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Discussion of the Northern White Cedar Picket Fence

Bob meets with Dave Gordon from Cantarten Forest Products to discuss the design and installation of a northern white cedar picket fence. Larry Goddard, from Security Fencing, shows how the fence is installed, including the corner posts.
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Discussion of the Northern White Cedar Picket Fence

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" Hey how are you hey Bob how are you the president looking really good -- this is. How would that grows up in your neck with -- main northern Maine right that's correct what is. Northern white cedar and is it something in his arms and harvested product. Yes it is harvested Robert Altman is seen in my mother nature. And it just -- natural up in northern Maine is that that in New Brunswick and a few other northern areas and you get tons and tons of it's that it DG speech. And nodded off most of it is growing old and and falling over as opposed to being part. Plumbing over. Why doesn't have that many uses in in in the building industry for structural purposes right that's right seat theater. -- strongly. If we're very terrible. Outdoors. The -- insects that everything that's what traditionally in well over a century you've seen this type of cedar used her. Siding -- houses per shingle. An officer for fencing and garden elements right anything that have to it would outdoors that's exactly yet. So violent order went to this lumber -- Dollar report what. Meeting -- degree and height OK but mostly you're selling wholesale amounts departments and back yet right correct. Like our friend Larry got there here spared purity and and you're supplying all the fancy here for the project now. This. This particular type of -- is very traditional looking although I really like the little bit of the the radius got on the ticket."

" This what this is -- and Hornets won by floored by the white cedar that David brings stuff for. Northern Maine right and we kind of -- proper machine -- shops. And that gives it a nice radius. Look Jordan it's very popular. In the blast -- to make the same kind of a radius picket at home just with a miter box well it sure would be. And then the spacing is what about two inches in Japan highest and it is an inch and a half space -- right and what use for fasteners are we use an aluminum nail. Which. Prevents any standing on the board. Russ catering thing with a galvanized nails were allowed. Sometimes staying the aluminum and it is -- the -- annular ring nails US -- delivering mail Greta. Now this is a nice sturdy posts here on the corner of the Kennedy brought installing events. He's worked as a matter of fact terrible -- quite a problem. There was an old granite wall that ran down. Right along the sidewalk here below -- must have been carving it's oven yeah so what we'd planned on -- was we're gonna -- We're going to take and and -- To which all of slide this spot right. Now -- it's not like working in the suburbs is no it's not up blue hill avenue you know those back two centuries while it is. Probably -- consensus -- gather granite around here probably has been here for a long long time back the house. Next to us as a lot of edge fencing in the light bulbs are you gonna drill down into the granite. Well. I don't want to compliment -- audio -- He's gonna we have our gas powered drill again that's the only way to go yeah and he's going to come announced -- that happens analysts expect."

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" All right joining. So now you use that holds it kind of pin him down as the world knows what it's. Posted abroad and he just told you don't have against -- is revealed. -- And they -- ratchet yeah. You want what -- you and -- this wall talked want to the weather out this keep the weather opposite. For reasons announcement tighten. It's. But there's plenty of play -- in the the hands of the pipe itself goes into the -- made -- it'd be aware that while I have some hydraulic cement them mixed up. In this hydraulic cement expands. When it's what it set in place so you just working men and I didn't want to just write him at all. And they -- each candidate tries Netflix attic. -- And -- just kept on. OK. So all. Actually the hydraulic cement the -- and hydraulic cement is that you -- it expands. Exactly and so that'll make it tied up there and now you're ready just fill in the rest of the cavity -- the guys and just tell them with concrete. And I'll have a nice solid fence him. Just put a little on the --"

" Now traditionally. I've always been leery of putting concrete around a wooden fence post it Weathers pressure treated her -- I mean what's the situation where this cedar. Would the cedar doesn't make any difference and that's what the concrete around him might have laughed a little bit longer of them at -- near decomposed to. Real so with white cedar you don't have to worry about in case it in concrete and of course when you have a situation like this where you and not. Dig a hole down to three feet below the frost line the only alternative -- and it. And to capitol off the concrete justice was done right there. And they ago and we're just -- this over and they can -- a nice. Nice -- yes. Okay and then on to the next one right on to the next -- OK so that fence design has a modification here is we don't have up a right angle corner we've got a curved corner. And you've brought the height of it down from 36 to thirty and then as the curves are radicals backed up. To 36 which is a nice touch that it got to welcoming on the corner. But allows people that -- a point -- this in traffic -- point that's -- and any problems with the construction of what you're doing some like what we have is too small -- us in the annals opera. 810 foot. These rates this a six foot opening so are we doing there was just what the ten into the bowels. On the peace right now we're going to happen and and as the -- and one of the onsite notifications to get an old warm drive craftsman. Go ahead. Okay but that's that doesn't look like it's gonna go into the circular holders like that right that we haven't fouling -- head on out half inch drill right you have -- This stuff that was. What do you call it again if the Dowling head and there's the blade right there it's -- blade."

" The bubble just take that end."

" I've never tried one of these that I can I do the other ones. Looks like you're really got a hold it down. On one side and yes wonderful. If it meant. There events meant."

" NN. It's beautiful all right -- gentlemen thanks for coming on it thanks for your contribution to the project here."

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