Shadow Box Fence Design

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Shadow box fence design.

Shadow box fences are a style of fence that looks good on both sides of the fence. This is a decorative privacy fence that looks very attractive provides absolute privacy and is slightly cheaper than the shadowbox fence. A shadow box is a composite wooden fence made up of a staggered arrangement of pickets or vertical wooden boards placed on two or three wooden rails. Shadowbox construction yields visual interest.

However the shadowbox design carries its own unique advantages that may make this style especially desirable for your property. For the shadow box style i chose to toe nail the stringers. This is a board on board privacy fence design. A few pickets are fixed on one side while the others are attached on the opposite side such that they block out each others gaps.

See more ideas about shadow box fence shadow box fence. Apr 13 2019 explore chad brendle s board shadow box fence on pinterest. The exact construction of a shadow box fence features the standard posts with three rails spanning in between. Shadow box fencing provides a very sharp looking alternative to a standard stockade fence however it is only semi private.

By placing the 2 by 2 stringer vertically flush with the outside faces of the posts the outside wall of the fence would be in a single plane which makes alternating the pickets easier. A shadow box fence has spaces between the pickets to allow air to pass through but the pickets on the opposite side of the fence line up with the gaps to block the view.