ᐅ Wooden Fence Materials

Hello, we are planning to extend our fence.

We have chosen a rhombus wooden fence. Considering long durability and low maintenance, would you recommend larch, or would you prefer another type of wood, such as treated pine?

Can you recommend an online retailer for wooden fences, or would you rather get the fence panels through a local landscaping company?

Treated pine needs to be re-treated regularly but is very durable with proper maintenance.
Larch has good natural protection due to its high resin content and lasts a long time without maintenance.
Thermally treated wood is even more durable.
Chestnut and black locust (robinia) are even more durable than that.

I particularly like the appearance of larch for larger areas.

For the fence, we chose chestnut pickets. We don’t need a specific height (the dogs accept 1 meter (3.3 feet) as a boundary, even though they could jump over it) nor privacy screening (nobody can see into the garden or the house anyway).

Hi, thanks.

Do you have experience with thermally modified pine? Is it more durable than untreated larch?

Native larch is not very durable. It is certainly more durable than untreated pine, but still not really good.
The durability class of thermo-treated pine is II. Thermo-treated ash or beech would be even better (I/I-II), but they are more expensive.

I would consider robinia, although it is difficult to obtain.