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How to Install Chain Link on Wood Posts

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Chain-link fences are functional for keeping pets and kids in or out of your yard. Remember that privacy isn't an option here - you can see right through it!

Difficulty: Moderately challenging
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • Staples
  • Adjustable Wrenches
  • Hex Bolts
  • Pliers
  • Wire
  • Pliers
  1. Step 1

    Set the posts no more than 10 feet apart. (See "How to Install Fence Posts in Concrete.")

  2. Step 2

    Install a set of straining bolts into the first post. One should be at the top of the fence, one 6 inches above ground and, if the fence will be more than 4 feet high, one in the middle.

  3. Step 3

    Loop the straining wires through the eyes of the straining bolts and then wrap them securely around themselves with pliers.

  4. Step 4

    Stretch each wire across each post. Staple the wire loosely to the posts.

  5. Step 5

    Terminate the wire at the other end by running it through the eye of a straining bolt and wrapping it as you did at the beginning.

  6. Step 6

    Turn the nuts on the straining bolts with a wrench to tighten the straining wires.

  7. Step 7

    Fasten each end link of the fencing to the post with staples.

  8. Step 8

    Pull the mesh snug and tie it to the straining wires with tie wire at 1-foot intervals.

  9. Step 9

    Fasten the fencing to the far end with staples.

Tips & Warnings
  • Vinyl slats are available to put into the chain mesh for added privacy.
  • You may want to brace end and corner posts with diagonal struts for extra support.
  • Use a turnbuckle instead of straining bolts if the fence run is more than 200 feet.

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