How To Put Up A Wooden Fence Panel

Continue doing this until all panels have been installed.

How to put up a wooden fence panel.

Use the level to plumb the position of the panel. A pilot hole provides a guide hole to help direct the nail and prevents it from splitting the wood. You ll also need the same number of gravel boards to place at the bottom of each panel. Remember to leave room to build a wooden gate if you want an entrance and exit point.

Use string and batter boards to lay out the fence. Use exterior grade screws to fasten the panel through the outside of the metal brackets. Have an assistant hold up the other end of the fence post so you can install the fence panel straight. Divide the length by the width of the panel example.

For a 36ft fence 36ft 6ft 6 panels. This gap will help prevent the fence rotting from the bottom up. Add one more fence post to the number of panels needed so you have enough posts to support both ends of the fence. Hammer the panel through the panel and the rail to the fence post using 18d to 20d galvanized nails or screw the panel to the posts using a drill.

After digging the post holes the posts should be braced and set in concrete before attaching the rails and pickets. Slip down the rails of the panel to the brackets on each post. It should set on the bottom flange of the lower bracket. Place the batter boards just beyond where your fence corners will be located and run strings between them.

Make sure someone is holding up the panels and supporting them while you re nailing them down. Position your first fence panel so the end of the panel is in the center of the post. How to mark a fence line and the post locations before building a fence. Fasten the first panel to the posts and the wood backing with galvanized nails and a hammer or nail gun.

The strings help you line up the posts. Keep the strings 6 inches away from your property line. Measure the length of the area being fenced.