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Installing a Framed Bamboo

Friendly Fence

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

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

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Materials:

5x5 fence posts (Cedar orpressure treated)

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

the bamboo panel out on, and

scrap for spacer blocks

(1) 1x5 per section

(1) 1x4 per section

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 apart

to $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 illfollo old a le#el a$ainst a side of the post perpendicular to the one a$ainst

the 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 in

dirt b* atchin$ the le#el and le#el line Continue until hole is full

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

the bottom and top of each section of fence eep the bottom rail a fe inches

off the $round so that the bamboo, once its installed and flush ith the bottom

of the rail, ont touch the $round 0he hei$ht of the top rail depends on thehei$ht of *our 7amboo riendl* ence

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

8 %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

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doesnt re&uire usin$ cement orstone dust :f *ou doubt *our soifill the hole partiall* in ith stondust or brace the post and pour in

concrete

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cut a spacer block the idth ofthe bamboo plus 1" for the trim

crap and measure back from thefront 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- :f the fence panel is too lon$ to fit beteen the posts, undo its ire ith pliers

and remo#e excess poles easure for and install the 1x5 boards across the top of the fence, puttin$ pairsof 1/4" scres into the rails e#er* fe inches

15 0rim the posts ith a skill sa so the* extend about 4" abo#e the bamboo

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