Simple question - if I put up a post and rail fence, how far does pressure treated preservative go into the end grain?
eg If I want to saw the top of some posts to make them level, or at 30 degrees to help with rain runoff, how much typically can I take off without having substantially to re-treat the end grain? I use a post-rammer so it is easy to knock some in a bit more, though one can end up with a Paddington-Kitchen-Table effect (*). How much tolerance do I have?
I know there are those itty-bitty post caps or I can make little lead rain-bonnets, or make my own, but for a normal post-and-rail fence I do not really like the suburbiton look.
(And they cost more than the posts <:-) ! ).
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"Mr Curry's table seemed to have shrunk".