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Semi-Private Fence 
C o lu mb ia

1. G e ttin g  S ta r te d

s"ESURETOCALLUNDERGROUNDPRIORTODIGGING

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!SSEMBLEGATESIFNECESSARY ANDDECIDEWHERETHEYWILL
BELOCATED

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3TAKEOUTTHEFENCELINE

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3PACEANDMARKPOSTHOLELOCATIONSFORGATEANDSECTIONS
SPACERBARTEMPLATEMAYBEUSEFUL 

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3TARTATGATEENDPOSTANDWORKOUTWARDTODETERMINE
PROPERFENCEHEIGHTRELATIVETOGROUND

2 . D ig  H o le s

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$IGHOLESDEEPORTOFROSTLINE

 HOLESIZEFORXPOSTS

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#LEANHOLESANDCHECKFORSTRAIGHTWALLS

3 . In s ta ll F ir s t P o s t

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)NSERTPOSTINHOLE

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$ETERMINEROUGHHEIGHT

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&ILLHOLEAROUNDPOSTWITHCONCRETEMIXSANDGRAVELAND
CEMENT APPROXIMATELYBELOWGRADE

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4AMPCONCRETEINHOLETOELIMINATEAIRPOCKETS

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,EVELANDSQUAREPOST

4. In s ta ll B o tto m  R a il

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4APETHEENDSOFANYRAILGOINGINTOAPOSTTHATISTOBEFILLED
WITHCONCRETETOPREVENTCONCRETESEEPAGE

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$EPRESSBULLETCLIPANDINSERTBOTTOMRAILINPOSTCLIPWILL
DROPDOWNTOHOLDRAILINPOST

5 . In s ta ll S e c o n d  P o s t

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)NSERTSECONDPOSTINHOLE

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)NSERTBOTTOMRAILINPOST

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)NSERTBLOCKUNDERBOTTOMRAILTOPOSITIONATCORRECT
FENCEHEIGHT

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&ILLHOLEAROUNDSECONDPOSTWITHCONCRETEMIX

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4AMPLEVELANDSQUAREFENCE

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!SSEMBLYMAYBECONTINUEDBYINSTALLINGALLBOTTOMRAILSFIRST
ORONESECTIONATATIME

6 . S u p p o r t a n d  S e c u r e

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,EVELANDSQUAREFENCE

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4OLOWERAPOSTPLACEAWOODBLOCKFROMCORNERTOCORNERON
THEPOSTANDCAREFULLYTAPWITHAMALLET

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.EVERSTRIKETHE06#POSTWITHOUTAWOODSUPPORT

7 . In s ta ll M id -R a il     

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)NSERTMIDRAILINFIRSTPOSTWITHLARGERROUTEDHOLESFACINGIN
THEDOWNPOSITION

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)NSERTINTOSECONDPOST.OTE4HISRAILFLOATSINPOST
.OBULLETCLIPSAREREQUIRED 

8 . In s ta ll P ic k e ts  a n d  T o p  R a il     

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)NSERTALLPICKETSTHROUGHMIDRAILINTOBOTTOMRAIL

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4EMPORARILYREMOVEMIDRAILENDSFROMPOSTANDPULLTHE
SECTIONFORWARD

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)NSERTTHETOPRAILOVERTHEPICKETSSTARTINGATONEEND

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)NSERTTHEMIDRAILANDTHETOPRAILBACKINTOTHEPOSTS

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3ECURETOPRAILINSIDEPOSTWITHAXSCREW

9 . H a n g  G a te /In s ta ll H a r d w a r e       

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&ORCOMPLETEDETAILSSEEGATEINSTALLATIONINSTRUCTIONSIN
HARDWAREBOX

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0OSITIONGATEBETWEENPOSTS

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!LLOWGAPFORTHEHINGEANDFORLATCHANDGATESWING

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"LOCKUPGATETOSQUAREWITHFENCERAILSSHOULDBELEVEL

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'ATEHARDWAREMUSTBEMOUNTEDTOTWOSIDESOFTHEPOST

10 . S o lid ify  G a te  P o s ts     

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)TISCRITICALTHATGATEHINGEANDLATCHPOSTSARESOLIDTOENSURE
PROPERGATEFUNCTIONALITY4WOMETHODSAREAVAILABLE

!!LUMINUMGATEPOSTSTIFFENER

3LIDEALUMINUMGATESTIFFENERINSIDEHINGE
LATCHORENDPOSTSWITHOPENENDFACINGROUTEDHOLE

 

$RIVEASCREWTHROUGHTHEVINYLINTOTHEALUMINUM
STIFFENERATTHEBOTTOMOFTHEPOST

 )NSERTPOSTINTOTHEGROUND

 &ILLHOLEWITHCONCRETEAROUNDOUTSIDEOFPOST

"#ONCRETEANDREBAR

 

5SETWOPIECESOFREBARINEACHHINGELATCHAND
ENDPOST

 

2EBARSHOULDEXTENDFROMTHEBOTTOMOFTHEHOLETO
FROMTHETOPOFTHEPOST

 

(OLDREBARINOPPOSITECORNERSOFPOSTWITHREBAR
SEPARATORCLIPS

 

&ILLPOSTWITHCONCRETEMIXTOCOVERREBARAND
HARDWAREFASTENERS

4AMPPOSTWITHARUBBERMALLETTOELIMINATEAIRPOCKETS

,EAVEGATEONBLOCKSFORHOURSTOALLOWCONCRETETOSET

11. In s ta ll C a p s    

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)NSTALLPOSTCAPS

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#APSMAYBESECUREDWITHGLUESILICONEADHESIVEOR
XSCREWSCAPSANDWASHERS

Fo r accents ,  s ee p ag e 3 0

* Caution – In climates that experience freeze-thaw cycles, this installation method could result in post cracking over time. This would not be covered by the warranty.

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