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Laying out your fence
is pretty basic in theory. You stake out where your fence
will go, and stretch a string between them. This will
serve as your guideline for installing the posts. |
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If your fence starts at
your house or at another fence, you'll usually want to
come off of it at a right angle. You can calculate this
right angle using what's called the 3-4-5 method: |
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First stake the spot where
your fence will start. Tie a string to the stake and stretch
it out roughly perpendicular to the house (or whatever
you're working from). |
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Measure out 4 feet out on the string
and mark it. |
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Mark a point on the house 3 feet away
from the stake. |
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Hold a tape measure diagonally between
the three foot mark on the house and the four foot mark
on the string, and move the string until the distance
between the marks is exactly 5 feet. |
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Tie down your string this spot. It
is now exactly perpendicular to
the house. |
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Mark the position of the
first post. Then measure out on the line to mark the rest
of the posts along your section of fence. |
| 4. |
Your string
should actually be the outside edge of the posts. So you'll
have to measure in from the string for the center of the
posts. Mark these with a stake, or a nail with a piece
of ribbon so you can see them. |
| 5. |
When a fence runs down
a hill you have two options: you can have the tops of
the sections follow the slope of the hill or you can keep
the fence sections level and step the fence down at each
post. |
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For a step-down fence,
determine the height difference between the top of the
hill and the bottom, and divide that number by the number
of sections. |
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This will
be the amount to step the fence down at each post. |
Fencing can be installed using several different methods.
The following describes each method
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