Just completed my first 24' horizontal run today. Building the fence is a lot nicer than post hole digging. The fence is 4' high. I wrnt with 8 pickets and a quarter inch gap using a wooden paint stirrer for my guide. Looks really good.
What an informative video and inspiring, too. I’d be the first of my neighbors to add a privacy fence but hopefully the beauty of the horizontal look wins them over.
I don’t know anything about anything. After watching so many videos, this video simplified this whole process so much more than anyone else I saw. Thank you for this video. I forgot about even trying to dig a post, I almost planned to buy 4X4 wood posts and a router machine to make slits for the panels. Y’all are great!!!
@@SWiFence You are a true craftsman!! This is my second video that I am watching and im glad I found your youtube page! Subscribed! Thanks for the videos and awesome tips!
Great video…I constructed my horizontal Cedar years ago to cover a chain link fence. I used the metal grooved posts to set the cedar in it…perfect. Love the horizontal look over vertical all day. Thanks again for the tip using the tape measure as a guide…genius
Thanks so much for this! I have been building fence a long time and have never done a horizontal wood fence so this was super helpful for me as I’m bidding one right now. 😃 Also, never knew that about why the black lines in the cedar wood. Switching to stainless now.
Im so glad I found your channel, Ive been building decks and fences for a little over 3 years. I live on an island north of Seattle, Wa. and haven't seen anyone use those Postmaster posts, even though they seem like a much better solution then sinking P.T 4x4's in the ground. have you guys done a cost breakdown on time and material between the two? also I wanted to say I've built 2 horizontal fences so far and I'm totally sold on the way you guys build yours over the way I build mine. I look forward to binge watching your videos when I get the chance..
I never built a fence in my life. But want to put one up around our one acre land and im glad i came across your video because now im doing a horizontal fence but what do you suggest we live out in open land here in South Dakota and we have no wind break or no hills to hide us from the elements of winter so do i do that spacing between? Because the wind gets pretty strong here also im going to have to spray the wood with something to protect it against weather.
love the channle very informative but I really enjoy the style in which its presented the light heartedness and the jokularity that's proved makeit very entertaing keep the videos coming.
😂 I’m that guy down the street, designed and built my own horizontal fence when no one in my neighborhood had one, now their becoming more popular and popping up everywhere, so i must have done something right, all cedar and stainless steel screws and metal post, still solid and beautiful well worth the sore back
If I am using composite planks should I still brace half way in between the posts or would composite resist warping more than regular wood? Great video and channel in general!
You're a freak. Your sidekick is pretty amusing too. Great video, and you put a little personality in as well. I hope Postmaster is paying you well. You're selling a lot of posts for them. I'm planning to reproduce your fence, no gap, and put corrugated metal on the bottom 1/3. Do you see any problem with how the two wood/metal would wear over time? Glad I stumbled on your channel. 🍻
It'll be awesome. 👍🏻💪🏻 You could probably expect to see the wood pickets dry out (shrink) in width just a little bit based on your climate or area. I don't see any major red flags though.
Great video and very informative, thank you! I would like to build a fence like this to enclose my side yard. Do you have additional videos that detail how to finish off the corners or how to add a gate?
Corners: ua-cam.com/video/PTO3int-lOo/v-deo.html Gate: ua-cam.com/video/lucaRaDp0C0/v-deo.html A couple more builds it might be helpful to see: ua-cam.com/video/RjMYrZPSDbs/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/g3cFapnA7mM/v-deo.html
Man, I love ur videos! Fun, super informative, and just plain awesome. About to do my own privacy horizontal screen/fence around my patio. Never built my own fence b4, but u guys are building my confidence to do so. Oh, and greetings from SC!
Great video, thanks! Helped me build an amazing fence! Questions on putting 2x4s on backside : 1) how necessary is this? 2) do the 2x4s hang a bit or should they be dug into the ground a little bit?
