How To Build A Fence

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Thursday, May 29th, 2008 by Decor Guru Subscribe To Our Feed

Many people enjoy home projects like building a fence. The intentions are always good, but if you are not a professional lots of times these fences do not come out very well. Lots of times they look really bad due to bad fence post alignment. If you are going to be building a fence , follow these easy steps in order to align your fence posts correctly.

Before you can even think about starting the alignment of your fence, you will need to think about fence postspacing. As a rule of thumb, yourfence posts should be between 6 and 8 feet apart. 6 to 8 foot spacing makes it easy to use regular 2×4’s as cross bars for your fence. Remember, alignment is the most difficult part of building your fence, so take your time during this part of the process. The straighter your fence posts are, the better your fence will look.

Here is a method that many Richland fence building companies use, called the Corner Post Method, AKA the End Post Method. Dig all the corner holes for the fence posts and put your fence posts in them. Now pour in some dry concrete and adjust the post so that it is the right height. Now put your level along side the post and make sure it is level in both directions. Now take a garden hose and run a bunch of water in to the post hole for 2-3 minutes. The water will soak into the and harden, while any extra water will leach into the ground. After all the corner posts are in, wait until the next day to set the rest of your posts.

The next day, screw a screw into the back of each of your corner posts and then tie two mason’s lines from one post to the other. Run one line along the side of the posts, and another line over the top of the posts. Now you will be able to see where to dig your post holes, and once you do, you will be able to get all of your fence posts straight by lining them up so that the side of the post touches the line and the top of the post is right under the top string. Then take a level and make sure your post is level before dumping in your concrete.