INSTRUCTIONS FOR CHAIN LINK INSTALLATION
In order to install your chain link fencing you will need to run line wire from an end post to either a corner post, a two-way intermediate post (for runs of fencing over 25m) or to another end post.
This guide explains how to assemble your end / corner / two-way intermediate posts, how to strain the line wire between the posts, and how to attach the chain link to the posts and line wire.
(THE BELOW INSTRUCTIONS HAVE BEEN WRITTEN WITH 6FT AND 4FT FENCING IN MIND, WHERE 3 RUNS OF LINE WIRE ARE REQUIRED BETWEEN POSTS. THE BELOW INSTRUCTIONS SHOULD ALSO BE FOLLOWED FOR 3FT FENCING, BUT PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY 2 RUNS OF WIRE WILL BE REQUIRED ALONG THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE FENCE).
A. How to assemble your posts
1. End Posts
In order to assemble your end post, you will need the following pieces:
1 x fence post (this is one of the long cylindrical posts supplied to you)
1 x strut (this cylindrical post is thinner than the fence post)
3 x end fittings (see figure 1 in “Section D: Fence Fittings” below)
1 x strut fitting (see figure 2 in “Section D: Fence Fittings” below)
Step 1:
Cement the fence post into the ground using a spirit level (with the spine of the post at 90 degrees to the direction of the fence), ensuring that you leave the required fence height above the ground.
Step 2:
Attach the strut fitting to the fence post (unscrew the fitting and attach it to the spine of the post). Bolt the strut to the strut fitting so that it is at an angle of approximately 40 degrees from the fence post.
Step 3:
Attach the 3 end fittings to the spine of the end post (the end fittings are used to attach the line wire to the end post, which is then run to the next post). Position your end fittings towards the top, middle and bottom of the end post.
2. Corner Posts
In order to assemble your corner post, you will need the following pieces:
1 x fence post
2 x struts
4 x corner fittings (see figure 3 in “Section D: Fence Fittings” below)
Step 1:
Cement the fence post into the ground using a spirit level, ensuring that you leave the required fence height above the ground. The spine of the post should be positioned on the outside corner.
Step 2:
Attach 3 of the corner fittings to the spine of the fence post at the top, middle and bottom (the line wire will be secured to these fittings). Attach the remaining corner fitting to the spine of the fence post so that the 2 struts can be bolted to this fitting (the struts should be at approximately a 40 degree angle to the fence post).
3. Two-way Intermediate Posts
A two-way intermediate post is required for any straight run of fencing which exceeds 25m, and should be positioned at even intervals along the straight run of fencing. In order to assemble your two-way intermediate post, you will need the following pieces:
1 x fence post
2 x struts
4 x two-way fittings (see figure 4 in the “Section D: Fence Fittings” below)
Step 1:
Cement the fence post into the ground using a spirit level, ensuring that you leave the required fence height above the ground.
Step 2:
Attach 3 of the two-way fittings to the spine of the fence post at the top, middle and bottom (the line wire will be secured to these fittings). Attach the remaining two-way fitting to the spine of the fence post so that the 2 struts can be bolted to this fitting (the struts should be at approximately a 40 degree angle to the fence post).
4. Intermediate Posts
Intermediate posts should be positioned every 3m along the fence (again, these posts should be cemented in). No fittings are required for the intermediate posts, as the line wire simply passes through the appropriate hole in the post.
B. How to tension the line wire
Attach a winder to the second hole in each of the end fittings on the end post (using one of the bolts supplied). Secure the end of the line wire to the winder’s cylinder, and run the line wire to the corresponding winder on the next fence post (this will either be another end post, a two-way intermediate post, or a corner post). Once the line wire is attached to two opposite winders, use a spanner to tighten the bolt on the winder to turn its cylinder. This will tension the line wire.
Please note that the fittings for two-way intermediate posts and corner posts only have one drilled hole. Therefore, you should attach the winder to the same hole used to attach the stretcher bar (as referred to in section C below).
C. How to attach the chain link to the line wire
Step 1:
Hold the roll of chainlink upright against the first end post. In order to attach the end of the chain link roll to the end post, weave a stretcher bar in and out of the links of the chain link (the stretcher bar is the flat metal bar with holes drilled into it). Then bolt the stretcher bar to the remaining hole on each of the end fittings.
Step 2:
The chain link can then be rolled out along the line wire. As you unroll the chain link, use the hog ring plier to attach the chain link to the line wire. You should space the hog rings approximately a metre apart along each run of wire.
If you need to create an end to the chain link (i.e. when you reach either another end post, a two-way intermediate post, or a corner post) you can separate the chain link from the roll by unravelling a strand of wire vertically from the fencing. This strand can be undone at the top and bottom of the fencing, and then should unwind like a corkscrew.
Another stretcher bar should then be used to attach that end of the fencing to the appropriate post. Make sure that you stretch the fencing fully between the two posts, to ensure that there is sufficient tension in the fence to prevent sagging.
N.B. when you reach a two-way intermediate post or corner post, that is the end of a straight run of fencing. You will then need to start a new run using a stretcher bar attached to the other side of the post.
D. Fence Fittings
End Post Fitting and Strut Fittting
Figure 2: Corner Fitting
Figure 3: Two-way fitting
