How To Build A Closeboard Fence On A Slope

This video gives you some tips on how to put up a privacy fence on a sloped piece of land.

How to build a closeboard fence on a slope. Building some types of fencing on a slope often involves no more difficulty than on level ground but this is not the case with wooden privacy fencing. Building a fence with preassembled panels. There are a lot of elements that need to be addressed. One of the features of using feather boards is that it is not necessary to step the fence if this is prefered as you would have to with any panelled fence find out more about fencing with fence panels here it is possible to fix the rails parallel to the slope of the ground keeping the post and the feather boards vertical.

This fence type uses pre fabricated panels to create a wood wall and following the contours of a hill with those panels results in a sloppy uneven appearance. In order to measure the slope and build the fence you may need the things like level tape measure string line chalk line work gloves post hole auger hand saw power saw hammer chisel nails and screws hatchet hammer the kind of fencing material that you are using and concrete. When building a fence on a slope using preassembled panels the entire panel is stepped up or down so it remains level. Providing the fence posts are upright and the rails are level you can then play around with the top level of your fence.

The posts are installed plumb and each panel steps lower or higher as the grade changes. Stepped close board fencing on a slope. For instance if you are putting up a closeboard fence or a palisade fence like the one below you can echo the line of the land by making each board the same length and the same distance from the ground. You may like my other videos.

Moreover even when the slope is gentle raking creates a fair amount of extra work when installing a chain link fence because you have to cut the ends of the metal mesh at an angle. Tip typical spacing for wood and metal fences is 8 feet but if you re using the step method on a steep slope you ll probably have to reduce the spacing to avoid. Learning how to build a fence on a slope is something you cannot do on your own. Just type lsailor1 in the youtube se.

This allows the overall line of the fence to follow the slope in a stair step fashion.