On May 11, 7:23*pm, FatterDumber& Happier Moe
wrote:
Limp Arbor wrote:
SWMBO wants a fence.

Phase one is done - cutting down all of the pine trees that died over
the winter.

Phase two is done - SWMBO telling me I'm an idiot for not making the
neighbor pay me for his trees I cut down and paid to have chipped.

Phase three is done - found the property markers and roughed out where
the fence will be.

Phase four is done - Priced out the pressure treated lumber.

I am going with a board-on-board or shadowbox fence with the 5/8x6"
dog eared pickets. *So my plan is to run three 8' 2x4s between each
post laying flat so the rails are flush with the posts. *Then use six
nails per picket to put up the pickets. *With 160' of fence I'll need
about 400 pickets and 2,400 nails.

I have a compressor with plenty of hose to get to the fence so...

What kind/brand of gun do I need and what kind of nails/staples?

* *I put the posts for my fence about 5 feet apart and used the picket
boards for the runners, *I used screws, *sheet rock screws......

I hope you meant to say deck screws. Drywall screws have a very short
life span in pressure treated wood. As little as months. Even the
older deck screws do poorly with the newer PT chemicals.

RonB