It's a 6' privacy fence, but no wood posts. The new arsenic-free PT posts seem to have brown rot issues. I'll keep the fence boards 2 or
3 inches off the ground to keep the dirt off them.Fence Rails: 2 or 3?
May 11, 2009
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replying to aemeijers, Nikella wrote: How many inches between each board if going with 3 board / 3feet tall posts?????
How big is your dog?
How wide is the rail??? Use 2X12s and it might be half an inch.
Mine's an 80+ pound Mountain Cur . But we live out in the woods , no fences . He did discover that the electric fence around the garden - for deer control - hurts ... Max could clear a 3 foot fence without trying .
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replying to RicodJour, Jimi wrote: I believe what was meant was *"in total bare"not ("each bear")* ....and the POINT BEING the posts bare the weight in the end and the rails purpose is to create a place to fasten fence boards to ...so unless hit by large forces of wind 2 rails is sufficient
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