Locust Hemlock Split Rail Fence

Honoring history authentic black locust split rail fence.

Locust hemlock split rail fence.

Horse rail fencing material. Typically the half round side is faced out and the cut side in. Designed for minimal visual obstruction these fences bring security in a truly classic design that is sure to enhance your property while serving your family. Made using black locust posts with various hardwoods for the rails the split rail fence is one of the most cost effective styles for fencing in horses livestock children defining boundaries or decorating your property.

One side of the spruce or hemlock rail is often half round while the other side shows where the rail was put through a saw. We also carry locust rails for stacking. Often called split rail fence west virginia lap rail is not truly split when made. The knowing of the labor and time that it took to construct compels us to reflect on a simpler and pure existence that modern life so often seems to have forgotten.

Wv lap rail utilizes locust posts. Locust split rail fence is also one of if not the easiest styles of fence to install. A rail fence is known and loved for the beauty it brings to the rolling hills on a horse farm and for the natural country feel it brings to a neighborhood yard. Split rail fence requires no brackets nails or screws.

Other choices of wood we use are 1 spruce for stockade oak for strength for horse paddock fencing and also hemlock rails for split rail fencing. Rails are simply interlocked into the posts. Stone or gravel can also be used to set the posts. Post and rail horse fence.

Split rail fence black locust black locust posts with hardwood rails available in 2 3 or 4 rails. 11 to 14 2 3 and 4 hole locust posts 7 and 8 in length gate corner end posts available. Posts are typically set directly in the ground approximately 24 to 30 inches deep without concrete. These posts are also run through a sawmill.

It is cut at a sawmill. Split rail material heavy duty hemlock rails lengths available. Who isn t compelled to pull over and snap a photo of an idyllic pastoral farm scene or national battlefield outlined by an ancient rustic fence. We always use the pressure treated for all of our posts with the exception of split rail fencing in which we use the much preferred dense locust post.

Our split rail fences are made with locust post and hemlock rails. The split rail post rail fence has been a popular fence style since the early settlers came to america. Slip board material treated pine oak board size is 1 x 6.