Concrete Gravel Boards

Summary: Concrete gravel boards are used to lend greater protection to fence posts. They can also be used to help make your fencing fit better. Here is information on why to use gravel boards made of concrete and what you'll need to install them.

Concrete gravel boards are short panels that sit below a fence.

These boards make sure the fencing does not contact the ground.

They can also be fitted between fence posts.

If you're going to be installing fencing for a garden, to beautify your property, to help keep out snow drift, or for added privacy, you will want this fencing to last as long as possible.

By putting in gravel boards so that the fence slats do not contact the ground, you save your wood from the adverse effects of mud, settled moisture, and exposure to ground bugs and insects... including ants and termites.

In short, you are preventing or at least delaying the rotting of the bases of your fence posts.

With the installation of gravel boards, you'll find that you have greater flexibility concerning the total height of the required fencing.

If the area where you are going to install the fencing has a bit of a slope, you can avoid troubles by partly burying the concrete board beneath the ground so that your fencing sits level.

Still another benefit of using these boards is that you can utilize them for retaining soil that might be easily lost from a sloping garden.

Gravel boards are also useful for dividing off abutting gardens that are at different heights.

You will usually find concrete gravel boards in two heights: six inches or twelve inches (one foot).

However, gravel boards can be stacked as needed and sized as needed. The easiest and fastest way to fix a gravel board fitted to a wooden fence post is to fix a batten to each post by screwing it in and then fixing the board to the desired part of the fence post.

Here are the tools you will need to install gravel boards: