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Learning How to Install Chain Link Fencing Was Never Made
Easy Before
Before You Install
The very first you need to do before you start installing the chain link fencing Is to obtain any necessary permits.
Now you would want to determine where your property lines are located
Now you would want to Call 811 no matter where you might be staying in that time
Review any neighborhood covenants for regulations on fencing
Mark Your Fence Layout
Now try locating Locate the property lines that border your neighbor's
The fence you have planned for that you need to measure the total length of that
Terminal posts need to be in a particular locations for which you will have to find
Install the Terminal Posts
Now for each terminal post you will have to dig holes first
Fill the post holes with 4 inches (10.2 cm) of gravel.
Stand a terminal post in the center of its hole.
In this step you need to plumb the post
Here comes the time when you secure the post in position
Concrete is a must when you are installing a new chain link fence which is why you should fill the hole with concrete
Repeat until all your terminal posts are installed.
Mark Your Line Posts
Here you will have to run a string line between the terminal posts.
Each post’s location must be marked in this step
Install the Line Posts
Dig the line post holes
Repeat the terminal post installation steps (above) for each line post.
Add Bands and Caps to the Posts
Slide tension bands onto each post
Add the appropriate caps to posts.
Tighten all the nuts and bolts, but not too tight.
Install the top rail
Feed the top rails through the loop caps.
Insert the rail ends into the terminal rail caps.
Tighten nuts and bolts.
Fill the line post holes with dirt, packing the dirt firmly around the holes.
Hang the Fence Mesh
Slide a tension bar vertically through the starting end of the mesh roll.
Bolt the tension bar to one of the terminal posts' tension bands.
Begin unrolling the mesh
Loosely attach the mesh to the top rail.
Splice sections together as needed.
Remove excess mesh
Stretching the chain link fence
Pull the mesh taut with a fence puller.
Thread the fence puller's bar into an unattached section of mesh, a short distance from the far end post.
Run a second tension bar through the end of the mesh near the fence puller.
Terminate the mesh with a tension bar on the far end post's tension bands.
Remove any new excess produced by stretching.
Tie and Tighten
Tie the mesh to the rails with aluminum wire.
Add Tension Wire (Optional)
Thread tension wire through the bottom mesh loops.
Now you would want to tighten the tension wire which should be done around the end posts as showed in the pictures