Fence Installation Tips: Layout and Digging Post Holes

Lowe's home improvement expert, Mike Kraft, demonstrates how to properly layout your new fencing and how to dig post holes. First, make some batterboards to support the fencing layout strings. Then, drive the batterboard into the ground to start the fence layout, usually at the corner of a house or hardscape feature. Use mason's string to mark the line where the fence posts will be set. Also, make sure to account for rails and pickets when lining up with the edge of your house. Then, measure for each section of your fence, using batterboards and mason's string to mark the layout. Lastly, review your layout and adjust for full panels. After reviewing, you can drive stakes into the positions where your fence posts will be installed.

Mike Kraft then shows the next step in the installation process, digging fence post holes. First, mark the center for the first post on the ground. It should be set back half the width of the post from the string. Then, you can begin digging the fence post holes along your layout. If you need extra help digging a post hole, try using a power earth auger. The power auger is an easy and effective way to create new fence post holes.

To watch how to finish installing a fence and to find the printable instructions for this video, visit http://www.Lowes.com/Videos

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[bjornjoseph]

every time he hammered in a stake i thought of hammering one into a vamp

[naturesuphoria]

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[mjhmobileservices]

Pretty good video! My husband and I redid some fence this summer and had trouble with the measurements but I found an app for my Android phone on the market called Landscaping Calculator Pro and it helped tremendously!

[staffordcory]

Instead of getting another person to help you figure out if your string line is square I'm Pretty sure measuring 3'' to 4'' and your cross section should be 5'' (KISS) KEEP IT SHORT AND SIMPLE

[MultiDealmaker]

master

[bondoman16]

OMG, real life minecraft!

[MasChingon325]

To install wood fence, could i just use the post holes that are used on my existing chainlink fence?

[mobilove]

thanks ! Video very easy to understand!