Mortised Chestnut Posts For Chestnut Cleft Rail Fencing

Cleft Chestnut Posts mortised for Chestnut Cleft Rail Fencing, sometimes called Sussex Rail. Chestnut is a durable hardwood and is supplied untreated. The Chestnut is cut in winter, when there is less sap in the wood, thereby increasing its durability.

This is a traditional product, made to imperial measurements.

• All our Chestnut Post and Rail is sourced from local producers.
• Provides a more natural and rustic appearance. It can be used for domestic gardens, horse paddocks and driveways.
• Posts are set at 9′ centres.

The bays for cleft rail are set so that once the posts are in position, the ends of the rails go through the post and poke out the other side.

These posts are sunk into the ground in the same way as any wooden fence post.
Unless the fence is for cattle or horses or the ground is very soft, the posts are generally not concreted, just rammed up hard.

A Cleft Chestnut post is supplied untreated, but you can apply additional treatment to the bottom section before putting it into the ground.

A Sawn-treated softwood plate mortised for 2 or 3 rails is used to attach cleft rail fencing to square gate posts or walls.