Building chain link fencing at an angle requires some careful wire cutting.
While installing a straight and level course of chain link fence is relatively simple, setting a section of fence up or down a steep grade can prove challenging. The posts must remain vertical, but the fabric of the chain-link fence must follow the fence line itself. This requires careful cutting of the fabric at an angle so that it can fasten to each terminal post that holds it in place. A process of cutting and bending the ends of the wires allows the fence to fit to the angle of the ground beneath it.
Instructions
1. Locate the line the fence will take. Mark the highest spot and the next-lowest spot along the fence line with surveyor's paint where the bottom of the installed fence will be close enough to the ground to provide adequate security. With the post-hole digger, dig a hole 30 inches deep and 8 inches wide so the sides of the hole flare outward from the opening.
2. Insert a terminal post into each hole. Mix some concrete, and pour it into each hole. Hold a short section of fence fabric up against the fence posts at the angle of the ground to determine the proper height of each post. Adjust the height of the posts to accommodate the required height of the fabric. True the posts with the carpenter's level. Smooth the concrete downward and away from the posts with the trowel. Allow the concrete to cure for 24 hours.
3. Attach a top rail end to each end of a section of top rail. Attach the top rail brackets to the top of the fence posts. Attach the rail ends to the top rail brackets using nuts and bolts. Connect a tension band to the bottom of each post. Attach the tension wire to these tension bands.
4. Cut a section from the chain-link fabric roll using the bolt cutters. The section should be long enough to cover the entire section of fence with adequate overlap on either end.
5. Set the fabric against the fence. Position the top edge of the fabric along the top rail, and fasten the end of the fabric on the high end of the fence to the top rail with three or four wire fence ties, using a pair of pliers. Overlap the bottom of the chain-link fabric on the terminal post.
6. Slide a tension bar down into the links at that end of the fabric so that the tension bar is parallel to the nearby terminal post. Place tension bands around the bottom, top and middle of the post. Connect the tension bands to the tension bar with nuts and bolts.
7. Attach a chain-link fabric stretcher to the post at the opposite end of the section of fence. Slide a tension bar into the chain-link fabric approximately 3 feet from the low end of the fabric. Connect the spreader to the tension bar, and apply tension to the spreader to tighten the fabric.
8. Slide a third tension bar into the links in the fabric so it is parallel to the nearby post and the end of the tension bar is in the last link at the bottom end of the fabric section. Fasten this tension bar to the terminal post nearby with three tension bands.
9. Disconnect the stretcher from the fence and remove the middle tension bar. Cut the wires in the chain link fabric that extends past the end tension bars to remove the overlapping fabric, leaving enough wire to bend around the tension bars with the pliers.
10. Attach the chain link fence fabric section to the top rail of the fence with wire fence ties. Clip the bottom of the chain link fabric to the tension wire at the bottom of the fence section with the hog rings.
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