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Posted by PipeDown on June 5, 2006, 3:30 pm
>I recently built a 6' 3-rail privacy fence with 1x4x6 pickets on 2x3x8
> rails on 4x4 posts. There is a 2" gap between the pickets and the
> ground, so the pickets rely on the 3 rails for support. Now I see that
> a couple of bottom rails have a faily large hole in them (I forgot to
> check every rail individually for knots). They look ok now - no sagging
> - but I'm afraid they might break in time. What's the best way to
> reinforce these rails? Put a little 2x3 section like a band-aid above
> the "hole"?
>
A splice made up of the pickets placed above and below the hole might be
less obvious (thinner wood). You can also get metal brackets to screw
across the gap which have little profile and can be painted over to make it
even less obvious.
OTOH, you can also wait for it to break before fixing it.
If you have loose knots or large checks, you can fill them with polyurethane
glue then sand and paint over that
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