Northern White Cedar Split Rail Fence

Item 167860 model 00464000110.

Northern white cedar split rail fence.

Your fence will weather to a natural beautiful silver gray color. Here in northern ontario cedar split rail fencing is common our weather up here is harsh cold and snow covered all winter most of the fencing here is about 100 years old. Cedar is more difficult to come by as the vast majority comes from the northwest and western canada. New england s largest cedar fence manufacturer.

We are offering western cedar split rail in 2 and 3 rail options. The spindles can be any length and are measured from end to end with normally a 1 tenon end. The best and longest lasting fences are build with northern white cedar. Minimal cracking and checking.

5 in x 4 in w x 5 1 3 ft h western red cedar wood fence line post. This 2 rail northern white cedar fence consists of nominal 3 inch horizontal rails and 5 inch posts. You get the most natural look available and the naturally occurring resistance of cedar to termites and the elements. Our normal stock is 8 lengths we drill the holes 6 on center and tenon the end of the rails and spindles.

Why is cedar the best. Yes use cedar backer rails. Northern white cedar naturally resists rotting and insects resulting in a durable long lasting fence system. Valley custom fence primarily uses northern white cedar thuja occidentalis.

Cedar can be naturally air dried to a 14 16 moisture level. Having natural preservatives cedar is one of the most decay rot resistant and insect tolerant woods available. Post and rail fence is all custom and we stock the material to make the fence. Cracks will not penetrate the heartwood.

What are the best pickets to use. Located in the heart of northern maine s vast forestland we use sustainably harvested northern white cedar and the world s most environmentally friendly and energy efficient manufacturing process to produce beautiful fence products that are shipped throughout the northeast united states. The result is the familiar check which is technically neither a split nor a crack. Of course white cedar also readily accepts stain if you wish to compliment your landscape and buildings.

Untreated white cedar possesses a high natural durability even in ground contact conditions. The properties of cedar make it a wonderful environmentally safe product not only for the handlers but for generations to come. This fence has a rolling arch pattern with 1 5 white cedar pickets with dog ear tops. Either the rustic round rail or the molded dowel 2 x3 rail.