How to Install a Fence

Installing a fence on your property is a great way to increase its curb appeal and ensure its safety, while containing children and animals in your backyard and providing more privacy for you and your home.

Before installing a fence, it's essential to consider your specific goals and needs for it. These could include increasing curb appeal, creating a property boundary, protecting children and pets from potential danger, keeping unwanted guests out or acting as a safety precaution in areas such as pools.

Your choice of fencing material and installation method are also significant considerations. Achieing desired results requires expert construction and professional installation practices that meet all required standards.

Wood, wrought iron or chain link fences all add aesthetic value and security to your home, depending on their purpose and the amount of time available for its creation. When selecting one to put up on your property it should reflect both these factors.

If your landscape is uneven, a fence design that accommodates this is essential. You have two options for flat or stepped fence designs depending on how steep the slope is.

Once you have decided on the type of fence you wish to construct, it is necessary to prepare your land by clearing away debris, trimming trees and marking existing boundary pegs.

Dig holes about 45 cm (18 inches), then set 4-by-4-inch fence posts as far apart as your panels are long in concrete or gravel for extra support.