A picket fence generally has a 2 ½” gap between the pickets. 

1. Much like solid fence, install your first picket against the house or at the end of the rails. 
2. Using a jig for spacing, space your next picket 2 ½” away. 
3. You will have to level every picket on a picket fence.
4. At the end of the line approximately four pickets from the end, measure from the fifth picket to the end of the fence. 
5.  Using that measurement, evenly space your last four pickets. 

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