Just realized I was wrong about always using pressure-treated pine for fencing

I spent last Tuesday replacing a whole section of fence I put in three years ago with cedar instead. The pine had already started rotting at the post bottoms even though I treated them, and the whole thing convinced me cedar is worth the extra cost up front. Has anyone else made the switch and noticed a big difference in how long their fence lasts?

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skyler_fox724d ago

Oh come on, you replaced a whole fence section because of some rot at the bottom? I've had pressure treated pine posts last 10 years with no issues and @caseyclark probably just didn't seal them right.

caseyclark4d ago

Learned the hard way myself after building a whole deck with pine and watching it turn into a sponge in like two years lol. Now I'm that guy at Home Depot staring at wood for 45 minutes like I'm picking out a new car.