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How to build a rustic stake garden fence

build a rustic stake garden fence

The rustic stake fence is the ideal enclosure for the garden areas and beds. Our illustrated step-by-step guide shows you how to build a rustic stake garden fence easily.

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 Naturalness is one of the special features that speak for this type of fencing. The slats of the fence are made of hand-split chestnut wood. The remains of the bast and bark were deliberately left on them. This results in a somewhat coarse, but not quite as strict appearance of the fence, which has a very natural effect and blends harmoniously into the garden and landscape.

Staketen fence like this meets many requirements, it is suitable as a pasture or garden fence, as a pond border or visual protection. Due to the small slat distance of 4 cm, it is also suitable as a frame for small animal dwellings or chicken outlets.

Build your own fence: Chestnut wood is extremely durable

The wood for (noble) chestnut fences grows in Central and Western European forests. It is equivalent to our native oak wood. Both are classified in resistance class 2, which means 15 to 25 years of shelf life without preservative seam names. By comparison, spruce and fir last less than ten years.

Our fence is made of French chestnut. The individual stakets are hand-split, peeled and pointed on one side, they are held together over the entire length with three parallel guided galvanized wires. By cleverly setting the posts, the fence is also suitable for swings and curves.

And another plus: Common garden fences are soaked with plant-hazardous substances, you have to dispose of them later expensively. Precious chestnut wood is not preserved and can therefore be used as firewood after demolition.

Important facts and information

Precious chestnut wood does not need to be impregnated or painted. Weathering gives it a natural surface patina (similar to teak). After its use phase, the untreated wood can be easily composted or burned.

For these reasons, the wood of the chestnut is an environmentally friendly alternative to impregnated wood and should therefore be used more frequently outdoors.

The fences are delivered in 100 to 120 cm height in rolls of 10 lfd.m and 150 cm height in rolls of 5 lfd.m. Special dimensions on request. The piles are round, peeled and pointed at the bottom. The diameter is 75 to 100 mm.

Steps to build a rustic stake garden fence

build a rustic stake garden fence

Step 1/12: Insert chestnut pole

In order to erect the garden fence, the pointed chestnut wood piles are first brought unprotected into the ground. To do this, loosen the place first with a crowbar. Especially stony soil can be better prepared.

Step 2/12: Drive the stake

With a sledgehammer, the pile is now driven about 50 cm into the ground. To get the piles to the same height, you work with a guide (a long latte goes too) and water scales. The distance of the piles is about 150 cm.

build a rustic stake garden fence

Step 3/12: Align

It is difficult to align the stake vertically, because it has usually grown irregularly. Hold a longer roof slat on the pole and the water scale.

Step 4/12: Screw on the support

The corner piles also require a diagonal support post. This is appropriately bevelled and attached to the pile with a long key screw.

build a rustic stake garden fence

Step 5/12: Screw first slat

The designed stake fence is placed against the pole and the first slat is attached to it, either with galvanized wire or with stainless screws.

Step 6/12: Straightening the fence

Now the entire fence is straightened.

build a rustic stake garden fence

Step 7/12: Use spades to space slats

If necessary, stretched by placing a spade between the stake and the post and pushing it away to the side, and attaching it to the next stake.

Step 8/12: Touch the ground

The slats are allowed to touch the soil, the chestnut wood can withstand this without any problems.

build a rustic stake garden fence

Step 9/12: Dress up composters with stake fence: line with stretch metal mesh

The chestnut wood is versatile: not only a garden fence can be made of it, but also many other things. So we’ll show you how to dress up a composter with the stake fence. The ugly compost heap first gets a new composter made of stretch metal (available cheaply in the DIY store). This is covered with a lower staket fence. Shorten with the fine saw.

Step 10/12: Wire swirling to tie off

Simply press the slats against the stretch metal and swirl them with galvanized wire and pliers.

build a rustic stake garden fence

Step 11/12: Front removable part or gate

The front, movable part of the composter is suspended and must therefore be covered separately with a piece of staketen fence. This is separated with a side cutter.

build a rustic stake garden fence

Step 12/12: Composter — finished!

The composter is fully integrated into the Staketen fence. Once the 1 cbm container is full and needs to be implemented, the front grid can be easily hung out.

Concrete in the floor increases the stability of the piles. Take plastic flower pots and cut out the bottom with the cutter knife. Now the stake is inserted with the tip to the ground. Stir in the screed concrete only slightly moist and press it firmly into the plastic bucket in portions.

After curing, the pile with its concrete base is placed at least 50 cm deep in the prepared hole, aligned with the water scale and fill and compact the hole with the excavation.