Feather edge fence panels

[big-all]

Feather edge fence panels

Due to some recent high winds I had to replace some feather edge fence panels at the side of the house. You can buy these for less than they cost me to make but I doubt if they will last as long (fingers crossed)

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The old panels were too large for the opening and were touching at both sides and the bottom, When I made the new panels I made them slightly smaller then any water would not soak into them as much.

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You can see that the old panels are rotten-

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I made the new panels by making a frame, using 3*2 timber for the cross sections and 2*2 for the uprights. I made the uprights longer so that after I had nailed all the feather edge boards in position I could cut the top radius and the 2*2 would give me something substantial to nail into instead of just nailing into the feather edge boards.

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The cordless nail gun makes really light work of jobs like this-

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The finished panels, just need a lick of wood preserver now although all cut ends were soaked in preserver before assembly

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[EJJ150847]

Nobody likes a SMARTA$$

Looks a very nice job Boss


John

[big-all]

yep good job boss man

[happy handyman]

Lovely neat job, thanks for showing us how you did it ! I'm always learning on here

[nick200]

Looks great, things to remember for our new house

[moderator6]

Good job UHM. But I would've put a chamfer on the tops of the rails

[transitboy]

Looks good mate