Wood Fences
Pickets, rails and posts for privacy and picket fences.
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- Wood fence calculator Calculate posts, rails, pickets and concrete for a pressure-treated pine, cedar or redwood fence. Every formula shown, cost optional.
- Privacy fence calculator Calculate posts, rails and pickets for a solid privacy fence in any material, with a zero-gap board layout by default.
- Picket fence calculator Calculate posts, rails and pickets for a classic picket fence with a visible gap between boards, the front-yard style rather than privacy.
- Fence picket calculator Calculate exactly how many pickets you need from your fence run, picket width and gap, including a waste factor.
- Shadowbox fence calculator Calculate materials for a shadowbox fence, which alternates pickets on both sides of the rails for a semi-private, two-sided look.
- Board on board fence calculator Calculate pickets for a board-on-board fence, which overlaps boards for full privacy from both sides, with the overlap built into the formula.
- Split rail fence calculator Calculate posts and horizontal rails for a two-rail or three-rail split rail or ranch-style fence.
- Fence rail calculator Work out how many horizontal rails a fence run needs from its length, post spacing and rails per section, with the math shown.
- Cedar Fence Calculator Calculate cedar pickets, 2x4 rails, 4x4 posts and concrete bags for Western Red Cedar privacy fences with live material estimates.
- Redwood Fence Calculator Estimate premium redwood boards, stringers, posts and concrete needed for standard or board-on-board redwood fences.
- Pressure-Treated Fence Calculator Plan pine privacy fences with accurate counts for pressure-treated pickets, ground-contact posts, rails, and concrete bags.
- Stockade Fence Calculator Estimate pointed stockade pickets, backer rails and posts for 6-foot traditional wood privacy fencing with zero board gap.