How to Install Chain Link on Wood Posts
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! Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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Set the posts no more than 10 feet apart. (See "How to Install Fence Posts in Concrete.")
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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.
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Loop the straining wires through the eyes of the straining bolts and then wrap them securely around themselves with pliers.
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Stretch each wire across each post. Staple the wire loosely to the posts.
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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.
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Turn the nuts on the straining bolts with a wrench to tighten the straining wires.
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Fasten each end link of the fencing to the post with staples.
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Pull the mesh snug and tie it to the straining wires with tie wire at 1-foot intervals.
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Fasten the fencing to the far end with staples.
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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.
