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Posted by miamicuse on September 7, 2006, 8:11 pm
>
> miamicuse wrote:
> > I need to build a fence along the north and east side of my house. The
> > total length is about 240 feet. I prefer stone fences but the cost is
just
> > prohibitive...something that is close to what I am looking
> > for - ...
>
> > ...I assume the slats would have to be cedar or teak
> > in order to withstand the extreme hot/cold/rainy weather of south
Florida?
>
> Teak??? And you're worried about what stone would be?
>
> Cypress would be another alternative...
>
> ...
> > ... what size these slats are...2x1? or 2x0.5? Do they
> > have to be pressure treated or not? Just have to find a lumber yard
that can
> > sell me a lot of these at reasonable cost. I don't think I can use the
cheaper PT
> > furring strips? or can I? Those probably do not have the nice color and
may be
> > knotted or warped too much I would think.
>
> Can't tell exactly what the dimensions are there, but I'd guess on the
> order of 1 to 1-1/2" wide and a little less than full 1x
> thickness--half to 5/8, maybe. Don't look like are full-thickness 1x.
> Is thicker (and would have to be) than the slatting like for a
> lattice-work fence, however.
>
> Those are obviously PT -- look at all the knot and it's starting to
> bow/twist/warp already and I'd suspect the pictures were undoubtedly
> taken within a relatively short time after completion.
>
> Virtually anything you put up that is that light weight a material is
> going to move a lot unless it is very straight-grained, good quality
> material (read--expensive!).
>
> As for making such an animal, it would definitely be time-consuming but
> as for the material, I'd make it more substantial and simply rip
> material down from 1x6 or 1x8, the selection being made to get an even
> number of pieces of whatever width seemed to most nearly match what I
> wanted as the look. For selection, if it weren't almost prohibitively
> expensive any more, I'd suggest redwood. Don't know what you could get
> cypress for down there. Cedar would be an alternative. To use PT
> would require hand selection of every board and controlled long term
> drying before using to have much of any chance that it would look like
> anything other than spaghetti in a year, imo.
>
If I widen and thicken the plank to like 3"x1" will it be more durable? I
don't know about cypress I am sure cedar is available locally but not cheap.
MC
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