Untreated wood for rib fences

[hellohello]

2.35 sounds long.

I built a fence with, among other things, 28x45-ribs and had about 2 meters between the posts. I had to place a rib in the middle for support. It actually turned out quite nice. Generally, I think most people tend to go for 1.8 between the posts.

 

[Ganescha]

Because it was bent or the ribs were hanging? Picture?

 

[Jonatan79]

The risk is that the horizontal slats might become a bit curved over the years with such a long gap between the posts, I would have halved the distance or done something similar.

 

[hellohello]

I did it as a precaution. However, I missed screwing some slats and they became crooked (which I managed to fix fairly well by fastening them).

I assumed from the beginning that I might have it a bit too long, but since I don't want to dig more holes than necessary, I did it this way. And it seems to work well and doesn't look odd.

 

[Joachim Johansson]

This is how I did it, if you later want to repaint the white slats, the vertical 45x45s are attached with three screws each, just unscrew and push out the railing and paint indoors under a roof.

At the same time, you can treat the pressure-treated posts with a dark terrace stain!

The handrail feels like something you can replace when they get bad instead, you must have a flat beer holder

 

[Ganescha]

Nice there Joachim!! That's the way to go, planning to screw 21x70 outer panel as slats into 45x45 studs that are in turn attached to the posts! Also planning to take hellohello's tip with a vertical slat in the middle. Considering having a slanted top rail between the posts, unsure about the size. Since it's not for a deck but around the house, I probably won't be hanging out there much with a beer

 

[Ganescha]

 

[Ganescha]

I will also add a top rail, it's just primed right now. The slope was worse than I thought and I had to make many adjustments. I'm not completely satisfied yet since there are different heights on the left and right sides, but as it stands now, I had to do it this way or the gap at the bottom of the last slats would be extreme. I've tried, and it looked awful. I don't know how much one notices the different heights, if it's just me or if it's something immediately noticeable? A mailbox will also go there, and as mentioned, a top rail, which might eliminate most of the height difference.

 

[hellohello]

Ganesha: Often it's just you who thinks about it - you are the only one who knows about it.

I think it looks very nice. The ground is as it is...

 

[Ganescha]

Yes, it's possible but I was so incredibly bothered by it that I went out in the rain and fixed it. In my eyes, it didn't work at all.., I couldn't stop thinking about it. But now it's fine... I've changed it 5 times now

 

[Azze80]

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This is how I did it, if you want to repaint the white slats later, the vertical 45x45s are attached with three screws each, just unscrew and push out the railing and paint indoors under a roof.

At the same time, you can treat the pressure-treated posts with a dark terrace stain!

The top rail feels like something you can replace when it gets bad instead, you need to have a flat beer holder

Are the slats in the picture 28x45 that are horizontal?