Engineering is concerned with the development, improvement, and implementation of inte grated systems of people, money, knowledge, information, equipment, energy, materials, analysis and synthesis, as well as the mathematical, physical and social sciences together with the principles and methods of engineering design to specify, predict, and evaluate the results to be obtained from such systems or processes.
- Picket fencing is slang for the chopping effect sometimes heard by cell phone users at the edge of a cell’s coverage area, or (more likely) by the landline user to whom the cellphone is connected. “Picket fencing” refers to the way portions of speech are stripped from the conversation, as if the listener was walking by a picket fence, and hearing a conversation on the other side that changes audibly depending on the position of the pickets relative to the listener.
Brick and woods construction offers a wide range of picket fencing styles with standard or custom feature. We create each picket fence project by listening, consulting and designing with you, to achieve a perfect fenceing for your individual application
Step
1 – Cut the tops off your posts
- Mark the height of the pickets on your posts. Transfer the pencil line around the post. Use your saw to cut the tops off your posts.
2 – Measure the pickets and mark the rails
- Find the centre of your rail and measure the width of the picket. Mark the edges of the first picket so that the centre point of the rail sits in the middle of the picket.
3 – Transfer your measurements to the rails
- Now, take your level and transfer your measurements to the top and bottom rails. This will ensure that your pickets are straight when you attach them.
- Nail the first picket in place. Repeat steps 2 and 3 to position and fix the remaining pickets, working your way out from the centre. To work out the space between each picket, we have used the thickness of a picket
5 – Even spacing at the ends
- When you get to the end of the run leave the last three or four pickets off so you can adjust your gaps to fit the remaining space. Lay the pickets against the rail and adjust spacing to suit. Mark the edges of each picket on the rail. Again, use your level to transfer these marks to the top and bottom rail. Then nail them in place.
- Once all your pickets are in place, fix them to the rails with outdoor screws. Pre-drill each picket so that it doesn’t split. Use a counter sink fitting to make sure you drill the same depth on each picket. Run a string line along the front of the pickets to make sure your screws are in a straight line.