The 2x2 on the back is to keep the pickets from bowing, twisting, and warping over time. I'd say it's pretty essential--not for the short term--but for keeping things looking nice in the long run. And no, they only run the length of the pickets, not into the ground. 👍🏻
Thanks for the video. I used this one and the one where you built a fence over concrete as my 2 sources to complete my fence between the garage and house this week. It took me a little bit longer than 11 minutes compared to your video😂.
Great video! What if the ground isn't level, which probably happens pretty often. Do you keep the same height off the ground, or level the top of the fence and adjust the height of the posts? You would notice wavy fence lines a lot more with a horizontal fence.
An excellent question. People prefer different looks. If you've got gentle changes in the ground you can get away with a dead-level fence--you'll just end up with gaps of varying size underneath. If you've got more severe changes in the ground we try to flow with the ground, but smooth out what it's doing. That way you keep to the flow of the ground, but the fence flows more smoothly in it's changes.
Thank you!! Using this as my instructional video as I attempt this build this month. Question - you have this at 60.5”, but you said in the video you are building to 6’, Wouldnt this fence be 5’ since you are going to 60.5” instead of 72”? Thanks!!!
Frost line definitely still plays a role. We always pound down below frost line. If your soil is too rocky, or loose for any other reason, you would need to dig and set in concrete.
Thanks quick question how would you add the middle piece behind the fence to hold the pickets together if you have no access since they wanna get it as close as possible to the neighbors fence
What are your thoughts on powder coated black steel posts versus postmaster posts? They are much less expensive and apparently just as strong. Your thoughts? Doing a cedar fence.
Fast and to the point. Great vid! Question - I have a 4ft estate block retaining wall I need to build a fence on top (about ~1ft from the wall). Would you recommend treated doug fir in concrete or these postmaster posts? With the postmaster, I would just be worried that if the wall ever shifts, that would compromise the integrity of the postmaster posts before wood in concrete. Thanks for any input!
Yes. Cedar holds up much better than the other woods out there--but it is still guaranteed to split, crack, and warp over time. Always stain the fence.
@6:45 Don't nail your tape LOL sounds like he's done it Hahaha. I found that funny. Nice job I think we should try those post masters out for wood the pole idea i don't really like
I'm using 8' postmasters and putting them 48" inches into the ground with 10" holes. Frost line is 42" inches and the ground is mushy clay in the spring (which is why I didn't drive them). Can I get away with 4 sixty lbs bag of cement per hole and then backfilling and tamping the rest of the way(clay) or do I have to concrete to the top of the hole? The section that I completed (to show my wife what I was doing) I filled to the top. I had to slow down on the project after hitting a rock on the last hole and pulling out my shoulder. I had been doing real well being careful with all the roots and rocks in my yard, but got aggressive and dumb right at the end. Live and learn.
If you were going to skimp and put gravel or something anywhere, I would put it in the middle. Well, I would prefer to see the whole entire whole filled with concrete. You could put two bags at the bottom, little clay in the middle and finish it off with two bags at the top just below ground level by two or 3 inches.
@@SWiFence Thanks, I wound up doing it the right way - filling the holes to the top with concrete. The fence is really solid and looks good. Yeah, I know where my f-ups are and where I created more work for myself than necessary, but I don't regret DYI'ing at all and your videos are why I was successful.
You certainly can use coated screws--we prefer stainless steel screws because they're rust-proof all the way through instead of just on the outside. In all likelihood you'd be fine though.
I see in my area I see them weaving the horizontal boards in the middle between the posts. Is that ok too and do you have a videos on that way? So what do you do just stick a 2*4 or so weaving and nailing it. Does that shorten the standard boards or is it a negligible shortening of the boards?
I never knew that pallet style lobster crate fences were a thing. Personally the fence I like best is heavy duty used chain link with a hedge. Never needs replacement unless hit by a car or a hurricane.
