How to Maintain Your Wood Fencing

While wood fencing brings a quality look to your home's exterior, it definitely can be harder to maintain than other materials. To keep your wood fencing in good condition and to ensure it can hold up through its entire life cycle with minimal repairs, turn to these few tips below:

1. Coat your wood fence with a water-repellent preservative and sealant or even an exterior stain, which typically includes a sealant as well. These products are not that expensive and will keep wood from rotting.

2. Keep bushes, vines and sprinklers off and away from your wood fencing. The weight and pressure of bushes and vines is not good for your wood fencing and the water and moisture from sprinklers will enable rotting.

3. Keep an eye on the nails, replacing ones that have popped out or adding additional ones to loose boards. Aluminum or stainless steel nails will reduce discoloration, as they don't rust.

4. Keep the surface intact. Sand down rough patches or broken wood now and again. An occasional power wash will eliminate grime and other buildup, as well.

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