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Fence Picket Calculator
The free Fence Picket Calculator answers one question: How many pickets for a fence run?. Enter your numbers in inches or millimeters and the result updates instantly in your browser, with no sign-up and no app to install. Use it on your phone at the bench, then copy or print the result for your cut list.
Enter the run length, picket width and the gap you want between pickets.
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Build it · Intermediate · 2 weekends
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Picket Fence with Matching Gate — Plans for a 4 ft picket fence by the 8 ft bay, plus a 36″ Z-brace gate. Drawings, cut list with board-foot totals, hardware list and step-by-step instructions.