I have a similar idea for a fence, except do away with the fence and grow the green giants arborvitae that I believe grow up to 80 ft tall and 10 ft wide. Long as you got a lot of property that loosing 10 ft of yard or field won’t bother you? But if you have a hill on your property and don’t want your neighbors seeing you or having to see them from the upper side of the property. Then you need something with some serious height to block everything and everyone out! Which even a 8 ft fence wouldn’t come close to doing the job for my property! But you do have to wait a while for those green giants to grow to the height your looking for and the first year or two they won’t grow very much at all. After that though if there’s in descent soil and fertilizer properly they’ll take off and can grow a couple feet or so every year. Unfortunately my property all clay soil so it’s not ideal for green giants that prefer a good draining soil. So for now I’m working on adding my chicken waste bedding as a mulch and making a mound along where I want the plants at and hoping that will give me the drainage the plants will need at some point? Least the soil should be good and rich with the chicken poo waste composting in the bedding! Definitely need patience for a project like this though, it’s going to take many years to finish the project! Thankfully I can already see it finished in my mind’s eye! LOL
How would you make this board and batten. I assume just on the first example or style 1 on the front side you would add a picket to close the gaps? While on the back side you would still name on the back side the support halfway.
No no, the sections are usually all the same. We were just demonstrating two different styles. I mean, you can alternate them if you want or do whatever you want, but we were just showing how to do it either way. Typically once you pick a style you do your whole fence like that.
Great build & awesome video. Unfortunately unless you have large funds not practical. $90 for one of those posts. Didn’t price cedar boards but I’m pretty sure they are more expensive than other choices. One could easily take cheaper option posts and pickets and coat the buried portion of posts with tar before setting. The old time farmer’s used to coat the pickets/boards with a mixture of diesel & used motor oil to preserve. Or you could replace the used motor oil with chainsaw oil which has more parabens.
Nice work gentleman. I appreciate all the work into the videos, they are a huge help. What's your nail gun recommended for 500+ foot wood fence installation?
@@SWiFence Ok thanks for the message. I'm milling all of my lumber from trees arborist we're going to burn. I got 20 4x4x8's from one log. This will be the first fence I've ever put in. Your videos are clear, concise and informative. Thank you for sharing your knowledge it helps since most people are full of it. I'll send a photo over of it when I'm done. Thanks for the inspiration brother 👊🏼
We've got some tools & product links in the video description. For the rest of it you'll need to either call a fencing supply store in your area or check your hardware stores.
Just completed my first 24' horizontal run today. Building the fence is a lot nicer than post hole digging. The fence is 4' high. I wrnt with 8 pickets and a quarter inch gap using a wooden paint stirrer for my guide. Looks really good.
The Air Gap makes the fence look beautiful!
It's fun watching other people work. Especially building a fence. Thank You!
Plenty more of that on this channel!
Great video. Everything is explained well and it's great that it's unedited; makes it more entertaining as well.
Thanks so much for those kind words!
What an informative video and inspiring, too. I’d be the first of my neighbors to add a privacy fence but hopefully the beauty of the horizontal look wins them over.
Did you put up a fence?
Been building fences for decades and this guy knows what he's doing. Excellent craftsmanship.
*Post depths vary depending on your area.
I saw a horizontal fence today. What a great look. Then I found your video. Thank you!
You are so welcome!
Thank you! All of your videos are clear and concise. I’m in over my head, but gonna do it anyway. 🤞
You can do it!
Just think safety and you’ll do fine.
Safety third!
Thanks for this video. we needed this right now. I love lots of words and explanations in videos and appreciate the content in this video.
I don’t know anything about anything. After watching so many videos, this video simplified this whole process so much more than anyone else I saw.
Thank you for this video. I forgot about even trying to dig a post, I almost planned to buy 4X4 wood posts and a router machine to make slits for the panels.
Y’all are great!!!
Great to hear! Thanks for the kind words! 👍🏻
@@SWiFence You are a true craftsman!! This is my second video that I am watching and im glad I found your youtube page! Subscribed! Thanks for the videos and awesome tips!
I did my fence like this. Everyone loves it!!!
Awesome!
Thank you guys so much! I learned and enjoyed learning; Thank you for making it fun! God bless everyone involved!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video…I constructed my horizontal Cedar years ago to cover a chain link fence. I used the metal grooved posts to set the cedar in it…perfect.
