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By GARY MOORE

Looking for a way to
update your house's looks
and lovability? .

This year, ‘a rugged
redwood fence can add
natural landscaping you
don’t have to water or weed.

Whether intended as a
landscape focus or subtle
backdrop, a redwood fence
can screen out neigh-
borhood sights and sounds,
garbage Cans or your garage,
even ‘enclose a_ private
garden for a bathroom or
bedroom. It can corral your
kids and pets, display your
prize plants, and also hide or
highlight your house’s ar-
chitectural features.

Whatever its design or
function, your new fence
should be planned to meet
local building codes, par-
ticularly around swimming

pools and other code-
regulated “attractive
nuisances.”

Your local lumber dealer
may have standard
prefabricated post-and-rail,
basketweave, stockade,

picket or board-on-board
fence patterns in 6 or 8-foot
sections.

Or he can help you design
your own fence — high or
low, solid -or see-through,
with board::dimensions: and
spacing varied in distinctive

horizontal, vertical or
diagonal applications.
Fancy, louvered fence

sections ‘can ‘be’ designed. _——————

close or partially open like |

venetian blinds, depending
on your need Tor privacy or
airflow, They can alternate
with: solid fence sections: ‘of
tongue-and-groove. redwood
boards fitted into channels in
stringers,.and also plastic,
stone, glass, brick, bamboo
or cement panels for added
color and texture.

Whether you design and
build your own fence, hire a
contractor, or buy prefab
redwood fencing, planning
ahead can save you time and
money.

On graph paper, map
house and property lines,
patio, pool or deck, trees,
plants, utility and all other
special use areas in your
yard. Post-and-rail and split-

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rail fences can flow with land

contours, but solid or
louvered fences should be

stepped. up or down in
sections.

_or 6x6 posts.

‘ment, set end posts first,

2 feet into the ground, 2. 5

. 3.5 feet for an 8-foot fence.

natural” beauty... ‘Redwood’s

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Construction —_ usually.
consists of 4x4 redwood
posts spaced . every 6 or 8
feet, with 2x4 rails or.
stringers and. 1-ingh fence’
boards, 4 to 12 inches wide.
Most fences are 3x4: or 6x8 es a .
feet_high to. accommodate | ; ‘eet, N.V.. . .
standard.6 to 8-foot redwood: ” soe oo
board lengths. . Heavier SEU ooo -
fences over “6. feet-: may:, § Or AA TAAGCE RAT. . iz
require 2x6 stringers “and 4x6" : ~ ,

You can dig _postholes
with a rented auger or clam-
shell-type digger: Short posts
can be braced with. wedged-
in stones: and tamped: dirt,
but you should’set posts over
4 feet long’ in. concrete,,
filling in the bottom of the
hole with dirt or gravel to
ensure drainage.

Fence posts should be ‘set
vertical. with a carpenter's
level. For accurate align-’

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stretch string between them
and stake out the rest. For a:
>-foot-high fence, sink posts;

feet: for a 6-foot fence and’.

A garden gate? It should:
be at least 3 feet. wide. The:
garden gate. frame, on 4x4 or.
6x6 posts. embedded in’
concrete, usually has -a°
diagonal brace from the top:
latch'side corner to the’,
bottom hinge-side cornet...
Space the gate half an inch: :
from the latch post to swing*.
clear — and it should never

swing uphill. ..
Fine fence fanciers have:
long favored. knot-

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grades for enduring

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fine ‘grain,.even texture and
lack.of pitch ‘make it easy to
work. Decay .and insect-.

Both contemporary and traditional designs available. Luxury finishes throughout ite, oak,
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Redwood requires n0 aoe

finishes to weather naturally
to driftwood gray, although
applying a clear water
repellent will stablize color
changes to buckskin tan.

Before construction, you .
can apply two coats, then
one coat per year for two
years.

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