER :)
This would look soooo cute out front :)
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.