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Picket fencing

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  • ZeroZero1ZeroZero1 Posts: 577
    edited August 2018
    I think the easiest way is to keep the whole fence. Go down to your local Homebase/BnQ select some wood for a few spare uprights, then, if they are too wide, use their free sawmill service to get them to be the right width.
    Once home, knock out a few exsting uprights (htey are usually nail gunned on) ,and fit as you desire with even spacing. Paint the whole thing and whammo! 
    Yes, paint at night with one sentry either side, a spotlight or night vision goggles, and a simple sign - wet paint. 
    Exterior acrilyic pain dries in a flash anyway
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    Hubby made our picket fence in our last house, much cheaper, I think yours looks great by the way.
  • K67K67 Posts: 2,506
    You can buy picket fence pales at timber merchants
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    K67 said:
    You can buy picket fence pales at timber merchants
    That's what I was thinking too.  If you take a sample pale with you many will even cut to size for you.  Often these things are made up using the offcuts from other work and won't be expensive.
  • JoeXJoeX Posts: 1,783
    K67 said:
    You can buy picket fence pales at timber merchants
    I’ve emailed a local timber merchant - will see what they say.  For some reason they advertise only brown ones.
  • I had a joinery workshop for years, guys were always popping in asking for bits and bobs for home/garden jobs. We always accommodated them, may be you could try a local joiner. Paint the fencing beforehand, that way you only need touch up afterwards.
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    Tin pot said:
    K67 said:
    You can buy picket fence pales at timber merchants
    I’ve emailed a local timber merchant - will see what they say.  For some reason they advertise only brown ones.
    You may have more success if you actually call in and show them what you need.  It will be a work of moments for them to cut what you need.
  • MarlorenaMarlorena Posts: 8,705
    I've come to despise wood in the garden, and I used to have a picket fence like that, I bashed the whole lot down, removed what I could, and replaced with these... each piece 4 foot long by 3 foot high... so easy to fit a child could do it..
    Yes they cost... about £20 each section, plus a bit more for the spikes..

    East Anglia, England
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