Building A Cedar Fence With Metal Posts

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Building a cedar fence with metal posts.

Drive two temporary steel posts to help you stake the fence. Tie a string between the posts at the top and bottom to act as guidelines. Since the posts are 4x4 the added four inches on each side will require holes measuring 12 x 12. Hang the gate frame to the post hinges then drill holes through the top and bottom rail of the frame and attach wooden rails with carriage bolts.

Wood posts cost less than metal. Begin by measuring to determine the location of the fence posts and marking each point with spray paint. Https amzn to 31b4rng stainless 1 5 8 screws. Metal posts last way longer sometimes decades than wood because don t rot or warp.

This style of wooden fence picket nests together to create a strong fence with little to zero visibility through the fence. A good rule of thumb is to keep the posts less than 8 feet 2 4 m apart. So if you consider the lifetime of your fence or many wood fences. A wood fence with more privacy.

When using the fencetrac system to build a wood fence with metal posts we recommend using tongue and groove red cedar fence pickets. The depth of the holes will vary but leave at least four inches of clearance on each side of the post. Drive stakes where your fence s support posts will go. First construct a metal gate frame using thinner steel pipes than you used for the posts to reduce the weight of the gate.