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Tools and Materials
Getting Started
• Site plans and permits
• Measuring tape
• Hammer or mallet
• Wooden stakes
• String line
• Spray paint for hole centers for post and
gate spacing
• Wooden spacer bar for post and gate spacing
• Level
• Concrete
Assembling Fence/Gates
• Drop cloth
• Hacksaw, circular saw or chop saw with
masonry blade
• Square
• #3 square drive bit
• Phillips #2 screwdriver
• Drill and drill bits
- 1/8" for #8 screws
- 1/4" for bullet clips
and drain holes
- 11/64" for gate assembly
- 5/32" for gate hardware if using
aluminum insert
- 3/8" for lock rings
• 1/2" deep socket (or nut driver)
for traditional picket
• 3/8" nut-driver - Molded
Digging Holes
• Post hole digging tools
- Shovel
- Post hole digger
- 10" auger for 4x4 posts
- 12" auger for 5x5 posts
Installing Post
• Wheelbarrow
• Concrete mixing tools
• Short length of wood,
2x4 for tamping concrete
• Garden hose
• Level
Installing Bottom Rail
• Leveling blocks
• Shim stock
• Duct tape to seal rail ends
Installing Gate(s) Extruded
• Wrench
- 7/16" for hinge nuts
• Flat screwdriver to activate hinge spring
Installing Gate(s) Molded
• 7/32"Allen wrench
• 3/8" nut-driver
Filling Post with Concrete
extruded
• Rubber mallet to tamp post
• Funnel for filling post
• Ladder for high fences
Cleaning Up
• Abrasive-type pad
• Bucket and sponge
Additional Tools -
Installing on Concrete
• 1/2" masonry drill
• Core drill
Additional Tools -
EZ Set Brackets
• 7/16" wrench
• Post routing - Extruded
• Template kit with router
• Spiral saw
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