Fences and Gates - Need some advise about how well a wood fence would hold up to water.

Hello all I am new here. My husband and I bought our house about 1 1/2 years ago and are planning some big backyard projects. The first one we need to do is fence about a 1/3 of an acre. We both like the look of cedar and would like to go that rout. But we also have water rights and from about April to September the entire yard floods about 4-6 inch's deep every three days or so. I am concerned about the post setting in the ground rotting from all of the moisture. I know they are treated, but these would be exposed to a lot of water.

Is this something to consider? Should we think about vinyl instead?

Thanks for the help. I am sure with all the projects I come up with we will visiting this site often.

Hi pcan and welcome to the forum. Mine were set in very sandy dry soil and lasted about 4 years and fell over :(. I know the white plastic is "plastic" and doesn't seem as woodsy as natural cedar, but it doesn't need painting and lasts almost forever. One difference might have been mine were not treated, just natural cedar. Perhaps a treated post would hold up better, but in our case even the round rails were falling apart.

Enjoy that yard, hope this helped
Bud

If you are looking for fence posts that will tolerate being underwater for several months at a time, then you really have no choice other than vinyl. White is white, but there are other colors available!! One of the tans or almonds will look better with cedar than white, but the color match WON'T be perfect.

What about pressure treated posts? Would they work? Are they extremely expensive?

PT posts do kinda OK when you are talking earth-to-ground contact.

But you are talking something that is going to be underwater for months at a time. VINYL is the only thing that will survive it.