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Three Packs of beautiful Aussie Ironbark
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This is Beau....
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Putting a Pencil Round on all the fencing material
Batton with the pencil round applied
Ironbark post and batton samples.
Waterproofing for the bottom the posts
Applying the waterproofing product
Tying the string line to the timber profiles.
Setting out the posts using timber profiles
Adding 100mm of gravel to the bottom of the hole to encourage water to drain away from the bottom of the post
Using braces to hold the posts straight and plumb.
Adding the concrete to the posts
Crowning around the base of the post tom encourage water to run away from the post .
Chiseling out the fence rail checkouts
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Applying some oil to all checkouts and all freshly cut ends prior to screwing the rails to the post.
Applying some oil based decking oil to the fence prior to installing the vertical battons.
Make sure you pre drill all the screw holes into the fence rails to prevent the soft Stainless Steel Screws from snapping off.
Dipping my screws into the oil based decking oil l'm using to act as a lubricant.
Pre-cutting all my vertical battons to size prior to installation
Plumb each batton as you go.
Using a straight edge screwed to the posts as the base to sit the battons on when attaching them to the rails.
This is a little time consuming but well worth the effort!
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Next step isn to plant out these areas
Next step isn to plant out these areas
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Next step isn to plant out these areas
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Screw the battons to the fence
Big Tip: When driving stainless screws into hardwood, resist the urge to use an impact driver as that will snap the stainless screws leaving you a nasty mess to repair. Instead, use you regular drill and set the clutch so that it stops driving when the screw comes to a stop.
10 Gauge Stainless Steel Screws.
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Macsim make a great countersinking bit called the Clever Tool. Just make sure you buy one that suits the size of your screws. I used the 10 Clever Tool.
Using Stainless Steel Screws to attach the battons to the rails.
Using a template to pre drill all the holes in the battons so they all finish up exactly the same.
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