TL;DR
A privacy picket is a fence board installed edge-to-edge with its neighbors so the finished run reads as a solid wall with no gaps to see through. Most are 1x6 dog-ear or flat-top boards on 6-foot fences; tongue-and-groove and board-on-board variations keep coverage even after the wood shrinks.
What it means
A privacy picket is a fence board installed edge-to-edge with its neighbors so the finished run reads as a solid wall with no gaps to see through. Most are 1x6 dog-ear or flat-top boards on 6-foot fences; tongue-and-groove and board-on-board variations keep coverage even after the wood shrinks. Because butted boards inevitably gap as they dry, board-on-board overlap is the upgrade contractors recommend where year-round screening matters.
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