Feather board fence

[rodders]

When ending the feather board, mines done as below, is this just so you aren't nailing the thin bit of the board, if you just kept going to the end.

 

[The Angry Welshman]

didnt do mine like that and they havent come down or split in over 10yrs

 

[j.col]

It can be done either way, but i will usually only do it that way if the gap at the end is less than 50mm.

There is nothing wrong with it being done either way, its just personal preference.

 

[rodders]

Ok, thanks all

 

[Uther]

I didn't do that when I built mine over 25 years ago and it's still up.

 

[Maundie]

All the boards on my garden were nailed like that, not an issue in the 5+ years it's been up

 

[rodders]

It can be done either way, but i will usually only do it that way if the gap at the end is less than 50mm.

There is nothing wrong with it being done either way, its just personal preference.

Hey j.col, you speak as though you are a fence builder. Have you ever used durapost with composite gravel boards?
If so, do you worry about a centre support for the bottom rail, to stop it drooping over time?
I see concrete gravel boards have a hole you can bolt too, these obviously don't.

 

[ANDARIAL]

When ending the feather board, mines done as below, is this just so you aren't nailing the thin bit of the board, if you just kept going to the end.

When ending the feather board, mines done as below, is this just so you aren't nailing the thin bit of the board, if you just kept going to the end.

wrong way
i was always told not to nail BOTH boards together as it will split one board due to different shrinkage
nail in the pic needs to be further to the right so not nailing the underneath board
and i always used to keepgoing same way till the post not as it is shown in the pic

just my opinion ofc

 

[rodders]

wrong way
i was always told not to nail BOTH boards together as it will split one board due to different shrinkage
nail in the pic needs to be further to the right so not nailing the underneath board
and i always used to keepgoing same way till the post not as it is shown in the pic

just my opinion ofc

I've read and seen both ways for nailing the board, also some say only screw, but that must be so time consuming.
I think I prefer the 1 nail per board, due to shrinkage and expansion, makes more sense.
So many options

 

[j.col]

Hey j.col, you speak as though you are a fence builder. Have you ever used durapost with composite gravel boards?
If so, do you worry about a centre support for the bottom rail, to stop it drooping over time?
I see concrete gravel boards have a hole you can bolt too, these obviously don't.

I do a few composite fencing jobs every year, we tend to recommend Charles & Ivy for the components and we find it very good quality.
Their system doesn't come with a gravel board, it has a metal rail at the very bottom with a metal rail to finish on the top with the composite boards in the middle.

So technically i haven't done what you asked, but composite is far tougher (laterally) than wood and i would be surprised if it drooped over time.

 

[rodders]

I do a few composite fencing jobs every year, we tend to recommend Charles & Ivy for the components and we find it very good quality.
Their system doesn't come with a gravel board, it has a metal rail at the very bottom with a metal rail to finish on the top with the composite boards in the middle.

So technically i haven't done what you asked, but composite is far tougher (laterally) than wood and i would be surprised if it drooped over time.

I was going for the composite gravel board and cant rails with feather boards.
I guess the feather boards will touch on the composite board, with won't bow as you say.
I've looked at Charles & Ivy, very posh stuff!