Love the horizontal look over vertical all day. Thanks again for the tip using the tape measure as a guide…genius
Thanks so much for this! I have been building fence a long time and have never done a horizontal wood fence so this was super helpful for me as I’m bidding one right now. 😃
Also, never knew that about why the black lines in the cedar wood. Switching to stainless now.
I plan to tackle this project in next few days, seems easy enough to do solo with a bit of shoring. Wish me luck!
You can do it!
Awesome video, I actually went out and purchased an electric Pile Hammer after seeing this. No more digging for this old man....lol
Im so glad I found your channel, Ive been building decks and fences for a little over 3 years. I live on an island north of Seattle, Wa. and haven't seen anyone use those Postmaster posts, even though they seem like a much better solution then sinking P.T 4x4's in the ground. have you guys done a cost breakdown on time and material between the two? also I wanted to say I've built 2 horizontal fences so far and I'm totally sold on the way you guys build yours over the way I build mine. I look forward to binge watching your videos when I get the chance..
"Today we're going to show you how to build a 6 foot tall horizontal cedar"
Proceeds to build a 5 foot tall fence.
Thanks for noticing 😉
😆😆
What? No! These dudes are 7 feet tall. 😂😂
remind me of my buddies in SD. Nice job amigo
I copy paste this fence into my backyard with the top finish board. Looks good after staining.
I never built a fence in my life. But want to put one up around our one acre land and im glad i came across your video because now im doing a horizontal fence but what do you suggest we live out in open land here in South Dakota and we have no wind break or no hills to hide us from the elements of winter so do i do that spacing between? Because the wind gets pretty strong here also im going to have to spray the wood with something to protect it against weather.
I like to see a video of you using those metal posts in a residential gate (wood).
love the channle very informative but I really enjoy the style in which its presented the light heartedness and the jokularity that's proved makeit very entertaing keep the videos coming.
Love these tutorials.
Hey thanks!
THIS GUY HAS TAUGHT ME MORE ON UA-cam IN TWO VIDEOS THAN MY 18 YRS OF SCHOOL
He gave you some practical life skills you could actually use to go out and make some money if you apply yourself.
@@thebordernow IM NOT WORKING UNDER ANY WEATHER
😂 I’m that guy down the street, designed and built my own horizontal fence when no one in my neighborhood had one, now their becoming more popular and popping up everywhere, so i must have done something right, all cedar and stainless steel screws and metal post, still solid and beautiful well worth the sore back
Thank you for your easy to follow instructions! I like the look of the post tho.
If I am using composite planks should I still brace half way in between the posts or would composite resist warping more than regular wood? Great video and channel in general!
You're a freak. Your sidekick is pretty amusing too. Great video, and you put a little personality in as well. I hope Postmaster is paying you well. You're selling a lot of posts for them. I'm planning to reproduce your fence, no gap, and put corrugated metal on the bottom 1/3. Do you see any problem with how the two wood/metal would wear over time? Glad I stumbled on your channel. 🍻
It'll be awesome. 👍🏻💪🏻 You could probably expect to see the wood pickets dry out (shrink) in width just a little bit based on your climate or area. I don't see any major red flags though.
Also, don't forget to keep the cedar stained. That way they'll both last a good long time.
Great video. I think I’m ready to built a horizontal fence.
Texas
YES!! 💪🏻💪🏻
Great video and very informative, thank you! I would like to build a fence like this to enclose my side yard. Do you have additional videos that detail how to finish off the corners or how to add a gate?
Corners: ua-cam.com/video/PTO3int-lOo/v-deo.html
Gate: ua-cam.com/video/lucaRaDp0C0/v-deo.html
A couple more builds it might be helpful to see:
ua-cam.com/video/RjMYrZPSDbs/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/g3cFapnA7mM/v-deo.html
Tips for keeping the post level when driving/pounding into the ground?
Thanks to that one guy
Right?!
