How to Install Welded Wire Fencing
How to Install Welded Wire Fencing
Welded wire fence is less expensive than wooden privacy fences and chain-link fences. Installing a welded wire fence can provide boundaries for your property and safety for children and pets. This type of fence is also less labor-intensive to install than most other types of fences. A welded wire fence will take about two days to install by yourself because of the curing time needed for the concrete to set and hold the poles securely.
Instructions
1
Dig a hole 2 to 3 feet deep and slightly larger around than the landscaping timber, using an auger or posthole digger. Set a landscape timber in one of the holes to serve as a welded wire fence pole. Place a level the pole to make sure it is standing straight. Mix quick-drying ready-mix concrete according to the directions on the bag. Fill the hole around the post with ready-mix concrete to ground level. Complete this step for each corner post.
2
Tie a string between two corner posts to form a straight line to help with placement of line posts. Spacing posts on 8-foot centers and using 8-foot-long rails at the top and bottom will save time from cutting rails and minimize waste of wood. Dig holes for all line posts and set each post in the same manner that you set the corner posts. Let the concrete set for at least 24 hours to cure.
3
Select 2-by-4 or 2-by-6 lumber for the rails. Screw them across the bottoms of all posts at 1 inch above ground level. Measure your welded wire fencing against the bottom rails and add top rails at the height so that the top wire on the fencing is centered on the top rails. Screw tops rails onto all posts, keeping the same distance from the bottom rails. Complete this step around the entire fence line.
4
Unroll 2- or 3-foot sections of the welded wire fence at a time. Use a staple gun to staple the fencing to the top rails, bottom rails and on each post. Keep the welded wire fence tight by unrolling only a few feet at a time so that it does not sag and it will have strength.
