How to Build Fences
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Article by: Tor Eivind Bjaaland A fence can be useful for several things like privacy, weather , The Indoor Garden: Plants that Clean the Air barrier, and containment for children or just for decoration. Your imagination is the only thing that's limit the design. , Mix Perennials into Your Garden for Staying Power You can get some good ideas when you are looking at other fences in your neighborhood or when you are looking in home , 5 Tips On Caring For A Bonsai Tree magazines. You should also contact your city or residential association to make sure that there is no regulation for fence construction. Layout of your fence. The basic theory is that you stake out where your fence will be and stretch a string between them. This will be a guideline when you are installing the posts. If your fence starts with your house , Weed Control Facts - Winning the Battle of the Weeds you will probably like to have it at a right angle. It is a simple procedure to get this right. First stake the spot where you like your fence to start. Fasten a string to the stake and stretch it out roughly perpendicular to your house. , How to Water Your plants Wisely Measure out 1,5-meter out on the string and mark it. Mark a point on your house , Keep Your Bird Feeders Filled For The Spring Rush one-meter from the stake. Hold a tape measure diagonally between the one-meter mark and the 1,5-meter mark and move the string until the distance between the marks is 2-meter. Tie down your string at this place, , How to Water Your Houseplants Wisely and it would be perpendicular to the house. , Teak Outdoor Benches- Fantastic Seating for Your Patio and Garden Mark the position of your first spot, then measure out for the line to mark the rest of the posts. Thee string should be at the outside , Teak Furniture - A Cut Above The Rest of this post, so you have to measure in from the string for center of the posts. Mark this with a stake so you can see them. If your fence goes down hills you have two choices, you can have top of the fence to follow the slope of the hill or you can keep the fence sections level and step the fence down at each post. If you like to have step down fence, estimate the height different from top and bottom of the hill and divide this number by number of sections. And you will get the amount to step the fence down at each post. Digging holes. You can use a clamshell digger to dig your postholes but this is a very hard fork and if you got plenty holes or you have hard ground it could rent a power , Relaxation in the Garden Starts with a Hammock auger but you normally have to be two people to run it. In most areas you need to have the postholes below the frost line to make sure that the post will stay in place , A Smoke Bush Unlike Any Other when the ground starts to heaves due to the frost. As a guideline you should bury about half of the corner posts and about a third of the line post underground. Setting posts. It's a good idea to put a 30-40cm layer of gravel , 9-11 Changed Everything for the Garden Tractor Business at the bottom of each hole to prevent rot and decay. The gravel , Extreme Botany And The Glory of the Carnation will allow water , Mulch Your Spring Bulbs In The Fall For A Beautiful Spring Display tat collects at the bottom of the hole to drain away. Set the end post first and line up the post edge along your layout string. To prevent water , Pond Supplies - A Must For Your Pond from running down between the post and the concrete , Landscaping - Put A Pond in Your Back Yard you should fill the hole little bit higher than the ground and slope the top of the concrete , My Spring Bulbs Won't Bloom - Why? away from the pole a little. Brace the post in place , Choosing A Landscape Contractor while the concrete , Blowers cures. The line post doesn't need that much support. Normally it's enough to set them with dirt. Use a spacer to get a consistent distance between them and shovel dirt around them when you have the posts in position. When you have 15 cm filled with dirt pack the dirt down and keeps filling it up. When you have all posts set hard, trim of the tops to get proper height. Installing panel. Stringers are the pieces that you have horizontally between the posts and are for supporting your panel board how many you needs and where to place , How to Build Fences them depends on the design , Sheds - is this a Man's Castle? of your panel. But you should at least have 5 cm below the bottom stringer to avoid rot and to make it easier to move. To attach the stringers you should cut them to fit between the posts and nail , Lap Pools – Great Exercise Inside Or Any Size Backyard them to the posts. Always remember to use galvanized nails. , Teak Outdoor Benches- Fantastic Seating for Your Patio and Garden What design , Mowing the Lawn of the panel you like to have is up to you but it looks best if you keep the entire panel consistent and symmetrical.Tor E. Bjaaland. http://www.toreivinds.com/handyman/index.htm |
  
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