OK, I was thinking that the "rot board" was just for spacing and didn't remain part of the fence. I've never seen a fence constructed as you describe. Makes sense, though. End grain doesn't touch anything wet. I generally just left the pickets a couple of inches above the ground (so I could get a weed whacker under them).
I have three framing nailers that I use in rotation, or as needed. Two different model Hitachis, one Bostitch.
All of them shoot from 6d (2") to 12d (3 1/4") by just changing nails. Same magazine.
Most folks have no idea what is available as far as pneumatic nails go, or what nail sizes are at their gun will shoot.
Nails not commonly available but easily ordered would be nails with certain glues, galvanized or plated, ring shanks, chrome plated, stainless Steel, and any combination.
About ten years ago I put a clay tile roof on a house (tiles about 90 years old, hand thrown) and the screed attachment spec was to use 8d stainless ring shanks nails. Took about 2 weeks to get them, but no problem once ordered.
Robert
Down here humidity is high. It is normal to walk into the yard first thing in the morning and your feet get wet. Even during a dry month. The bottoms of the pockets are always against the wet grass every morning. That is the problem. The added benefit of this style is that the fence is about 10% taller for more privacy. Now the pickets naturally will get wet with a sprinkler or rain but the bottoms are high enough off the ground that they will quickly dry and they will not be exposed to wet grass every morning.
See the link of a proposal for a customer. I tapered the top of the end of the fence to match the height of an existing shorter fence that it met up with.
You're right - I didn't know. I just looked mine up (Hitachi NR90AE). Apparently it'll do 2" to 3-1/2", 21-degree, .113" to .148" nails. I'd always used nails on the larger end of the range. It looks like it'll save me the price of a new siding nailer (my eBay special, Senco is acting up). I may have to hire the job out, though. :-( I can't postpone it another year with a garage full of siding. Getting old isn't for sissies.
The ones I need (I think) are on Amazon. Not sure of the length...
gThanks to all for educating me!
Which is why I keep the pickets high enough off the ground to get a trimmer underneath them - keep the grass away from the wood.
Yeah, that's what I'd pictured from you description. I've never seen fence construction like that.
Yeah, I missed commenting on that. And there is nothing wrong with doing that. Most people down here want their fences touching the ground to keep small pets contained. If they can see under the fence the have a reason to dig under the fence. ;~) And another consideration, here, we have St. Augustine/carpet grass. It is typically pretty thick and best kept tall, cut at 3.5+" during the dry months. To keep the picket off of the wet morning grass so that you could weed eat under the picket, the picket would have to be pretty high above the actual ground.
AND just a side note about the rot board. The rot board holds up very well to a weed eater compared to a cedar picket.
For some folks, that's too high. Small pets can get out and small critters can get to their gardens.
But yeah. even the pre-fabbed metal fences leave the pickets a couple inches off the ground for weed-whacking.
We had Zoysia when we were in Alabama. That stuff is like bamboo. The fence wasn't to keep critters in (the cats would just go over, anyway ;-).
I don't even put PT next to the ground, if there's any way around it.
But it looks like PT, against the cedar, right?
I've found that keeping little critters (or even quite large critters) out of gardens is a fool's errand.
Yes sorry, PT everything except the pickets. I hate PT pickets, they are hard to find dry and bow like crazy. The cedar pickets tend to hold up much better, and look better.
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Me either. I'm mostly familiar with the northeast, New England parts of the country. Never heard of a rot board before.
Damn, now I gotta keep looking for one. Thanks a lot! ;-)
I shoot 8p ring-shanks in my PC framer when laying subfloor.
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