Thanks for the help with method and tools. I have all the tools I need other than a come-a-long and the pole driver. I have a friend which will lend me his pole driver.
Do I need to set the corner posts in concrete? At 06:49 PM 9/1/2010, you wrote: > > >That is a fairly easy job to do. You need to >call the utility companies in your area and ask >about checking for wires of all sorts, water and >gas lines. It's a free service unless you wreck one of the lines. > >Years ago I was putting up some chain link >fencing and was trying to drive in the posts. >They are nothing more than light gauge metal pipe. > >Lowes had a tool that dropped down over the pipe >and the top end was closed. There are two >handles that come out from the sides of this >first piece and you hold them. The posts are >driven in the ground by lifting this tool up and >slamming it down on the post. It's a right heavy >tool but it does a great job at driving posts in >the ground. And it doesn't destroy the end of the post. > >In the event you go with chain link, you might >consider a come along as well. Doesn't have to >be super powerful because you'd wreck something >if you went crazy drawing it up. But a couple >tons would lend a hand in stretching the chain >link sections. Then you'll have your hands free to connect the nuts and bolts. > >A thirty pound dog won't require the posts be >set in concrete other than possibly the posts at the gate. > >Any sales rep can show you what you need to know >about assembly right in the store. > >Probably going to need a couple half inch or >9/16 wrenches for the nuts and bolts, I >recommend the come along, a level that's really >about it. Everything else is probably not going >to be necessary. However, I'm pretty sure it's >against some rule to buy the minimum in tools. I >know I'd be ashamed if I did such a terrible deed. > >So having said that... You probably need a >socket set and a set of combination wrenches to >put the different parts of the fence together. > >I'd go for a power auger to set the posts and a >small cement mixer to mix the concrete you will use to set the posts. > >You might want a laser level and an audible >level as well because you can't always be sure >one is 100% accurate. Good to have an extra to compare with. > >It's possible you'll need some vise grips in >case the sockets and wrenches don't do all you need. > >This should definitely get your fence up and add >to the ever growing collection of tools you need >to combat life's situations. And the list will >be shorter next time you take on another project that calls for tools. >----- Original Message ----- >From: Kevin Doucet >To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com >Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 4:25 PM >Subject: [BlindHandyMan] advice putting up a fence > >Hi group, > >I am looking in to getting a dog. This dog will be for in doors but I >want a fenced area for the pet to run and for us to play out in the >air. I have an area walled up on two sides, one side the house brick >wall and the other side a wood wall of a room addition. I am thinking >about having the gate on the wooden wall running along the same plane >as the wall, then running the fence at a ninety degree angle to the >gate, perpendicular to the brick wall and joining an end fence >running perpendicular to the wood wall of the room addition and >boxing off the end joining the brick wall to the other ninety degree fence. >This will give about a 25 by 50 foot area. As this will not be a >big dog, not more than about 30 LBS. this should be enough area, >don't you agree? > >I looked at some mettle fencing, I think it was called welded wire, >which looks like it would do the job nicely. Also looked at some >mettle fence posts and some wire clamps to attach the fence to the >posts. I also have an idea of what to get for the gate and it's fasteners. > >Now, my concerns are what is involved in putting up the fence? Do I >need to have the ground checked by some one to see about water or >electrical lines I may puncture with the posts? What tools will I >need and what methods do I need to familiarize my self with before >starting this project? > >Thanks for any help you can give. > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > >__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, >version of virus signature database 3975 (20090330) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > ><http://www.eset.com>http://www.eset.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
