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Home > Search for DIY Projects by Trade Type > The Complete Guide to All Types of Garden Fences and Surfaces – including Decking, Paving, Patios and Driveways > DIY How-To Tutorials Covering all Aspects of Fencing and Fences

DIY How-To Tutorials Covering all Aspects of Fencing and Fences

This page includes links to all of our Fencing DIY how to projects. In this section you will find projects covering how to put up a fence, how to concrete fence posts, what diferent types of fences there are and many other subjects. Browse through the below list and click on your chosen link to view the project information.

  • Chain Link Fencing

    Fencing - chain link fence - How to erect a chain link fence including fitting straining posts and tie wires. The ultimate DIY chain link fence guide.


  • Fencing

    Fencing - close board - How to DIY guide on building feather edge or close board fencing in your garden on a flat garden or sloped garden


  • Concreting Fence Posts

    Fencing - concreting fence posts - In this DIY guide, learn how to concrete fence posts, dig the correct size hole, space them for fence panels and keep them inline and level


  • Fixing Fence Posts

    Fencing - concreting posts using postcrete - Find out how to concrete in fence posts using Postcrete - a quick setting concrete product ideal for DIY fencing repairs


  • Cutting Down a Fence Panel

    Fencing - cutting down a fence panel - Learn how to cut down a fence panel correctly and reduce its width in the case where standard full size panels would be too wide to fit


  • Panel Fencing

    Fencing - fence panels - In this DIY project, learn how to erect a panel fence and fence posts over level ground including keeping upright and level


  • Fixing Fence Posts and Using Metal Post Holders for Securing Fencing

    Fencing - fence post spikes and bolt downs - Learn how to install fence posts or repair broken fence posts using metal post holders, post spikes or Metposts as they are known


  • Fitting a gravel board

    Fencing - fitting a gravel board - Fitting a gravel board to a run of fencing protects fence panels from rot and decay. Learn how to fit gravel boards to timber and concrete fence posts


  • How to Stain or Paint a Fence

    Fencing - how to stain a fence - How to stain or paint a timber fence or timber surface. How to prepare the fence and then stain it, including which equipment you should use


  • Hole Sizes for Fence Posts and Posts

    Fencing - post hole sizes - Find out how deep and wide your fence post hole or post hole should be in order to concrete it in and ensure that it remains upright and in place


  • Repairing a Fence Post

    Fencing - repairing a fence post - Repairing a wooden fence post or replacing it if a repair can't be done. How to remove the old post and fit a new one.


  • Stepped fencing to sloping ground.

    Fencing - stepped fencing - Learn how to build a professional looking stepped panel or close board fence over slanted or sloping ground and get a professional finish


  • Panel fence constructed using concrete fence posts

    Panel Fencing - How to build a panel fence using concrete fence posts and gravel boards - In this DIY guide, learn how to construct an eye-catching panel fence using concrete fence posts and gravel boards as opposed to traditional timber posts


The following pages cover many types of fencing and fencing jobs.

Fencing panels

Fencing panels

We look at how to install fence panels, how to concrete fence posts and what type of fence posts to use. We show you how to cut down a fence panel and how to join fence panels ate corners.

Chain link fencing is explained as well as installing fencing on slopes and how to stain your fence once it is in position. The use of post and rail fencing is growing more popular.

Close board fencing, picket fencing, open board fencing and even corrugated tin fencing are presented with installation techniques explained in each case.

Close board fencing, picket fencing, open board fencing and even corrugated tin fencing are presented with installation techniques explained in each case.

Using gravel boards is a popular subject, together with different heights of fence panels and concrete posts. It is often possible, and many times cheaper, to repair a fence than to replace it but replacing a fence panel can prove difficult unless you have full instructions.

Our forum covers some of the legal aspects to fencing, for example the height of a fence on the corner of a road and driveway.

Metal fencing, safety fencing and even electric fencing are covered in this section which also deals with the supply of different fencing timbers, posts and other fencing items.

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