Which wood for the fence ??

[greenbay]

The timber you are looking for is called "okantat".
Pine is probably best, it's more resinous.
If you can find larch, that's also good, but probably more expensive than it is better than pine.
If you can't find it at the lumber yard, look where the boat restorers buy their planks for planking.
good luck
greenbay

 

[Mats]

A real bondsåg is by far the best source for this type of timber. There you can often also get the exact sizes you want.

 

[ylven]

A farmer's sawmill is, as mentioned, a good source for such timber. But choose spruce instead of pine. The outer wood of pine is very susceptible to rot, it absorbs moisture if it can, that is if the painting is not 100%, whereas spruce does not have that quality.

 

[Larsa]

He he. Interesting with the spruce/pine question. What I know is that a järdsgård should be built with spruce (pine rots too quickly). When building stone cribs for a pier, it should be spruce in the bottom logs (at least).

This suggests that spruce does not rot as easily when in contact with the ground. How it is with planks in a fence might be another matter........

//Larsa

 

[Lagavulin]

Then the branches of the pine are more devilish when it comes to coverage during topcoating. In other words, advantage spruce!

Magnus