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Posted by Oren on June 2, 2008, 8:24 pm
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>Oren wrote:
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>> >On Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:11:36 -0400, Jeff Wisnia
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>> >>I'm wondering if there's a specific name for a type of wooden fence
>> >>design I noticed (for what I think might be my first time) over the weekend.
>> >>
>> >>While driving on a highway in western Massachusetts I saw a wooden
>> >>"sound barrier" fence running alongside the road for about a mile. I
>> >>cought glimpses of the peaks of house roofs a short distance behind it.
>> >>
>> >>The fence was built onto round wooden posts about nine feet high set in
>> >>the ground spaced at about 15 feet spacing.
>> >>
>> >>The ends of horizontal boards were attached to the posts, close spaced
>> >>so they formed solid panels. At a glance they looked like they might be
>> >> 16 feet long 2x8s.
>> >>
>> >>What struck me as unusual was that one end of each board was attached to
>> >>the nearside of a post and the other end of that board was attached to
>> >>the far side of the adjacent post. This placement was repeated along the
>> >>entire length of the fence. So, each "panel" was slightly skewed with
>> >>respect to the fence line, by the thickness of one post.
>> >>
>> >>It struck me as an eminently practical way to secure the ends of the
>> >>fence boards, even though it looked a little "different".
>> >>
>> >>Jeff
>> >
>> >Search for "basket weave" fences. They can be vinyl material that
>> >resembles wood.
>> >
>>
>> It would look like this GIF.
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>> http://www.superiorqualityfence.com/_9Basketweave_Big.gif
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>That's not it. The fence the OP is referring to is solid panels, not a
>weave.
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>Sort of like: /o/o/o/o/o if you stretch those slashes a bit.
I now see the pattern. Thanks.
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