Fencing Materials

John · 2010-04-29T15:00:41+00:00

My neighbors and I are looking to rebuild our fence, and we need todiscuss materials. I know plastic will come up, but I'm againstthat, as in my opinion it's not mature enough of a product, and I'veheard lots of bad things about it (molds when in shade, color fadesdifferently in shade an sun, etc).So, I'm looking between Pressure Treated and Cedar. I'm wonderingwhat the advantages of either are. As far as life expectancy, the newpressure treated no longer has arsnic, so I'm not sure how long itlasts. Also, I've heard that they are now harvesting Cedar fromyounger trees, and again, that is supposed to lower how long thatlasts. Does anybody have any ideas of how long modern cedar andmodern ptw last for fences?Also I've heard ptw is stronger than Cedar, and that some people useptw posts on cedar paneled fences. I'm wondering how necessary thisis, and how long the cedar posts will last.Any advice is greatly appreciated (or a pointer to a good, unbiasedweb site would also be nice -- can't seem to find one).ThanksJohn

Fencing Materials

Apr 29, 2010 22 Replies

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willshak 16 years ago

John wrote the following:

If vinyl gets moldy, so will any other material that's in the shade. I've had to pressure wash mold off a cedar fence that was under shade trees. White fencing doesn't fade. Plastic fencing won't rot.

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Mike O. 16 years ago

Here we see more and more privacy fences built with the galvanized posts. For what it's worth, price wise it's an upgrade here. Here's a link to the connectors for the stringers.

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Rudy 16 years ago

BTDT. Go with that. Cedar posts ROT easily when in contact with damp/wet soil.

About 1/10th the life of the fence

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