Thanks to all of you that have answered previous questions about my fence building project. Normally I’d just cobble together a fence but, as this is a joint project between myself and a neighbour, it has to be completed with a bit more skill.
I’ve got my posts in and am now about to fix the arris rails. I want the rails to look continuous rather than having them with staggered heights where I use a new piece of wood.
So, what is the best method of ‘butting’ together the two bits of wood? The timber I’ll be using is 47mm x 75mm from good ol’ Wickes. This will need fastening to 75mm posts. I was going to join the wood together using a half lap joint at the location of the post. Is this the best place for the joint or would mid-rail be better? Should the size of the overlap be 75mm or would it be better to do a shorter overlap (say 25mm) then there’s 25mm of full thickness arris rail against the post?
Does the above make sense?
Many thanks
Gordon
I’ve got my posts in and am now about to fix the arris rails. I want the rails to look continuous rather than having them with staggered heights where I use a new piece of wood.
So, what is the best method of ‘butting’ together the two bits of wood? The timber I’ll be using is 47mm x 75mm from good ol’ Wickes. This will need fastening to 75mm posts. I was going to join the wood together using a half lap joint at the location of the post. Is this the best place for the joint or would mid-rail be better? Should the size of the overlap be 75mm or would it be better to do a shorter overlap (say 25mm) then there’s 25mm of full thickness arris rail against the post?
Does the above make sense?
Many thanks
Gordon