Hi
I am about to put in a close boarded fence on one side of my garden. I am going to use recessed concrete fence posts, cant rails and feather edge boards.
I bought the fence posts from my local fencing supplier. I got 8’3” posts that have three recesses. I chose those because the fence on the other side of the garden had three recesses.
When I went back for the cant rails I noticed that both the 8’3” post and the 7’3” post have three recesses. Given that I can only measure the parts of the posts on the other side of the garden that are above ground I have no way of knowing whether they are indeed 8’3” posts.
So my question is this:
What should the finished height of my new fence be? Or to put it another way how much of the 8’3” post should be sunk into the ground?
The fencing supplier supplies feather edge boards in 1.8m (like the other side fence and 2.4m sizes, either of which would be fine for my new fence.
Thanks in advance for any advice offered.
Fish
I am about to put in a close boarded fence on one side of my garden. I am going to use recessed concrete fence posts, cant rails and feather edge boards.
I bought the fence posts from my local fencing supplier. I got 8’3” posts that have three recesses. I chose those because the fence on the other side of the garden had three recesses.
When I went back for the cant rails I noticed that both the 8’3” post and the 7’3” post have three recesses. Given that I can only measure the parts of the posts on the other side of the garden that are above ground I have no way of knowing whether they are indeed 8’3” posts.
So my question is this:
What should the finished height of my new fence be? Or to put it another way how much of the 8’3” post should be sunk into the ground?
The fencing supplier supplies feather edge boards in 1.8m (like the other side fence and 2.4m sizes, either of which would be fine for my new fence.
Thanks in advance for any advice offered.
Fish