Is there a standard board size and distance between boards and height for a picket fence?
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You should be able to buy 8 ft sections at a Home Depot, if you want to build it yourself, buy the ready made pickets, they are around 3 ft tall (you can find them 4 ft) place them 1 inch apart and rent a nail gun to install them onto the posts, we actually used treated landscape timbers, they work just as well and are a lot more inexpensive. If you are staining I suggest putting your 8 ft section together and stain it laying on the sawhorses. Let dry, flip and do the other side. Treated lumber is the way to go. Or plastic ready made if you can afford it. (there isn't any set size, if you want it 5 ft you'll have to have them made)
Just a quick note about the situation – check with your local town or township for code issues. My neighbor installed a fence and is now redoing it because the rails were more than three and a half inches apart. Home Depot and Lowes (or other stores for that matter) are not required to make sure what you are doing is code – they just sell the stuff. A quick phone call to the township would be worth your time.
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