Holmes Fencing Rails

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Cedar & Oak Hand Split 18th Century Fence Rails | Holmes Fencing Rails

Here at Holmes Fencing Rails we maintain the highest degree of care in order to preserve the natural split appearance of the split rail fences we produce.
Please look through our website of completed products (fencing, gates, arbours, edging) as well as cedar split rails used in two unique Cedar & Oak Hand Split 18th Century fencing styles; straight split rail fence and snake rail fencing in various stages of the installation process to finished work.
Each Log is traditionally split by hand, much like the way Abraham Lincoln did before he got into polotics.

Young Abe Lincoln the rail-splitter in 1830 as he chops out center of a split log that did not break clean. Other tools, along with rails and a rail fence are in the picture.

As each property is unique to its owner, each split rail fence is a custom project based on your needs and desires, whether strictly decorative or practical as in retaining livestock like horses or for defining property lines.
The split rail fence is a environmentally safe product as no chemicals are used to preserve the wood as cedar has one of the highest natural rating for being rot and insect resistant.