Pour 4 inches of gravel into the hole.
Chain link fence post installation without concrete.
How to install a chain link fence without concrete considerations.
Never pound the posts into the ground especially if you have hard clay or rocky soil because you ll bend the tops.
Make sure that you dig at least 2 feet deep for a 7 foot tall post use this to determine your dig height based on your post.
Add 4 additional inches to this depth.
Bury 1 3 rd of your posts into the ground.
Do you need to use concrete to install a chain link fence.
Your posts should have an eight inch diameter.
Installing posts and hardware chain link fabric height 2 depth of post in ground total post height.
I am about to install a chain link fence between my deck and pool.
These posts are also referred to as terminal posts.
The composition of your soil plays a tremendous role in determining whether your fence will stand.
Installation of a chain link fence without concrete is not different from any other installation aside.
At a minimum this should be two feet deep.
2 chain link fence installation tips.
For depth shoot for 25 30 of the above ground length of post so 2 feet buried for a 7 foot post 5 feet exposed.
Set your posts about 4 inches away from your property line to avoid any property line issues with neighbors.
The chain link fence will just fit between the two.
Dig twice the diameter of the post.
How to set posts without concrete.
So for a 7 foot post to be buried 2 feet dig a 28 inch deep hole.
Use your shovel to remove the dirt and the rocks from the dig site placing the dirt from the hole onto the tarp.
Add 6 inches.
Installing chain link fence without concrete.
The following steps explain how to set chain link fence corner end and gate posts in concrete.
It begs the question.
It will be near impossible to dig a hole in that small of a space.
My pool has a 4 inch slab of concrete and i have about 5 between the deck and the start of the concrete.
Determine where you want your post to go.
6 to 8 inches for end and corner posts 4 to 6 inches for line.
Fill all the holes with 4 inches of gravel and tamp.