Post And Rail Fence With Chicken Wire

Once all the posts are set hook the mesh over the hooks on one end post.

Post and rail fence with chicken wire.

Split rail also known as post and rail slip beam or post and beam are traditionally used on ranches or farms for decorative purposes or to mark a boundary. Closer view of the wire fencing. In some cases homeowners add welded wire to keep animals in. Metal fence mesh netting hardware cloth chicken wire 36 lb.

A post driver is a hollow 2 foot long metal tube with handles and a cap at the top. The split rail fence is in place now for the wire mesh. Line the roll of chicken wire up with a corner post if there is one so the bottom 6 to 12 inches can slip into the trench and so the top horizontal wire is in line with a tab on a metal t post. Unroll the fencing to the next post pulling it taut as you go and fasten in the same way to the next post.

Start fastening at a corner post using galvanized crown staples about every 12 along each post making sure to fasten into the rail as well. Cut a long length of heavy gauge wire wrap it around the wire fence and a wooden rail or post and twist the wire s ends to. Due to their low cost simple design and aesthetic appeal these fences have become more common in the suburbs in recent years.