My rear fence is over 40 years old and surviving well with some TLC.
Soft wood feather edge on arris rails but concrete posts with a 4 x 2 bolted of both sides with sockets for the arris rails.
Long term problems.
No caps on the 4 x 2 posts and no caps of the feather boards so some rot.
IMO fit these. It is a cheap job to add lots of life.
Some rotting of the bottom of the 4 x 2s unavaidable.
I consder th gravel boards to be sacrificial and those have been replaced.
Gravel boards went metric so were too short so another challenge.
Tops of 4 x 2s rotted so spliced with nail plates. I needed to cut 4 x 4 post longways to match the existing.
Some arris rails replaced by splicing two lengths and thus fitting in the existing sockets
Eased out the galvanised nails and replaced in the same holes.
I have painted it several times over the years. Not sure if I will be doing it again.
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Fences - screws or nails? new
Fences - screws or nails? new