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5. Tips And Advice

5. Tips And Advice (Image 5 of 5)

All fencing needs a regular coating of preservative to ensure it doesn't rot. Check and re-coat at least every two years.
Don’t buy panels that have a large number of knots or splits.
It's easy to make a panel slightly smaller to fit an awkward gap - just cut through each part of the trellis with a handsaw and re-fix the edge piece along the cut edge.
If the fence starts against your house wall, fix the first post to the brickwork with expanding masonry bolts.

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Wow, this is the vaguest article ever on this topic.

Posted by cornea503 on 13/07/2009 16:01:34

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hi your (how to) parts need to have a download section so we can download the whole item as a one and not copy one page at a time, or have i just missed that part? can you help

Posted by gareth on 09/05/2009 19:36:32

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Nice advice, but from my own experience there is a bit more to it. Unlesss the fence is straight in all respects it won't look good. A line is required to keep the length of the fence straight. The posts are easier to get right if the correct spirit level is used which measures two faces of the post at the same time. The panels need to be either all at the same level or to change level in equal steps. Also the top of each panel needs to be checked by spirit level to make sure it is in line. End caps keep the rain out of the 'open' grain end of the posts, and only cost about 60p each for basic ones. It is safer for inexperienced installers to fix the fence post/panel/post/panel rather than setting all the posts first and then finding the panels do not fit. Posts set in concrete will probably last considerably longer.

Posted by Fe on 13/03/2009 16:33:04

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