More polish fences

City Bound · #1 09/27/12, 11:33 AM

people seemed to like the fences I posted, so here are some more.
What I like the best about these fences is that they can be made from local material and with only a few hand tools, auger, froe, chisel, and hammer, and they can be put up with no nails at all.

this one takes a log splits it, sets the halves, then drills holes where they want the rail, sets a wood peg and rests the rail on the peg. Theoretically, you can add as many pegs as you want and then by simply adjusting the rails, or adding or subtracting rails, alter the fence. You can even take a whole section down to make an opening for a truck or animals to pass through.
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this one was a little hard to figure out how they made it. basicly, they take a log, notch it on two sides to make a track, set the posts, measure logs for the cross pieces to length then chop the ends into a wedge, lift them up and set the wedge in the notched track and then lower the logs and continue to stack until you reach the top. Add a roof to keep the fence from rotting.
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Another type of woven fence that needs no nails to hold it together. pressure holds it together.
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this one seriously blew my mind because it was so clever. Basicly, two rails augered and chiseled, then the picket is dropped into the holes and Not secured with nails. You can pull them out if you want. something like this would take so much labor and time out painting a porch. you could simple pull the pickets out, paint them with a roller, paint the rails with a roller, then put it together and be done with it. Very lovely and simple.
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here is the inside of one o the root cellars at the meusum. they rest planks on a simple frame and then lay turf and dirt on the wood like a green roof. I suspect that there would be a layer of birch bark layered over the planks before the dirt and sod go on. the birch layer keeps the rain out like tar paper. I think they might have added a birch layer because that method was one method used to water proof the sod roofs of ancient scadanavian homes.
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glazed · #2 09/27/12, 11:52 AM

I am really, really loving the woven fences.

City Bound · #3 09/27/12, 12:03 PM

me too glazed. these fences are strong. I went over and yanked on the fence of woven twigs that was around the cottage in the other thread, and that thing was firm. it has been there or years, out in the rain and snow, and it is still tight and strong.

FarmboyBill · #4 09/27/12, 12:31 PM

those poles in the first pic should warp after a few yearsw. When I lived in SA mo a few years in hell, I made a fence like that. I knew that the polews sahould warp so I pacd off 12ft to either set posts or tie to trees, hey had started toi warp anyways after a few years and they were a lot thicker by maybe double to triple.

City Bound · #5 09/27/12, 12:39 PM

bill, how far apart did you space the posts? It is never good to span further then five feet without a support. that is not a hard rule but the further you go the more it will flex and feel the pressure of gravity.

coolrunnin · #6 09/27/12, 01:20 PM

Why would they warp I have seen rail fences that last for years if put up properly

FarmboyBill · #7 09/27/12, 01:25 PM

CB I put in my post that i had the posts 12ft part.
CR Ud have to ask them why they warped. Maybe it was cause of the weight. It was a 3 rail fence ment to hold a cow.

old school · #8 09/27/12, 01:28 PM

That is very impressive the fences do look a lot better than chain link.There is no better building material than nature in my opinion.Thanks for sharing

City Bound · #9 09/27/12, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by FarmboyBill

CB I put in my post that i had the posts 12ft part.
CR Ud have to ask them why they warped. Maybe it was cause of the weight. It was a 3 rail fence ment to hold a cow.

sorry, bill. i still have jet lag.

City Bound · #10 09/27/12, 01:41 PM

you are welcome old school. yes, and it would be good not to have to pay or the materials. Paying or things get pretty old after a while.

coolrunnin · #11 09/27/12, 01:43 PM

Yup 12 ft. for that wheight was too far apart.
Neighbor built a decorative 2 rail around his yard and they are only 8 ft. or so apart.

And before you say it yes Arkansas is just as rocky as Missery.

coolrunnin · #12 09/27/12, 01:44 PM

My wire fences the posts are only ten feet with stays in between.

coolrunnin · #13 09/27/12, 01:47 PM

by the way those are some nice looking fences. Wish we did more of the same here instead of the plastic stuff everyone is putting up these days.

City Bound · #14 09/27/12, 01:52 PM

nothing is stopping us from building them cool.

cindilu · #15 09/27/12, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by old school

That is very impressive the fences do look a lot better than chain link.There is no better building material than nature in my opinion.Thanks for sharing

I will second that, I love natural over any other building materials.

City, you have done well, those are beautiful fences.

coolrunnin · #16 09/27/12, 02:19 PM

I know it, but everyone around here is building those crappy white vinyl things around here.
couple of years and they are laying down or turned green.

My fence across the front and down the drive is split rail in the zigzag pattern, but I must admit it can be a chore maintaining but I have always liked them.

cindilu · #17 09/27/12, 02:26 PM

When I had my other house I put up split rail ceder in the front yard. It was a beautiful fence and I wish so badly I could take it down and put it in my current house.

When I build my next home I plan on using a natural fence around it as that will be my forever home.

City Bound · #18 09/27/12, 02:29 PM

people are 'upgrading" to those white plastic fences here also, but you know what, they stink. I see my neighbor struggling to clean the black smugges o, and one ence was graffiti-ed and is now useless. on top o that they cost a lot. My nieghbor paid over a grand just for his gate, and he had to get two.

City Bound · #19 09/27/12, 02:30 PM

thanks cindi

City Bound · #20 09/27/12, 02:32 PM

when I get my own place I am going to build one of those woven twig fences from the other thread to fence in my kitchen garden on the side of my cottage.