Thanks for this. Can you secure the pickets directly to the post ? Are they too thin for that ?
Nice corral..
Thank you for your information; looking forward to building my own!
Can those metal posts support 2x8 6' planks as horizontal pickets?
Great quality video... makes me want to build a fence this weekend!
This was the best demonstration for these post, yet! I just subscribed!
Andrew must be getting paid by the nail.
😄
Like the gapped one better. Have a decaying cedar fence that needs to be replaced and this gives me ideas.
Nice!
Great Video
I’m sold.
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 very nice my man
Appreciate it!!
Man, I love ur videos! Fun, super informative, and just plain awesome. About to do my own privacy horizontal screen/fence around my patio. Never built my own fence b4, but u guys are building my confidence to do so. Oh, and greetings from SC!
Go for it! You got this. 💪🏻💪🏻
Great video, thanks! Helped me build an amazing fence! Questions on putting 2x4s on backside : 1) how necessary is this? 2) do the 2x4s hang a bit or should they be dug into the ground a little bit?
The 2x2 on the back is to keep the pickets from bowing, twisting, and warping over time. I'd say it's pretty essential--not for the short term--but for keeping things looking nice in the long run. And no, they only run the length of the pickets, not into the ground. 👍🏻
Thank you! I will have to cement mine in. But I love the design.
Thanks for the video. I used this one and the one where you built a fence over concrete as my 2 sources to complete my fence between the garage and house this week. It took me a little bit longer than 11 minutes compared to your video😂.
Excellent! Yeah, sorry, 11 min is the pro time. 😜😂
Great job, I like the product and the skilled people who are doing this, much appreciated !
Appreciate those words. 👍🏻
Game changer 👍
Great video man, thank you!
My pleasure!
Thanks.
You bet!
would having no air gap cause issues with the wood expanding?
Great video! What if the ground isn't level, which probably happens pretty often. Do you keep the same height off the ground, or level the top of the fence and adjust the height of the posts? You would notice wavy fence lines a lot more with a horizontal fence.
An excellent question. People prefer different looks. If you've got gentle changes in the ground you can get away with a dead-level fence--you'll just end up with gaps of varying size underneath. If you've got more severe changes in the ground we try to flow with the ground, but smooth out what it's doing. That way you keep to the flow of the ground, but the fence flows more smoothly in it's changes.
Very nice. Always thought about doing this but could never visualize.
I wonder what the price difference is for this vs slipfence vs a traditional privacy fence
Can you demonstrate how to do the corner sections?
You mean like this? ua-cam.com/video/PTO3int-lOo/v-deo.html
Awesome!!
Great video!
Thanks!
And i just subbed! Thanx again 👏👏👏👏
Welcome!
Thank you!! Using this as my instructional video as I attempt this build this month. Question - you have this at 60.5”, but you said in the video you are building to 6’, Wouldnt this fence be 5’ since you are going to 60.5” instead of 72”? Thanks!!!
You totally caught that. I said one thing and then built another and never corrected it in the video. 👍🏻
Do you have of this version but with a gate? Thanks for the info. Very helpful.
ua-cam.com/video/lucaRaDp0C0/v-deo.html
When would the post need to be set in concrete? Does frost line in winter not play in since metal post has a smaller footprint?
Frost line definitely still plays a role. We always pound down below frost line.
If your soil is too rocky, or loose for any other reason, you would need to dig and set in concrete.
Thanks quick question how would you add the middle piece behind the fence to hold the pickets together if you have no access since they wanna get it as close as possible to the neighbors fence
Feed it down from the top. Have someone hold the top and someone hold the bottom while you shoot the nails.
Great job!
Thanks!
Will a center stay be enough for boards that are 7.5ft long or would I need more support than that to help with warping? Thanks!
Please tell me about the nails and nail gun used
What are your thoughts on powder coated black steel posts versus postmaster posts? They are much less expensive and apparently just as strong. Your thoughts? Doing a cedar fence.
I don't see why not. You'll need to use brackets to attach your stringers, and you won't be able to hide the steel completely--but why not?
