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Show Creative Designs Possible With Treated Wood Fencing A fence provides much more than a definition of your property line; it can be a charming addition to your landscape by creating new areas for your outdoor activities enhanced by an aesthetically beautiful wood design. Fences are satisfying do-it-yourself projects. Once you decide you want it to be traditional or contemporary, con-temporary, open or solid, vertical or horizontal depending on function, func-tion, your next important decision will be to use pressure treated wood in the construction. To pressure - treat lumber, chemicals are permeated deep into the wood under high pressure, providing pro-viding long-term protection against decay, insect attack, and fungi deterioration. Without pressure treatment, most wood is subject to decay wherever air and moisture are present, since wood is an organic material. In fence construction, pressure treated posts are the economical, ideal choice for support structures in direct contact with the ground where they resist the constant exposure ex-posure to moisture. Fence builders will not have to worry about replacement of posts since the Forest Products Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Agriculture has concluded that wood that has been pressure treated properly will last in excess of 50 years. Do-it-yourselfers find that pressure treated wood is easily sawn, nailed, planed or drilled. When nailing, it is recommended that only hot-dipped, galvanized nails be used to prevent wocx discoloration from corrosion. , ' The preservative chemical gie, the wood an attractive lint-of light green to copper green, and enhance the natural surroundings 1 of a yard. No finish is required on pressure treated lumber. If desired, it can be painted or stained, or left to. attractively weather to a silvery-4 gray. A pressure treated wood fence will stand for decades, as a maintenance-free, functional asset to any yard. : . : -V , . . J An economical pressure treated wood fence combines protection from termites and decay with long lasting beauty. |