Salino -there are knot holes and there are ....big holes!
Is it wrong that I laughed at them ...
Is yours a feather edge fence? Each plank is thick along one edge (vertically) and very thin along the other and it's designed to overlap. There's usually a triangular horizontal batten along the middle of the fence as well as a batten top and bottom. The board at the foot of your fence will be a gravel board. It's just to keep the fence clear of the ground so that it prevents rot.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
..yes thanks both...., gravel boards that's it...couldn't think of the name... feather edge sounds right too, I think they must be, they do look like that. I didn't put them up....before my time... also got those battens top bottom and middle... don't know about a triangular one though... no I don't have that..
...I laugh at the holes each time I see them...lol.. suppose I'll get them done eventually.... like next year.... most of my snails go through those holes..lol...
..sculptural....I like that... I have a feeling they're only going to get bigger...
I might pass on that one Fairygirl... sometimes the field beyond is a sea of poppies in the summer... and I stare at it through these... so they have their uses...
Triangular section arris rails are used as there's no chance of detritus building up on top of them thus giving rot a place to get started like it would on a rectangular section horizontal batten. Probably less wood needed too, which will be the real reason of course!
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
I have to say that I think your new fence looks terrible. I suspect the very dark slats are made from timber which has got damp before it was treated and if so it's unlikely ever to match the rest. Your neighbours fence has been coloured, either before or after installatoin, which is why the colour is much more uniform.
You could do the same, but I suspect that because there is so much difference in initial slat colour on your the end result will not be as uniform.
I can't give a sensible reason for the gaps between the slats other than the fence manufacturer is rubbish! I have a close boarded fence and there are no gaps. "Wind gaps"???? I don't think so.
OP if the fence panels have just come from the timber merchants, then I think its just a matter of letting the timbers dry out. The wood looks like it's been tanalised for weather protection. They inject the wood with a preservative through pressure treatment and then it's got to dry out. Some wood seems to soak it up well others less so however, within a couple of months it'll probably dry uniformly. Does it have a green tinge to it? If so thats what it'll be.
Gaps are there for contraction and expansion. Looks in order to me
I have never seen a fence put together like that one, not by a professional anyway, the boards should either be overlapping or have larger gaps with boards on the other side, ie hit & miss, no gravel board either.
Posts
Salino -there are knot holes and there are ....big holes!
Is it wrong that I laughed at them ...
Is yours a feather edge fence? Each plank is thick along one edge (vertically) and very thin along the other and it's designed to overlap. There's usually a triangular horizontal batten along the middle of the fence as well as a batten top and bottom. The board at the foot of your fence will be a gravel board. It's just to keep the fence clear of the ground so that it prevents rot.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
..yes thanks both...., gravel boards that's it...couldn't think of the name... feather edge sounds right too, I think they must be, they do look like that. I didn't put them up....before my time... also got those battens top bottom and middle... don't know about a triangular one though... no I don't have that..
...I laugh at the holes each time I see them...lol.. suppose I'll get them done eventually.... like next year.... most of my snails go through those holes..lol...
You could draw a little face round them - maybe Groucho Marx
or have I taken that too far?
I think they call that triangular batten an arris rail. Not sure why it's used to be honest!
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
..sculptural....I like that... I have a feeling they're only going to get bigger...
I might pass on that one Fairygirl... sometimes the field beyond is a sea of poppies in the summer... and I stare at it through these... so they have their uses...
Triangular section arris rails are used as there's no chance of detritus building up on top of them thus giving rot a place to get started like it would on a rectangular section horizontal batten. Probably less wood needed too, which will be the real reason of course!
Might have known you'd know the reason Bob!
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I have to say that I think your new fence looks terrible. I suspect the very dark slats are made from timber which has got damp before it was treated and if so it's unlikely ever to match the rest. Your neighbours fence has been coloured, either before or after installatoin, which is why the colour is much more uniform.
You could do the same, but I suspect that because there is so much difference in initial slat colour on your the end result will not be as uniform.
I can't give a sensible reason for the gaps between the slats other than the fence manufacturer is rubbish! I have a close boarded fence and there are no gaps. "Wind gaps"???? I don't think so.
OP if the fence panels have just come from the timber merchants, then I think its just a matter of letting the timbers dry out. The wood looks like it's been tanalised for weather protection. They inject the wood with a preservative through pressure treatment and then it's got to dry out. Some wood seems to soak it up well others less so however, within a couple of months it'll probably dry uniformly. Does it have a green tinge to it? If so thats what it'll be.
Gaps are there for contraction and expansion. Looks in order to me
got to say i like your fence better
I have never seen a fence put together like that one, not by a professional anyway, the boards should either be overlapping or have larger gaps with boards on the other side, ie hit & miss, no gravel board either.