Great info in this video.. I'm tackling the exact thing this weekend. Does that ripped 2x4 nailer need to be pressure treated?
Not if you're using cedar.
@@SWiFence Ok great, thank you!
3:30 Nice tip!
Tongue and groove wood prevent gaps when it shrinks
Fast and to the point. Great vid! Question - I have a 4ft estate block retaining wall I need to build a fence on top (about ~1ft from the wall). Would you recommend treated doug fir in concrete or these postmaster posts? With the postmaster, I would just be worried that if the wall ever shifts, that would compromise the integrity of the postmaster posts before wood in concrete. Thanks for any input!
If the wall ever shifted severely it would compromise a wood post as well. I’m a believer in post masters. 👍🏻
Is there a need to stain protect these pickets? Thanks. Great vid
Yes. Cedar holds up much better than the other woods out there--but it is still guaranteed to split, crack, and warp over time. Always stain the fence.
@@SWiFenceit is ok to painted white instead of stained? Will that hold overtime?
Can you do a horizontal cedar fence with air gap on a slope with the boards running parallel to the slope, not level?
Sure. You'll have to angle-cut the ends of your boards.
Is it not gonna hold if I put 8 foot horizontal attached to an iron pole?
Amazing. Thanks!!!
You're welcome, Kelly!
@6:45 Don't nail your tape LOL sounds like he's done it Hahaha. I found that funny. Nice job I think we should try those post masters out for wood the pole idea i don't really like
How much for one of them pick up truck boxes in the background?
Awesome!!! 👍👍
Thanks! 👍
I'm using 8' postmasters and putting them 48" inches into the ground with 10" holes. Frost line is 42" inches and the ground is mushy clay in the spring (which is why I didn't drive them). Can I get away with 4 sixty lbs bag of cement per hole and then backfilling and tamping the rest of the way(clay) or do I have to concrete to the top of the hole?
The section that I completed (to show my wife what I was doing) I filled to the top.
I had to slow down on the project after hitting a rock on the last hole and pulling out my shoulder. I had been doing real well being careful with all the roots and rocks in my yard, but got aggressive and dumb right at the end. Live and learn.
If you were going to skimp and put gravel or something anywhere, I would put it in the middle. Well, I would prefer to see the whole entire whole filled with concrete. You could put two bags at the bottom, little clay in the middle and finish it off with two bags at the top just below ground level by two or 3 inches.
@@SWiFence Thanks, I wound up doing it the right way - filling the holes to the top with concrete. The fence is really solid and looks good. Yeah, I know where my f-ups are and where I created more work for myself than necessary, but I don't regret DYI'ing at all and your videos are why I was successful.
Could you do 8ft centers if there was a middle brace with a 2x4 in between?
You could probably do 8' with this method. Wouldn't do any more than that. Don't know that you need the extra 2x4.
very valuable information, a question what kind of gun do you use what is the brand I need one than k you
We use the same thing we sell. 👍🏻
Magnum Nail Gun: bit.ly/swimagnum
15-degree Ring Shank Nails: bit.ly/15degringshank
How about deckmate coated screws for cedar pickets ?
You certainly can use coated screws--we prefer stainless steel screws because they're rust-proof all the way through instead of just on the outside. In all likelihood you'd be fine though.
Love this
I see in my area I see them weaving the horizontal boards in the middle between the posts. Is that ok too and do you have a videos on that way? So what do you do just stick a 2*4 or so weaving and nailing it. Does that shorten the standard boards or is it a negligible shortening of the boards?
I never knew that pallet style lobster crate fences were a thing. Personally the fence I like best is heavy duty used chain link with a hedge. Never needs replacement unless hit by a car or a hurricane.
