My fencing skills aren't like yours Roy but this my old fence at the house I Had in Elliot lake, it was rotten and the planks kept falling out.

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I pulled it down put new posts in, new horizontal stud and new planks. I then stained and weather proofed it.

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In the UK we put about a 1 foot high gravel board between the ground and the bottom of the fence. it is basically concrete to stop the bottom of the fence rotting.

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we also used larch lap instead of boards often.

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