On 10/9/2011 4:47 PM, HeyBub wrote:
Leon wrote:

Try building a PT privacy fence.
A. PT wood is VERY wet
B. Many times pickets have to be cut to fit
C. The solution, I suppose, is a circular saw.



That is why I always use/used a circular saw for all cuts on the 30+
fences that I have built. And no not "all" PT wood is very wet, I
often used kiln dried PT to guard against excessive warping.

I agree. I stack fence wood in the garage for a couple of months, then take
the warped pickets back to the vendor. Drying like that minimizes the gaps
between pickets if they dry on the vine.

Sill, there are times, such as repairing a broken picket that the neighbor's
dogs have knocked down...



I really did not have the luxury of letting PT wood set for months. I
was being paid for these fences. My experience with building fences
taught me to buy better materials to start with, namely cedar pickets,
I use PT for ground contact, posts, bottom rot rails, and for the 3
rails to attach the pickets to. No warping with 3 rails and the PT rot
board on the bottom prevented morning due from wicking up the bottom of
the pickets. The rot board also eliminated the need for a string to
level the tops of the pickets.