I need a mathamatical answer to correct spacing of fence palings on a picket fence from one post to the next post
2006-10-29 13:06:17 · 5 answers · asked by stallian1 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
8 ft on center for posts then nail or screw the boards as tight together as possible when they dry there will be about 1/4 gap between them.
2006-10-29 13:13:17 · answer #1 · answered by Aaron A 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Perhaps you're as compulsive as I am...? The total length of the section is "filled" with pickets and the space between them. Between two posts there will be y pickets and y+1 spaces. The pickets will fill (y x the width of each) inches. The spaces "fill" the rest. Pick a trial number... see what you like. There. That's sorta' mathematical. The two answers which said "look at your neighbors" and "use a board as a spacer" were better.
2006-10-29 14:29:17 · answer #2 · answered by Richard S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've seen people use pickets to determine the distance between pickets. Just put one beside the one first done, put another next to that one, and nail the second one in place. Remove the "spacer" and use it to space the next picket.
You might look for picket fences and use the spacing you see there if you like it
2006-10-29 13:47:02 · answer #3 · answered by Ed 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
need info on length offence, width of rails and spacing of gaps.
ex: x= a + b = c
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2006-10-29 13:37:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
need more info
2006-10-29 13:42:34 · answer #5 · answered by bigg_dogg44 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