There are plenty of challenges you might face when you start thinking about installing a fence, and one of them is the gradient of your site and fence line.
If you have steep slopes anywhere on your fence line, your fence will have to be adjusted to suit, and that usually means raking or stepping your fence. What is the difference between raked and stepped fences? Let’s take a closer look.
If you’ve got an existing chain link fence that is loose or curling up at the bottom, chances are, your tension wire is loose or damaged.
The good news is that it’s not that hard to install tension wire on existing chain link fence. Here’s how you can make this simple fix to your chain link fence to increase its lifespan.
Most fences end an inch or two (about 50mm) above finished grade or natural ground level.
However, sometimes, a client or site requires a little more security, and they might ask for a fence installed with buried mesh. Let’s take a closer look at why you might want a fence with buried mesh and a step-by-step guide to installing a fence with buried mesh.
If you’ve been scouring the web to find out how to install chain link fence posts without concrete or to find out more about installing vinyl fence posts without concrete, you might be even more confused than when you started.
There’s a lot of information out there about pounding posts, screw piles, and other ways to install fence posts without concrete. But if you’re wondering, “Can you install a fence post with foam?” you’re in the right place. Here’s what you need to know.
Ideally, when you need to install a fence, you’ll have a nice flat fence line that’s easy to dig, so you can dig and pour concrete for your posts easily.
However, having been in the fence business for decades, I can say with confidence that very few fence projects meet all our ideal expectations. Very often, you’re left wondering about things like installing a fence on a retaining wall. Here’s what you need to know to get your fence built, even in this challenging situation.
If you live in certain parts of the world, you know that at some point, winter is going to hit, it’s going to snow, and the ground will freeze.
However, that doesn’t mean you will never need to have a fence installed in the winter. So if you’re wondering how to put fence posts in frozen ground, read on and find out!
If life were fair, whenever we needed to install a fence, we’d do it on level ground that was easy to dig and had great drainage.
However, life isn’t always fair, and very often, that’s not the case. If you’re wondering what’s the best way to dig post holes in rocky ground, you’ve come to the right place. Here’s what you need to know.
Having a fence installed is quite the process. First, you have to decide what kind of fence you want. Then you have to contact fence companies to get quotes, and even after you’ve signed a contract, you have to wait for the fence to be installed.
Fortunately, chain link fence is a fairly common fence product, so it’s usually readily available. However, there will still be a wait for your new fence. Here’s what you need to know about how long it takes to install a chain link fence.
Most fence companies who install their fence posts in concrete and who work on larger projects use ready mix supplied by concrete companies. If they do mix concrete on site, they might use premixed sand, stone, and cement to save time.
However, if you’re planning to install your own fence as a DIY project, you might not have access to those types of ready-mixed concrete. That means you probably need to know how to mix concrete for a fence project. Here’s how you can get your fence concrete right.
There are several reasons why you might be wondering how to remove concrete from a fence post. Maybe you want to reuse the fence post on your existing fence line. Or maybe you want to repurpose a fence post for something else.
Regardless of why you want to do this, we’ve got information about how to remove concrete from a fence post right here.
Installing a fence on concrete, brick, or cinder blocks presents some unique challenges, and one that comes up quite often is how to attach your fence to concrete.
You're in the right place if you’re wondering how to screw into concrete (and even if you can screw into concrete to attach your fence). Here’s what you need to know.
The first step in accurately calculating the materials you need for a new fence (also known as a fence material take-off) is to have accurate measurements of the fence line.
However, getting those measurements could be a little trickier than you anticipate. You might try a 100-foot tape measure, but you'll still be stuck awkwardly adding figures if you have any fence runs that are longer than 100 feet. Or you might use a measuring wheel that measures the distance on the ground, and if you have undulating or uneven ground, it won’t be accurate. Here’s how you can measure a fence accurately and easily.
If you’re installing a fence – no matter what type of fence it is – some of the most important steps involve setting corner and end posts. These will be the main points of your fence, and it’s very important to get them in the right place.
If you’re wondering how to set corner fence posts, read on for a step-by-step guide.
If you’re planning to install a fence on a site that is not level, you’re probably wondering how to level fence posts on uneven ground.
If you’re also wondering how to install a fence on a slope, you can also read our in-depth guide to installing fences on slopes. However, for the purpose of this article, let’s focus on how to level fence posts on uneven ground. Here’s what you need to know.
Installing fences on a slope is complicated enough. But when you are trying to install a fence on a stepped wall on a slope, things get even more complicated.
If you’re wondering how to install fencing on a stepped wall, you’ve come to the right place. Read on, watch the video, and download sketches of two different fence installation options for your fence on a stepped wall.
While most fences are installed in holes with concrete or pounded into the dirt, there are some that are bolted to existing concrete surfaces using baseplates and various types of anchors and bolts.
If you are installing a fence with baseplates and bolts, you might be wondering how to drill into concrete. Here’s what you need to know.
If you’re thinking about giving your fence an upgrade this summer and you’re wondering how to install a chain link fence, you’re in the right place.
In this article, we’re going to give you all the resources and information you need to know about how to install chain link fence to get your fence project done right.
If you’re thinking of building your own fence, you’re certainly not alone. Many people who discover that their current fence is not in good repair or that it doesn’t meet their needs consider a DIY fence project over the summer.
However, if you’re not a fence pro, you might not be sure about how to do certain things. The question of how to attach fence panels to posts is one of the more common questions we get in the fence business. Here’s what you need to know.
If you love the look of vinyl fences, you’re not alone. This low-maintenance, clean, and modern-looking fence type is fast becoming one of the most popular privacy fence options out there.
However, while you might dream of a crisp white or stylish two-tone vinyl fence around your yard, if you have a concrete slab anywhere on your property or fence line, you might also be wondering how to install vinyl fence posts on a concrete slab. The good news is that there are several options.
If you’re looking for a removable fence post design for a site where a sleeve-based removable post design won’t work, you’ll be glad to know that there are other options.
In this design, we look at a system that uses a double base plate system and simple hex bolts and nuts to create a base-plated removable post design.
Metal panel fences, whether you’re talking about palisade fence, ornamental fence, bar fence, welded mesh fence or something else, is a very popular choice.
This kind of fencing is used as residential fencing, commercial fencing and even high-security fencing, depending on the specification and type of fence. However, one of the most common challenges faced when installing metal fence panels is how to deal with shorter panels at ends, corners and other junctions. Here’s a quick and comprehensive guide to how to cut metal fence panels to fit the awkward spaces on your fence.