I'm planning to build a painted wooden picket fence and I'm a bit stuck on
two main considerations. One is what would be the best type of commonly
available timber to use as regards durability. The other is in deciding how
the main posts are going to be fixed into the ground. Is there some kind of
metal socket available that can be set in concrete and then the post fitted
into the socket. Something similar to the "metapost" spiky affairs used for
garden fences but with a post release mechanism (perhaps a nut and bolt) to
allow replacement?
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Tony Halmarack