Fencing / Picture Frame
Picture Frame Cedar Fence in Cowlitz and Clark County
A picture frame fence has a trim border around every panel, and that border is what makes it look like furniture instead of a fence. It also does a real job, which is why it is worth the extra labor.
How I build it
Posts: Pressure-treated 6x6, 6 feet on center.
Footings: 18 inch round concrete pad, 24 inches deep, poured to grade.
Post connection: Standoff bracket on the pad.
Rails: Three cedar rails per bay.
Boards: 1x6 cedar, framed on all four sides.
Frame: Cedar trim border around each panel with a cap.
Bottom: Pressure-treated 2x6 rot board on one face.
The frame is the whole idea. Each panel between the posts gets a trim border on all four sides, and the top gets a cap. It reads as a finished piece of carpentry from either the yard or the street, where a plain board fence reads as a boundary.
It does more than look good. The cut ends of the boards are the first place a cedar fence takes on water. A trim border covers those ends on the sides and the top, and the cap sheds water off the top edge instead of letting it soak into end grain.
The cost is time. Every panel is measured, cut and fitted as its own piece, and that is more labor than running boards down a line of rails. It is the reason a picture frame fence costs more than a plain one, and I would rather say so than hide it.
It stands on the same pads and brackets as everything else I build: 6x6 posts, 24 inch pads, well below frost depth, with the post bottoms kept off the concrete and out of the ground.
Included
Pressure-treated 6x6 posts
Poured concrete pads and standoff brackets
Cedar rails and 1x6 cedar boards
Cedar trim frame around each panel and cap
Pressure-treated rot board
Hardware and fasteners
Not included
Old fence removal and haul-off
Gates, which are scoped separately
Staining or sealing
Clearing shrubs or brush from the fence line
Want this fence on your property?
Call for a free estimate, or send photos and get a Project Sketch first. Call (360) 431-9382.