TL;DR
A cedar picket is the individual vertical fence board milled from western red or northern white cedar, the favored wood for privacy fencing because its natural extractives resist rot and insects without the chemicals pressure-treated pine relies on. Standard boards run 5/8 to 3/4 inch thick, 3.5 to 5.5 inches wide, and 4 to 8 feet tall, with dog-ear, flat, and gothic top profiles, and grades from knotty rustic to clear.
What it means
A cedar picket is the individual vertical fence board milled from western red or northern white cedar, the favored wood for privacy fencing because its natural extractives resist rot and insects without the chemicals pressure-treated pine relies on. Standard boards run 5/8 to 3/4 inch thick, 3.5 to 5.5 inches wide, and 4 to 8 feet tall, with dog-ear, flat, and gothic top profiles, and grades from knotty rustic to clear. Left bare, the wood weathers to silver-gray; a penetrating stain every 2 to 4 years preserves the warm color and adds years of service. Fasteners must be stainless or hot-dipped galvanized, since plain steel reacts with cedar's tannins and streaks the fence black.
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