Setting Posts for Your Fence. After the gravel is added, fill the hole with concrete. Tap the hollow post into the concrete so the concrete fills the center portion of the post in the hole. Install end and corner main posts first.
Stretch a string line tightly along the proposed fence run, locate the corner posts and dig 3-ft.-deep postholes. Plumb the posts and fill the holes with concrete. Start by picking up a fence permit application from the local building inspections department, along with local fence regulations.
How to Install a Vinyl Fence. Vinyl fencing comes in many styles and colors. It is a maintenance-free option that does not weather like wood fencing does.
Wood rots and metal rusts but the worst thing that will happen to vinyl is discoloration. Even that issue can be remedied with paint. Installing a vinyl fence isn't .
dig holes for posts using post hole digger. Mark the Fence Location. temporarily brace posts with 2 x 4 s. Temporarily Set the Posts. Run a String Line. Run a string line from the top edges of the corner posts. snap ends of top and bottom rails into holes. Assemble the Fence Panels. Permanently Set the Posts.
Erecting a low-maintenance, long-lasting vinyl fence with This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook and fencing contractor Mike McLaughlin.
How to assemble a vinyl panel fence using either the routed system or the bracket system. Instructions.
