If you have a choice about which fence to choose for a site near your house, then remember about such material as wood. How to build a wooden fence with your own hands, everyone has an idea, and, moreover, no difficulties with installation and repair. And most importantly, what might look more natural outside the city than a wooden fence.
And although the wooden fence is not the most durable construction, but with proper installation, it will last ten years. What is important is wood, the material is environmentally friendly and if you take a creative approach, the fence can turn out to be very beautiful.
An important factor on which the duration of your "life" will depend the fence, this is the quality of the material from which you will make it. The wood should be healthy and preferably coniferous, it is larch, pine, cedar.
Before installing wooden structures, they need to be given the desired shape and treated with an antiseptic.
Wooden fences make different types, it depends on the imagination of the master and the technologies used, read about carved fences. We will consider an ordinary picket fence. We will need:
- a beam that will go to the supporting posts;
- depending on the height of the fence, edged or planed board;
- bars or boards on the cross members;
- preferably galvanized nails.
Also a common set of carpentry tools that make up the mortar, tape measure and plumb line.
As usual, markup is done first. We designate the place for the pillars and calculate the length of the spans to accurately calculate the transverse veins. Before installation, the lower part of the posts must be treated with tar or bitumen. We insert them into the prepared pits, fix with spacers, and cement.
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We prepare spans in advance, that is, we nail the picket to the transverse beams, we get such wooden panels. Fasten them to the pillars, we begin when the solution completely hardens. On this, the main work is completed.
But do not forget, the tree requires care, so it must be periodically cleaned and repainted, replaced by rotten parts, then it will last a long time.
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