The resulting wooden gate can be stood up on a table ... placing them about 1 inch apart and creating the shape of a picket fence gate panel (higher in the middle and tapering downward on each ...

In the July 1994 issue, Popular Mechanics published a timeless how-to on making your own picket fence ... then a stockade fence with a locking gate may be in order. If, however, you just want ...

In Colonial times, a mixture of lime and water protected the wood pickets ... The white picket fence is so simple—a few slats affixed to horizontal rails, a gate or two—as to invite endless ...

A picket fence often benefits from classic ... should not be used to mount your hardware on gates made of cedar, redwood, or oak. Tannins in the wood will eventually eat through the metal.

Wood picket fences already painted go for about $31 for a 6-foot section, about $21 unpainted, at some home centers. Gates, posts and hardware will also cost you. Their prices vary substantially.

In addition to wood picket fences, there are country-style split-rail fences, slightly more refined post-and-rail fences, lattice fences, and all kinds of ornamental wood fences. Wood fences vary ...

Q–I would like to have a decorative wood picket fence on my property. However, tackling such a project raises a lot of questions. What are the biggest obstacles one must overcome when building a ...