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| Thread ID: 102085 | 2009-08-06 10:46:00 | Attaching a letterbox to a paling fence | nofam (9009) | PC World Chat |
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| 798832 | 2009-08-06 10:46:00 | I've just built a 1.8m paling fence (standard 150mm palings with 3 rails etc), and bought this letterbox (www.harknessyoung.co.nz) for it, which flush-mounts into the fence. Can anyone give me some tips on how I should fix it to the fence? It didn't come with any instructions, and my first thought is that the hole that I'm going to cut to fit it into is, coincidentally, right next to a fence post, and right on top of the middle rail, so should I drill & screw through the letterbox into the post and rail, or use brackets on the underneath outside, and maybe sit it on a platform that I could attach to the rail. :confused: |
nofam (9009) | ||
| 798833 | 2009-08-06 11:19:00 | That will give you a mounting better than 95% of other letter boxes. If it is the palings that give the bother, put up a sticker that says "Junkmail, including far-out religions and political circulars welcome" - - - you will be way beyond the pale and can mount the letter box anyway that suits you. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 798834 | 2009-08-06 18:01:00 | That letterbox looks like a birdhouse. What's a paling? :stare: We gots: pale, pals, pails, pilings, piles and buckets, but nosuchthingas a "paling". :illogical |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 798835 | 2009-08-06 19:32:00 | Surfer Joe Check this out www.fencingonline.com.au |
ooh yeh (2935) | ||
| 798836 | 2009-08-06 19:50:00 | I would do it your way sounds good | gary67 (56) | ||
| 798837 | 2009-08-06 20:33:00 | Surfer Joe Check this out www.fencingonline.com.au We call that a vertical ship-lap pattern. Nice in that is creates nice shadows if it's installed in the correct direction for the sun to deepen shadows on it. We use a lot of dog-ear fencing here. See attachment below. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 798838 | 2009-08-06 20:54:00 | We call that a vertical ship-lap pattern . Nice in that is creates nice shadows if it's installed in the correct direction for the sun to deepen shadows on it . We use a lot of dog-ear fencing here . See attachment below . Then again in England, there is a different 'paling', chestnut paling fences were/are used a lot . Local councils used to use them around gardens on council estates . . btcv . org . uk/handbooks/content/section/3289" target="_blank">handbooks . btcv . org . uk As kids, we used to use them as swords, spears etc, and after a while the fences began to be a bit threadbare . :D |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 798839 | 2009-08-06 22:08:00 | Then again in England, there is a different 'paling', chestnut paling fences were/are used a lot. Local councils used to use them around gardens on council estates. handbooks.btcv.org.uk As kids, we used to use them as swords, spears etc, and after a while the fences began to be a bit threadbare. :D I never knew they were called chestnut palings. We live and learn I always say. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 798840 | 2009-08-06 22:21:00 | We call that a vertical ship-lap pattern. Nice in that is creates nice shadows if it's installed in the correct direction for the sun to deepen shadows on it. We use a lot of dog-ear fencing here. See attachment below. Why not make the fence a little bigger? Then you can keep the whole dog in / out. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 798841 | 2009-08-06 22:25:00 | I've just built a 1.8m paling fence (standard 150mm palings with 3 rails etc), and bought this letterbox (www.harknessyoung.co.nz) for it, which flush-mounts into the fence. Can anyone give me some tips on how I should fix it to the fence? It didn't come with any instructions, and my first thought is that the hole that I'm going to cut to fit it into is, coincidentally, right next to a fence post, and right on top of the middle rail, so should I drill & screw through the letterbox into the post and rail, or use brackets on the underneath outside, and maybe sit it on a platform that I could attach to the rail. :confused: Yes - drilling thorough the side of the letterbox and screwing it into the post/rail sounds like the best bet. It'll definitely be the most secure way of mounting it there, and most resistant to vandals who decide to try and steal your letterbox. The only thing to be aware of is that any holes you drill into the metal could provide a nice opportunity for rust to start forming, so you should seal the cut edge with something. Disclaimer: I am not a builder. |
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