Installation Guide

Getting Started:

  • Local zoning laws and Home Owners

    Associations may regulate the location, style

    and height of your fence or even require a

    permit signoff beforehand.

  • Check local codes for frost line depth and

    regulations

  • You must have the utility companies clearly

    mark your property for electrical, gas or

    water lines to avoid puncturing any unseen

    underground utilities.

Tools Required

  • String & Stakes

  • Tape Measure

  • Post Hole Digger

  • Shovel

  • Level

  • Saw

  • Rubber Mallet

  • Gravel/Filler ( Roughly 6" per hole)

  • Concrete

  • Safety Gear

Instructions for fence installation, including layout setup, measuring 72 3/4 inches between posts, and using 2-inch posts for 6-foot sections, with diagrams showing post placement.
Diagram showing the measurement of post location by adding width of fence panel and post (X + Y), and a close-up of post installation with a frost line, gravel, and concrete.
Illustration of a rubber mallet being used to gently drive the post top onto a post, with a close-up of the mallet and post in a diagram labeled Fig. 3.
Instructions and illustrations for installing a fence panel and posts. The first diagram shows a post with horizontal rails, and the second diagram depicts placing a post into a dug hole and sliding it onto rails.
Installation instructions for a gate, specifying the opening between posts should be 1 1/2 inches wider than the gate width for hinges, with an example of a 48-inch opening for a 46-inch wide gate. Ensure posts are level and plumb.
Diagram showing the installation of a metal fence. Step 3 illustrates setting the first fence section, and step 4 shows fastening the fence section to posts with self-tapping screws.