One thing that you don't want to put off when you have your above ground pool installed is a secure fence to keep it enclosed. So here are a few tips that you can use to build your own fence and save a bundle of money.
Your first money saving tip is to use pressure treated 4x4s for your posts. Redwood looks great at the lumber yard but in only a few short months it will fade to gray from exposure to the sun. Also, if the green color of the pressure treated 4x4s bothers you, just hit them with some wood stain before you install them.
Use a good sturdy construction grade string to plot out your fence route. Drive a stake at each end, attach the string to them and pull it relatively tight. This will give you a nice straight guide to work from. If you have to remove the string for any reason leave the stakes intact.
Now measure the total length that your fence will be "the string length" and divide that number into equal increments no longer then eight feet. This will give you the ideal distance between each fence post in your fence.
Next take a felt pen and a tape measure and mark your string with the equal "8 feet or less" measurements and this will give you your fence post locations and they all should be an equal distance apart and in a straight line along your string.
Use small stakes to then locate in the ground these location on your string and then begin digging your post holes. Dig nice deep holes "around 2 feet" and make sure there is plenty of room for the cement and the post.
Also, make sure that your posts are long enough. This is why I recommend buying 10 foot posts rather then 8 footers. They don't cost a whole lot more and you are assured to have enough post to account for what gets buried in the ground and still leave you a good 6+ feet of post above ground to work with.
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