How To Build A Double Sided Picket Fence

Building a traditional picket fence how to properly set fence posts and build a rail and picket fence.

How to build a double sided picket fence.

Place a picket on the 2 by 4 support boards lining up the top of the picket with the string. Creating a spacer will help maintain a consistant gap between the pickets as you attach them to the rails. This shadowbox fence has pickets alternating on each side offering some privacy but allowing you to look through the fence at an angle. How to build a picket fence.

Learn how to build a durable good looking fence from start to finish. A shadowbox fence provides the same look on both sides of the fence. It looks good on both sides so that it ll complement your home and the neighborhood and not be an eyesore. The gate steel infrastructure and track was built by the owner s workers in his own shop.

This video takes you through the process of building a shadowbox fence step by step. Good fences may make good neighbors. Building a fence can help increase home security and keep unwanted critters from your property. A 2 sided solid board fence with postmaster posts may look bare with out the accompanying trim.

The instructions below show you how to build a diy privacy fence. We designed it to be strong using sandwich construction and yet easy to assemble. Learning how to build a fence involves securing the posts attaching the panels or pickets and providing post caps. It was a coordinated project.