After the removal of the tree there was a hole left in the fence that needed some repair. The tree actually sat right on the fence line with the fence meeting on either side of it, so once it was removed there was a substantial gap left. Now that the side yard has been fixed up it's a good opportunity for the fence repairs to take place to complete the job.
The south side fence is (in fact all the fences on the block pretty much are) a standard Australian style treated pine paling fence. A paling fence is made up of posts, plinths, rails, palings and a capping. Seriously, who comes up with these names? I really hope you don't have a lisp if you're considering a future as a fencing contractor!!
It's a reasonably straight forward job, although that doesn't look like he's in a very comfortable position to hammer! Make sure you use galvanised nails (unlike the cheap sub-contractor who constructed the fence in the first instance).
Once the rails are were up it was pretty simple to then bang in the palings, setting the 150mm first, then the 100mm over the gaps between. When it's done just run a circular or reciprocating saw across the top rail to level the tops of the palings. Drop the capping on top, double skewing every 450mm with round flat head 75mm long galvanised nails. Job done!
Oh, and don't forget to throw a ladder over with you before you start nailing the palings on, so you can get back over the fence!
The south side fence is (in fact all the fences on the block pretty much are) a standard Australian style treated pine paling fence. A paling fence is made up of posts, plinths, rails, palings and a capping. Seriously, who comes up with these names? I really hope you don't have a lisp if you're considering a future as a fencing contractor!!
- Posts: The existing posts are all good as they're 125mm x 75mm Cypress Pine, and aren't that old (but were very poorly installed, but that's another story!).
- Plinth: the plinth is 150mm x 25mm treated pine to run across the bottom and match up with the rest of the fence
- Rails: the rails are 75mm x 50mm treated pine for the top, bottom and middle
- Palings: the palings are alternating 150mm treated pine under palings (the bottom layer) and 100mm overs (the top layer).
- Capping: the fence is topped off by 90x45mm treated pine single lipped fence capping to match the existing fence capping
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| Some expert hammering |
Once the rails are were up it was pretty simple to then bang in the palings, setting the 150mm first, then the 100mm over the gaps between. When it's done just run a circular or reciprocating saw across the top rail to level the tops of the palings. Drop the capping on top, double skewing every 450mm with round flat head 75mm long galvanised nails. Job done!
Oh, and don't forget to throw a ladder over with you before you start nailing the palings on, so you can get back over the fence!
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| Much prettier than the old blue tarp! |
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| Side yard fence is now 100% whole again! |
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