Fence Panels - Advice Sought.....

[User6179]

This method has been done and tested ....(joiner)
You could use a strip of DPC trapped under the batten/fence panel !

Plus 1 , some 4 inch DPC under the wood , the fence is rotting because of rising damp , good practice is to put DPC on the runners of a wooden shed before you build it so I would do the same with the fence and make sure bottom of fence is 6 inches from the ground .

 

[Salad Dodger]

Or 3 chainlink fences if you like...

Make a chainlink version of the Berlin Wall, with mines buried between the rows of fencing. That will deter the local oiks from nicking the fence.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Air.

Leave a gap for air to circulate, and for the water to drip off the boards, and you'll double their lifespan at least.

Got a fence with no gravel boards - just a mighty air gap. No rot and 25+ years so far. Helps to let the wind out too thus no blowing over

Edit:- Should have said - apart from the initial treatment I haven't bothered to re-treat

 

[MikeG]

Plus 1 , some 4 inch DPC under the wood , the fence is rotting because of rising damp , good practice is to put DPC on the runners of a wooden shed before you build it so I would do the same with the fence and make sure bottom of fence is 6 inches from the ground .

That won't work, as rainwater will potentially pool on top of the DPC. This is quite a difference from the shed situation you mention, where a DPC is sheltered from falling rain, and will actually do the intended job.

 

[User6179]

That won't work, as rainwater will potentially pool on top of the DPC. This is quite a difference from the shed situation you mention, where a DPC is sheltered from falling rain, and will actually do the intended job.

Just trim the excess off with a stanley knife , another idea is to coat top of the concrete gravel board or bottom of the fence with something.

 

[MikeG]

Just trim the excess off with a stanley knife , another idea is to coat top of the concrete gravel board or bottom of the fence with something.

These are both just wrong, sorry. Don't do this. Water will run down the fence and have nowhere to go other than to sit at the bottom edge of the fence. The only way to keep the bottom of the fence panel dry is to produce a gap below it.

 

[smokeysmoo]

Keeping with the fact this needs to be done as cheaply as possible I'm probably just going to use these plastic blocks to achieve the air gap.