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I finally had to pick between cedar and pressure treated for a whole backyard job
The customer wanted a natural look but was worried about cost, so I went with cedar for the front sections you see from the street and pressure treated for the back runs. It saved them about $800 and the cedar still gives that nice curb appeal. Has anyone else mixed materials like that on a single fence line?
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jamie_white2h ago
My buddy did that exact thing with his fence last summer. He used cedar for the whole side facing his neighbor's patio because they hang out there a lot, and then used pressure treated for the rest. The two woods aged so differently, the cedar went gray and the pressure treated got that greenish tint. He ended up having to stain the whole thing a solid color a year later just to make it look like one fence. It worked out, but it was an extra step he didn't plan for.
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william_henderson4h ago
Smart move saving money where it counts. Did the cedar sections need any special stain to match the pressure treated color at all? I did something similar with a deck, used nicer composite for the top boards you see and standard wood for the hidden frame underneath.
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