How to Repair a Split-Rail Fence | This Old House

This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook replaces rotted wood on a split-rail fence. (See below for a shopping list and tools.)
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Shopping List for How to Repair a Split-Rail Fence:
- New cedar fence posts and rails, used to build new stretch of fencing

Tools for How to Repair a Split-Rail Fence:
- Pointed shovel, used to excavate soil
- Burlap, for wrapping plants and holding soil dug from holes
- Post-hole digger, used to dig fence-post holes
- 4-foot level, used to plumb up the fence posts
- Chainsaw, for cutting posts to length
- Nylon string and wooden stake, used to establish height and position of fencing

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