Wood Fence Installation Tips: Installing Posts and Pickets

Lowe's home improvement expert, Mike Kraft, shows how to install wooden fence posts and pickets when building a new fence.

First, set the posts. If you need to cut the fence post to length, you can cut it now. Before you put the post into the holes, add gravel for drainage. Then set the post in place, holding it with braces, and add cement two inches below the surface. After the concrete has dried, you can start adding the fence rails. Follow the land for any contours and adjust the rails as necessary. Attach the rails outside of the top, middle and bottom of each post. You can cut any excess rails once attached.

After the rails are all set and attached, you can start putting on the fence pickets. Attach the boards with nails, making sure each picket is close the previous one. At the fence edges, overlap the picket edges to make sure that you have an even and clean corner.

To learn more about wood fence installation or to find the printable instructions for this video, visit http://www.Lowes.com/Videos

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[FenceOrlando]

This guy really knows how to make clean cut.

[youmrdaddy1]

That's a great how to video but in my opinion, you should never use presure treated lumber for fence materials. 9 times out of 10 the wood will warp and twist as soon as the sun dries them. Cedar is always good as long as you seal the wood. I've installed many cedar fences and never seen it twist like presure treated lumber. On top of that, who wants a green fence?

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[trackend]

Pitch or bitumastic paintng the below ground post end will add many years of life to your fence posts remember to leave an inch of treated post above the ground as this is the main rot point

[latinwito13]

This guy dont know how to built a a wood fence

[MyRumplestiltskin]

Whatever you do DON"t use pressure treated wood for a fence. Use either a vinyl or cedar for your fence. I built a fence using pressure treated wood and had the fence line straight as an arrow. Less than a year later it looks like a crooked stick because pressure treated lumber warps and twist due to the sun drying out the wood. But just in case you don't heed my advice and decide to build a wood fence then at least buy your 4x4 post from home depot because their 4x4 post are square on the ends.

[closetheloop]

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[Daryl1876]

The Pride of Lowe!

[jg8479]

use rebar to mix the water and crete up with?

[therockkkkher]

@jg8479 hey bud, " if you dry pour concrete in the hole , mix it with rebar " you mean to actually add rebar to the hole or just use rebar to mix the water and crete up with?

[AndRock238]

Are you using pressure treated wood for the posts and stringers and cedar for the pickets?