How To Easily Build Horizontal Cedar Privacy Fence

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If you want the modern look of horizontal cedar privacy fence, it's easy to achieve. Today we'll walk you through step-by-step how to easily build a DIY horizontal cedar privacy fence.

Tools:

Merch!

Contents:
00:00 - Setup
01:33 - Posts
05:08 - Style 1
07:36 - Style 2
09:30 - Trimming Out

[mystreteacher]

Just completed my first 24' horizontal run today. Building the fence is a lot nicer than post hole digging. The fence is 4' high. I wrnt with 8 pickets and a quarter inch gap using a wooden paint stirrer for my guide. Looks really good.

[OUAspark]

The Air Gap makes the fence look beautiful!

[barnyardbrio]

It's fun watching other people work. Especially building a fence. Thank You!

[davekushman]

I always like to use a carpenters pencil as a spacer between each board, roughly 1/4 inch just ensures there’s never any troubles with expansion and contraction through the seasons. If you go no gap late fall when that wood is as dry as it gets and there’s no moisture in the air come spring when it’s soaking up all the rain the boards start to buckle and warp and even push themselves off the post. Little bit of gap just guarantees you don’t run into that issue and maybe you’re installing when it’s wet you may have half in gap when it dries out but you’re never going to buckle from being too tight and leaving it no room to grow

[lizzieintx]

Great video. Everything is explained well and it's great that it's unedited; makes it more entertaining as well.

[georgejohnson]

Been building fences for decades and this guy knows what he's doing. Excellent craftsmanship.

*Post depths vary depending on your area.

[tamarathompsonmoore]

What an informative video and inspiring, too. I’d be the first of my neighbors to add a privacy fence but hopefully the beauty of the horizontal look wins them over.

[chewar]

I did my fence like this. Everyone loves it!!!

[notateacher]

I don’t know anything about anything. After watching so many videos, this video simplified this whole process so much more than anyone else I saw.

Thank you for this video. I forgot about even trying to dig a post, I almost planned to buy 4X4 wood posts and a router machine to make slits for the panels.

Y’all are great!!!

[BrentinTulsa]

Awesome video, I actually went out and purchased an electric Pile Hammer after seeing this. No more digging for this old man....lol

[George-fhzm]

I saw a horizontal fence today. What a great look. Then I found your video. Thank you!

[MrChewy]

Great video…I constructed my horizontal Cedar years ago to cover a chain link fence. I used the metal grooved posts to set the cedar in it…perfect.
Love the horizontal look over vertical all day. Thanks again for the tip using the tape measure as a guide…genius

[leelunk]

THIS GUY HAS TAUGHT ME MORE ON YOUTUBE IN TWO VIDEOS THAN MY 18 YRS OF SCHOOL

[RebeccaSolares]

Thank you! All of your videos are clear and concise. I’m in over my head, but gonna do it anyway. 🤞

[abl]

😂 I’m that guy down the street, designed and built my own horizontal fence when no one in my neighborhood had one, now their becoming more popular and popping up everywhere, so i must have done something right, all cedar and stainless steel screws and metal post, still solid and beautiful well worth the sore back

[jaredrobinson]

Thanks so much for this! I have been building fence a long time and have never done a horizontal wood fence so this was super helpful for me as I’m bidding one right now. 😃
Also, never knew that about why the black lines in the cedar wood. Switching to stainless now.

[gailarnold]

Thanks for this video. we needed this right now. I love lots of words and explanations in videos and appreciate the content in this video.

[driveman]

"Today we're going to show you how to build a 6 foot tall horizontal cedar"

Proceeds to build a 5 foot tall fence.

[clubghz]

I copy paste this fence into my backyard with the top finish board. Looks good after staining.

[jjcastleberry]

I like to see a video of you using those metal posts in a residential gate (wood).