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We live near the bay area in California and currently planning our front yard fence. I have already touched base with city about property line and possible height restrictions, so nothing needed there (unless there are common unknowns you'd like to share). Style = horizontal fence, like this:

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Odd fence angles - In the main plan picture you can see near the top left a fence that would be an obtuse angle. What's the best way to build this correctly? We are planning a horizontal plank fence and so I thought we may need an additional post screwed onto the main post cut at the proper angle to give a face to screw the face of planks into it. Does that make sense, or is there another better approach? Pictures included to show what I mean here

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You can have one post and mount both fence sections to it, one of them at an angle. But I think it might be easier to use a separate post for each section, and extend the fence boards a few inches past the post. Trim the boards so that they just barely touch.

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Depending on the thickness of the fence boards, equipment on hand and attention detail/perfection, you can miter the ends of the boards to butt against each other properly.

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Your detail requires that the corner posts get located exactly where you want them. When setting posts it's nice to allow for some inaccuracy. You can reduce the complexity of locating that corner post perfectly by holding it back by 6" to 12" along the face of the non-45° fence line.

Offsetting the corner post along the non-45° fence line, cantilever your horizontal boards beyond the corner post by 6" to 12". Join these cantilever tips with the 45° fence line's boards by using a floating, vertically oriented 2x4. Use a table saw to bevel the long face of this 2x4 twice at 22.5°.

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