Building A Wood Framed Wire Fence

Tension rod with turnbuckle.

Building a wood framed wire fence.

I pre drilled these pieces on the sides for screwing the finished panels to the 4 4 posts. 2 staple mesh to post and top rail. To deepen the sense of smooth and more expensive just apply only wood as the materials. Bolt them together with l brackets on both sides of each corner 8 brackets total.

Flexible twigs can used to create a gorgeous arbor. 3 staple mesh to post and bottom rail. Then i cut a 2 4 to the width of the panel around 3. Start at a corner post and unroll several feet of welded wire.

Install staples at least every six inches. The tension solution uses a rod or a cable and turnbuckle as shown to keep the frame from twisting out of square. Overlap the hog wire about half the 4 width of the 2 4 s. Begin stapling across the rails pulling it tight as you staple to be sure it lays flat all the way across.

Depending on personal preference you can create a gate on one side to allow easy entry and exit. Arrange and weave the thing pieces of wood in squares just like what you may have done to the wire. Measure how tall you want the gate and cut 2 more 2x4 inch boards to fit between your top and bottom boards. With a helper unroll enough mesh to reach from end post to end post.

Measure from one top corner diagonally down to the bottom corner. A more refined but still low tech approach as seen here involves long branches laid between parallel sets of thick wooden poles. The first two strategies for building a no sag gate involve the principle of triangulation. The idea of hog wire can also be used for other fences but with different materials.

Make sure that the fencing is completely level and staple it all the way down to the end. Cut a piece of wire mesh using the wire cutters to the exact dimensions of the gate frame. For a sturdier build galvanized steel posts make up the frame with bundles of brush placed vertically between wire to keep its shape. Tools 1 install the posts and cut top rails.

Introducing a diagonal to stabilize the square frame. Place the mesh over the frame and staple the fabric to the wood. I ripped these pieces in half to obtain 2 2 s for the panel vertical pieces. Install posts and cut the top rails long enough to span three posts.