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dig dug dan
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Post: # 86730Post dig dug dan

Whats going on with that fetheredge? Its not level with rails ???
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michaelthegardener
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Post: # 86731Post michaelthegardener

the last post is a bit lower :blush: the grounds lower there and i wanted to get it in the same depth looks ok from the front mind :p ;)

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Post: # 86732Post digerjones

tidt job there micheal, done a few of these, its easy with the passlode :D
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Post: # 86733Post dig dug dan

Paslode nails are too expensive for this type of work. I use coil nails in an air nailer.
Surely if the posts are level with the ground, and the gravel boards are nailed on at the correct level, that shouldn't have happened?
As you say, it looks alright at the front
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Post: # 86734Post michaelthegardener

maybe im missunderstanding you the gravel boards are level the last post is lower so the rails slope down its not the feather edge thats out its the rails :)

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Post: # 86736Post GB_Groundworks

we always use passloads either with 65mm in the im350 one or the 64-30mm ones in the im65

the air nailers are great but its lugging a big compressor to site and having power for it etc, a gun hung off your belt is so much easier

mike couldnt you have transitioned from the bigger side fence to the smaller front or done the front the same height as the side?
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Post: # 86737Post michaelthegardener

i dont like the height of the side but its how they wanted it the customers allways right an all that ..... :D

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Post: # 86738Post digerjones

the time i would use feather edge is when on a slope, so it would'nt mater what the rails were doing. looks ok to me.
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Post: # 86741Post lutonlagerlout

looks fine to me
I can see what dan is saying ,and maybe you should have dug the gate post deeper but its a transformations michael
fair play
on the subject of fails,finished the step and bits tuesday and only when i stood back i noticed
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for some bizarre reason the top step is 10 mm lower than it should have been,
i pointed it out and offered to redo it but the client couldnt see any problem and said leave it
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Post: # 86743Post local patios and driveway

I use a coil nailer for feather edge. I was under the impression i cant get short enough nails to fit a paslode that wont pop out the back of the arris rail? Either way micheal, when fencing the most important thing is true and level posts or it looks diy.

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Post: # 86745Post mickg

the smallest ring shank nail for the paslode is 50mm, other than that your dropping down to the smaller paslode which are pins for skirting etc and not suitable for fencing
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Post: # 86746Post lutonlagerlout

i like 38mm drywalls for featheredge
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Post: # 86751Post rimexboy

Nice to see some work finally getting done due to the wether, they all look ok from here but I'm in Enfield,

Keep the pictures coming I love this thread

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Marshalls Tegula circle kit laid into drive

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Indian stone patio managed to complete before christmas

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