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How to build wooden gates and picket fences / Kevin Geist.

by Geist, Kevin.

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Stackpole Books, 2011.

Fences -- Design and construction.

Gates -- Design and construction.

9780811707664 (pbk.)

0811707660 (pbk.)

Alternate title:

Wooden gates and picket fences

v, 218 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.

Machine generated contents note: Beautiful, Functional Fence -- Why a Fence? -- Choosing a Style -- Infill, Post, and Gate Considerations -- Siting the Fence and Gates -- Getting Permission to Build -- Planning the Location -- Locating the Posts -- Locating the Gates -- Tools and Materials -- Tools for Doing It Yourself -- Choosing Materials -- Posts, Foundations, and Framing -- Strength and Longevity Considerations -- Setting the Posts -- Frame-to-Post Attachment -- Infill -- Mounted Infill -- Inset Infill -- Infill-to-Frame Attachment -- Gates -- Strong Gate Posts -- Strong Gate Frames -- Making and Attaching Gates -- Techniques for Building the Fence You Want -- Making Full-Bodied Sawn Pickets from a Pattern -- Easy Finials for Post Tops -- Modifying a Fence with Molding: The Layered Look -- Modifying a Fence with Paint: The Illusion of Depth and Design Stamps -- Inset Infill: Lattice Fence with Quatrefoil Designs -- Three Picket Styles in One Fence -- Cloverleaf Design -- Zigzag Design -- Filling Awkward Entrances: The Asymmetrical Sloping Gate -- Creating Decorative Contrast: The Combination Gate -- Making a Complementary Gate -- Encasing Posts -- Dressing Up the Fence: The Faux Recessed Panel Post -- Designs -- Simple Picket Fences -- Board Fences -- Sawn Picket Fences -- Balustrade Fences -- Grid-and-Panel Fences -- Pale Fences.

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