Northern White Cedar Split Rail Fence

Minimal cracking and checking.

Northern white cedar split rail fence.

Post and rail fence is all custom and we stock the material to make the fence. Also available with 3 or 4 rails. What are the best pickets to use. Your fence will weather to a natural beautiful silver gray color.

Northern white cedar naturally resists rotting and insects resulting in a durable long lasting fence system. Our normal stock is 8 lengths we drill the holes 6 on center and tenon the end of the rails and spindles. The properties of cedar make it a wonderful environmentally safe product not only for the handlers but for generations to come. Valley custom fence primarily uses northern white cedar thuja occidentalis.

We are offering western cedar split rail in 2 and 3 rail options. Of course white cedar also readily accepts stain if you wish to compliment your landscape and buildings. Either the rustic round rail or the molded dowel 2 x3 rail. New england s largest cedar fence manufacturer.

The result is the familiar check which is technically neither a split nor a crack. The spindles can be any length and are measured from end to end with normally a 1 tenon end. 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.

Having natural preservatives cedar is one of the most decay rot resistant and insect tolerant woods available. Cracks will not penetrate the heartwood. This fence has a rolling arch pattern with 1 5 white cedar pickets with dog ear tops. 5 in x 4 in w x 5 1 3 ft h western red cedar wood fence line post.

The best and longest lasting fences are build with northern white cedar. Untreated white cedar possesses a high natural durability even in ground contact conditions. 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. Item 167860 model 00464000110.

This 2 rail northern white cedar fence consists of nominal 3 inch horizontal rails and 5 inch posts. The rails are rustic logs split and debarked from a white cedar tree. You get the most natural look available and the naturally occurring resistance of cedar to termites and the elements. Why is cedar the best.