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Installing a Bamboo Friendly

Fence

These instructions walk you through installing anunframed 1" Bamboo Friendly Fence. If you're

installing a 2" bamboo fence, you'll want to uselonger screws to comensate for the increase indiameter.

!atch the howto install #ideohere.

Materials:

5x5 fence posts (Cedar or

pressure treated)

(3) 2x4s per section, plus (1) to roll

the bamboo panel out on and scrap

for spacer blocks

2 1/4" and 3" deck scres

Tools:

Circular or chop sa !liers e#elin$ line ith tall stakes

e#el Clamps %peed s&uare (otional)

!ost hole di$$er, sho#el ' other

di$$in$ tools (deending on your

soil)

lectric drill ith bits for drillin$

and countersinkin$ scre holes

and dri#in$ scres

Instructions:

1 %et up le#el line and stake out *our post holes a fe inches less than + ft apartto $i#e *ou some i$$le room

2 i$ post holes about 1+" across and 3-.3" deep

3 !lace and hold a 5x5 post in the hole ith one side a$ainst the le#el line 0his

puts the post on the plane established b* the line, hich the hole fence ill

follo old a le#el a$ainst a side of the post perpendicular to the one a$ainstthe line and adust the post until its le#el

4 ill in about +" of dirt and pack it in ti$ht eep the post plum hile *ou fill inthe hole b* atchin$ the le#el and le#el line Continue until hole is full and the

post is sturd*

5 6hen *our posts are in, measure for the exact len$th of 2x4 rails to run across

the bottom, top, and middle of each section of fence !osition the bottom and

top rails about 1 less than the hei$ht of *our bamboo fence, so that hen the

bamboo fence is installed, the poles ill extend abo#e and belo the rails tohide them

Clamp the rails in place back from the front faces of the posts, lea#in$ ustenou$h clearance for the fence panel and the trim board

7 %ecure each rail ith (4) 2 1/4" stainless steel or deck scres (one on the topand to on each side) screed in at an an$le

TIP: ense 8e n$land soildoesnt re&uire cement or stone

dust 9f *ou doubt *our soil, fillthe hole partiall* in ith stonedust or brace the post and pour concrete

TIP: 0o easil* position the rail,cut a spacer block the idth of

the bamboo plus 1" for the trimcrap and measure back from the

front of the post

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+ 6hen attachin$ each rail, s&uare it off ith the one before it to keep them le#el

across the entire fence

: Clamp an extra 2x4 onto the loer rail and unroll the fence panel on it so the

bamboo is kept strai$ht and le#el and off the $round

1- 9f the fence panel is too lon$ to fit beteen the posts, undo its ire ith pliers

and remo#e the necessar* poles ;eplace the ori$inal last pole (since it has andextra hole to hold the end of the ire), trim excess ire and re.secure the ire

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