Vinyl Fence Post Installation Guide

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Vinyl fence post installation guide.

This page is our vinyl fence planning guide to help you better understand how to plan your fence project and to help ensure that no details get overlooked. In this story we ll cover the installation of a board and rail fence. Fence posts are plumb but the rails are mounted at an angle so they parallel the grade. But many of the layout and post setting tips apply to both so read on even if you choose a panelized system.

Set the corner and end posts first. Rebar reinforcing bar rods round steel bars placed in end and gate posts to vertically reinforce the fence. Board and rail systems have individual boards and rails much like a wooden fence. Don t install posts too close together.

Then set the rest of the posts to height by lifting to the string and fastening to collars either through u channel and post into top collar or bottom collar or through the post below the rail into bottom collar. 4 rebar is 1 2 diameter. Racking method of installing fence on sloped terrain. Post and rail fencing is also available in vinyl although the installation of that type of fence is different.

Vinyl fencing comes in three basic styles of preassembled panels. Snap the ends of the top and bottom rails into the appropriate holes on the fence posts. 02 install panel brackets on the vinyl fence posts following the manufacturer s instructions. Run a string over the top of posts from end to end of each fence line.

If they are too tall cut them and put the cut end in the hole so all fence post tops will be uniform. Vinyl fencing will bend without breaking allowing it to withstand high winds and minor impacts. Rail horizontal pieces between fence posts. Assemble them according to manufacturer s instructions.

Gates are available to match each type of fence. Installing a vinyl fence. View this video to show the basic layout and post installation for usavinyl s vinyl fencing. 01 verify that all fence posts are of the proper length.

Make sure that the holes are 10 inches in diameter and deep enough to hold the length of your post plus 6 inches for a layer of gravel. To install a vinyl fence start by using a power auger or a post hole digger to dig the holes for your fence posts. The lower collar through the vinyl post.