I'm in the process of building a fence and I have some problems with elevation can someone look at my pictures?

[steppinthrax]

Essentially you want the pickets to have a small gap underneath but you don't want that gap to be too much this is my partially finished fence below....

http://tiger.towson.edu/~hzaidi1/1.jpg...

There is a small slop on the right of the picture and I've compensated for that by rising the pickets to conform with the slope. However the back is a different issue.

http://tiger.towson.edu/~hzaidi1/3.jpg...

You see I have to slant the back so that the gap underneath is equal. I have no problem with the slant myself but I'm curious does this look bad. It looks kind of aesthetically displeasing.

http://tiger.towson.edu/~hzaidi1/2.jpg...

That is a view from the inside so you can see what I mean.

 

[Chryso]

If it bothers you you can always put more boards on the inside.

 

[Rastus]

It looks fine. Building a fence on a slope always means you have to make concessions somewhere. Finish up and have a beer or six.

 

[olds]

Why would you build it with the rails on the inside?
BTW, it looks like it will meet up with the other fence fine.
One thing you could have done is use longer fence boards and cut them to fit the slope. But, it wouldn't math the existing fence, height wise.

 

[ATLien247]

Seeing that your rails are all warped, why does the slope matter?

 

[steppinthrax]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Why would you build it with the rails on the inside?
BTW, it looks like it will meet up with the other fence fine.
One thing you could have done is use longer fence boards and cut them to fit the slope. But, it wouldn't math the existing fence, height wise.

How else would I mount the pickets onto the fence????? You have to put rails there so that the pickets can attach to something. The rails are on the inside so no one from outside can see. Anyway, yeah I knew about the option, but they only came in 6' and 8' and 8' were more then double the price just because.....

 

[steppinthrax]

Originally posted by: ATLien247
Seeing that your rails are all warped, why does the slope matter?

The rails are actually warped laterally and again they are on the inside.

 

[jupiter57]

Whenever I have done fencing of this type on uneven ground, I've always bought about 50% of the boards longer, to be cut to reach the ground but maintain the same elevation on top.
That slope doesn't look all that bad, but a level top always looks much better.

 

[GRIFFIN1]

I would have sloped the rails to match the slope of the ground.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: steppinthrax

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Why would you build it with the rails on the inside?
BTW, it looks like it will meet up with the other fence fine.
One thing you could have done is use longer fence boards and cut them to fit the slope. But, it wouldn't math the existing fence, height wise.

How else would I mount the pickets onto the fence????? You have to put rails there so that the pickets can attach to something. The rails are on the inside so no one from outside can see. Anyway, yeah I knew about the option, but they only came in 6' and 8' and 8' were more then double the price just because.....

You mount them on the other side so when you are sitting in your backyard you look at the smooth side and not the rail side.
It does look like your neighbors did the same thing. Probably CC&Rs.

 

[AlienCraft]

Originally posted by: jupiter57
Whenever I have done fencing of this type on uneven ground, I've always bought about 50% of the boards longer, to be cut to reach the ground but maintain the same elevation on top.
That slope doesn't look all that bad, but a level top always looks much better.

QFT, you can always use a piece at the bottom as fascia if you want to cover uniformly.

 

[Greenman]

Of topic, but those are some uglyass condos.

 

[TripleAAA]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: steppinthrax

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Why would you build it with the rails on the inside?
BTW, it looks like it will meet up with the other fence fine.
One thing you could have done is use longer fence boards and cut them to fit the slope. But, it wouldn't math the existing fence, height wise.

How else would I mount the pickets onto the fence????? You have to put rails there so that the pickets can attach to something. The rails are on the inside so no one from outside can see. Anyway, yeah I knew about the option, but they only came in 6' and 8' and 8' were more then double the price just because.....

You mount them on the other side so when you are sitting in your backyard you look at the smooth side and not the rail side.
It does look like your neighbors did the same thing. Probably CC&Rs.

It's fairly common to have the finished side facing outward and in my neighborhoods that have homeowners assocations, they require it.

 

[Rubycon]

Isn't it normal to have longer boards and mount them all up then snap a level chalkline across the top for desired height? It would be laborious to get the "dog ear" bevels on picket afterwards though?

<- no carpenter.

 

[Scouzer]

Originally posted by: TripleAAA

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: steppinthrax

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Why would you build it with the rails on the inside?
BTW, it looks like it will meet up with the other fence fine.
One thing you could have done is use longer fence boards and cut them to fit the slope. But, it wouldn't math the existing fence, height wise.

How else would I mount the pickets onto the fence????? You have to put rails there so that the pickets can attach to something. The rails are on the inside so no one from outside can see. Anyway, yeah I knew about the option, but they only came in 6' and 8' and 8' were more then double the price just because.....

You mount them on the other side so when you are sitting in your backyard you look at the smooth side and not the rail side.
It does look like your neighbors did the same thing. Probably CC&Rs.

It's fairly common to have the finished side facing outward and in my neighborhoods that have homeowners assocations, they require it.

I've never heard of or seen fence rails on the outside...must be an American thing...

...like shoes in the house