DYI install fence posts, how do I do this ?
Question:I've watched many times, 56 yr old female here. So use fence post digger, dig hole, put in cement, put in post ... ?? level it and is that all, any instruction anywhere online you know of ?
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wow i cannot tell you but want to tell you other things but you will have to email me b/c I cannot email you...cannot even reply. :-( but God bless you in this venture. And may Jesus be honored and glorified, because, HE has RISEN indeed!
Mayeb a little off-topic, but if you're putting up a wooden fence, you might want to consider using the steel post-spikes. They can be driven into the ground and then the post is simply secured to the "spike". Just be sure there are no buried utilities nearby!
Heres an example:
http://www.doityourself.com/stry/buildpo...
i am putting in a deck this weekend .your on the right path
home depot rents gas powerd post hole diggers and they have cement you poor into the hole then just add water. level
the post and wait for the cement to dry and your all set.
Dig your hole at each opposite end and set those posts first. Then you can pull a string between the two to keep the fence straight.
After installing "miles" of fence I have some suggestions.
You already have the better basics, as you state here. Your age btw is less than mine...:)
Important: PLUMB each post as the "concrete" is setting. This can be accomplished with a brace temporarily screwed in to the post going to ground. I usually screw in a cross brace at the ground level for proper depth/height. as well. Install two opposing (distant) posts first, to determine a level, or grade issue, as well as a way to run a line assuring some straight fence line as you install successive posts and fence sections. You might employ a laser level or line level to aid in that process.
LEVEL largely depends on the grade of the fence line and your design to either let the top line conform to ground flow/slope/rise/depressions... OR install allowing possible sections Not meeting a subsequent level. Your choice pretty much. Obviously, in that situation, some posts might be 8 ft? some may have to be less or more. More obvious would be how that applies to Stockade or Vinyl fence, as opposed to chain link, which pretty much has to go with the ground slope and rise.
Depending on type/style of fence,,,possible ordinances,,, frost lines, etc. Which are again Your research, Holes I dig are most often 24 inch. allowing possible river rock bed and at least 6 inches for back filling soil to allow grass. I also allow a distance OFF ground level, 2x4 stud, once I begin installing fence,,,unless it's Chain Link.
Steven Wolf
You pretty much have it down! You have to bury at least 2 feet of post, Pre mix the cement put some onthe bottom then more after the post is in, the rest should be dirt, i used a hammer to pound the dirt down on the sides of the post to make it good and sturdy. Hang a string from post to post to keep it level.
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