I have a similar idea for a fence, except do away with the fence and grow the green giants arborvitae that I believe grow up to 80 ft tall and 10 ft wide. Long as you got a lot of property that loosing 10 ft of yard or field won’t bother you? But if you have a hill on your property and don’t want your neighbors seeing you or having to see them from the upper side of the property. Then you need something with some serious height to block everything and everyone out! Which even a 8 ft fence wouldn’t come close to doing the job for my property! But you do have to wait a while for those green giants to grow to the height your looking for and the first year or two they won’t grow very much at all. After that though if there’s in descent soil and fertilizer properly they’ll take off and can grow a couple feet or so every year. Unfortunately my property all clay soil so it’s not ideal for green giants that prefer a good draining soil. So for now I’m working on adding my chicken waste bedding as a mulch and making a mound along where I want the plants at and hoping that will give me the drainage the plants will need at some point? Least the soil should be good and rich with the chicken poo waste composting in the bedding! Definitely need patience for a project like this though, it’s going to take many years to finish the project! Thankfully I can already see it finished in my mind’s eye! LOL
nice tip on using the tape as a plumb
I will like to know about you nail gun and air compressor what would you recommend
We use the same thing we sell:
👉🏻 Magnum Nail Gun: bit.ly/swimagnum
👉🏻 15-degree Ring Shank Nails: bit.ly/15degringshank
How would you make this board and batten. I assume just on the first example or style 1 on the front side you would add a picket to close the gaps? While on the back side you would still name on the back side the support halfway.
Yep, go with example 1 and make sure to use a nailer behind your batten.
Love to see this done a slope/hill.
Question, so the next section is solid no air , then 4th one air slots , etc in that order ? Serious question please
No no, the sections are usually all the same. We were just demonstrating two different styles. I mean, you can alternate them if you want or do whatever you want, but we were just showing how to do it either way. Typically once you pick a style you do your whole fence like that.
the gap looks so nice..but it sure makes it easy to climb..nice though
great video! I like to use those cedar as house skirting, have you done that before?
We haven't--but that doesn't mean it can't be done. 👍🏻
Great build & awesome video. Unfortunately unless you have large funds not practical.
$90 for one of those posts. Didn’t price cedar boards but I’m pretty sure they are more expensive than other choices.
One could easily take cheaper option posts and pickets and coat the buried portion of posts with tar before setting. The old time farmer’s used to coat the pickets/boards with a mixture of diesel & used motor oil to preserve. Or you could replace the used motor oil with chainsaw oil which has more parabens.
Under $3 for the 6’ dog ear cedar boards at Home Depot, so not too bad
$45 at Home Depot. In Mich.
@@sgtbass64
What a steal 😂
Compared to a 5 dollar 4x4. Suppose if money ain’t a thing then do it to it?
@@razorsharp4205 $5 for an 8 ft 4x4 cedar post? You are smoking crack old timer. They are over $50 each these days
Nice work gentleman. I appreciate all the work into the videos, they are a huge help. What's your nail gun recommended for 500+ foot wood fence installation?
Definitely the magnum nail gun (we sell it, but we also use it).
Magnum Nail Gun: bit.ly/swimagnum
15-degree Ring Shank Nails: bit.ly/15degringshank
@@SWiFence Ok thanks for the response. Why the coil nailer over a strip nailer? Cost of nails? Less reloads? Just curious about your perspective
It really just comes down to personal preference. 👍🏻
@@SWiFence Ok thanks for the message. I'm milling all of my lumber from trees arborist we're going to burn. I got 20 4x4x8's from one log. This will be the first fence I've ever put in. Your videos are clear, concise and informative. Thank you for sharing your knowledge it helps since most people are full of it. I'll send a photo over of it when I'm done. Thanks for the inspiration brother 👊🏼
My front yard is curved how do i go about installing my 4x4 post for this fence?
What is the 2×4" made of? Cedar? PT?
cedar
Hello, were can buy all the materials to build a fence like that. Thanks
We've got some tools & product links in the video description. For the rest of it you'll need to either call a fencing supply store in your area or check your hardware stores.
Do you have to attach the wood to the metal first before attaching the horizontal wood pieces? Or can you skip that wood?
No, don't skip that wood.
For more privacy. Overlap the top board 5]8" over the board below it.