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Post Installation: Wood Posts |
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1. Post Installation
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Start your
Finish-Line Safe Horse Fence installation by setting end
and corner posts, and line posts. |
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Choice of Posts
- Posts should be high quality pressure treated round
posts or those of composite materials. |
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End and corner posts
should be heavy duty composite posts 4 to 6 inches in
diameter or round wood posts 5 to 6 inches in diameter. |
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Line posts
should be at least 3 inches in diameter. Al posts should
be 7 to 8 feet long. |
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While not
recommended as preferred post material, Finish-Line
Fencing can be installed on metal posts if the fencing
is protected from rubbing against the metal, and the
metal post is smooth. Excessive rubbing against metal
posts and staples can cause Finish-Line Fencing to
eventually break. If metal posts are used, choose a
synthetic material to insulate and protect Finish-Line
Fencing. |
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Setting End and Corner Posts -
Set each end and corner post in a hole 3 feet deep. Fill
around the posts first with soil, crushed rock, or pea
gravel (6 to 8 inches). Tamp with a bar to compact the
material. Next, add redi-mix cement (12 inches), or more
crushed rock or pea gravel tamped every 4 to 6 inches.
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Setting Line Posts - Set each
line post 2 1/2 to 3 feet, depending on soil conditions.
Spacing for line posts
are recommended to be placed from 8 to 12 feet apart.
(for foals, 8 feet). |
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2. Post Bracing
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Using the
same post material as for end and corner posts,
construct an angle support brace as follows. |
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Mark the end
post 3 1/2 feet from ground level to inducate where the
bottom of the support brace will be nailed diagonally to
the end post. |
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The support
brace should enter the ground approximately 3 1/2 feet
from the end post, and be anchored in a cement pad (20"
x 20" x 6") or anchored with a redwood stake (4" x 8" x
18") driven into the ground against the brace. |
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(If
available, channel iron 6 to 8 inches wide by 18 inches
long can be used.) |
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Attach
Finish-Line Horse Fencing to braces in the same manner
as line post strand attachment. (If through-the-post
installation is used, drill holes through the support
brace for lower fencing strands to pass through to the
end post.) |
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If you have any questions,
please contact Ag-liner at 1-877-625-6100. |
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