Putting up wooden fencing for yourself is a very rewarding process and is easier than you think. Fences are often overlooked and taken for granted, but with a little effort they can enhance your garden environment.
Installing a fence
Tools needed
- String line
- Spade
- Fence post
- Hardcore / gravel
- Post cement mix
- Spirit level
- Timber battens
- Fence panels
- Gravel boards
- Post-caps
- Finials (optional)
- U-brackets
- L-brackets
- Wood screws
- Drill
Fixing the fence post directly into soil
- Dig out a 600 mm deep and 300 mm wide hole (the depth of this hole should allow a quarter of you fence post to be below ground)
- Then fill the hole up to 25 mm with hardcore / gravel
- Place the fence post into the ground
- Gradually fill the with the dry post mix cement and compact down using the timber batten
- Check that the fence post is square using the spirit level
- Once the cement is 25 mm from the top of the hole, pour in water
- Use temporary batons to secure the fence post into place
- Once the cement has hardened, remove the batons and cover the remainder of the hole with soil
Installing the fence panels
- Using the string line, mark out the line of the fence and stake the string line where you'd like the fencing to stop
- Use a panel board to measure the distance to the next fence post hole
- Repeat adding fence posts up to the where you'd like to the fence to end
- Between the first two fence posts, attach the L-brackets at the bottom
- Attach the base gravel board to the L-brackets, using a spirit level to keep the board square
- Next attach the U-brackets 100 to 150 mm from the top of the fence posts and above the gravel board
- Pass the panel board through U-brackets and attach
- Repeat until you have finished building your new fence line