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Timber fence question

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Hi all,
I've got a thread in the gardeneing forum but up to yet I've not had any answers so thought I'd post a link here just in case.

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Matt,

Is this any good, not too far away? My dad has a landscaping business and he uses them.
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Bludall wrote:Matt,

Is this any good, not too far away? My dad has a landscaping business and he uses them.
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Thanks for the link bud, I'll give them a try. Like you say they're not to far at all - hopefully they do liver, I've not got a trailer.

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If using concrete posts 3m lenghs of feather edge boards cut in half
sitting on top of a concrete gravel board would give you fence 1.8 high
and the post distances will be determined by the concrete gravel board

If timber use 100 x 100mm posts set at 2m centres, 150mm timber
gravel board which means you would have to get 3.3m feather edge
boards cut in half to achieve a 1.8 high fence, fix 3 x arris rails top,middle
and bottom either housed into the posts or fixed with arris rail brackets

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Thanks, that's how I'm gonna do it now. Only difference being I'll be using 2.4m closeboard cut in half, we only want the front fence to be low so be can watch the worl go by.

Thanks for all the help peeps, just gotta wait for the timber yards to get over Christmas so I can get cracking.

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If its only 1.2 high fence then just a top and bottom arris rail will be ok
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Nice one, that's gonna save me another £9 (I love being a tight fisted git)
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