How To Install Centaur Fencing
The following set of videos will walk you through nearly everything you need to know about how to install horse fence (specifically Centaur Fencing products). If you have any further questions before or after purchase, then please let us know and we'd be happy to help.
Feel free to download the Centaur Fencing Installation Manual and Sales Brochure here as well.
Categories
Introduction
tags: Getting StartedBefore You Dig
- Check for utility lines
- Call 811 or visit www.call811.com
Tools for Fencing
- String for measurements
- Measure tape (3-5 ft)
- Pencil
- Sharpie
- Level
- Knife (locking blade)
- Heavy Wire Cutters
- Pliers
- Wire stripper
- Hammer
- Power Drill (Battery Operated) – Long (3/8 auger) & short bit (3/8)
- Ratchet (3/4 socket)
- Ratchet Handle
- Crimping Tool
- Marking paint
Fence Layout gettingstarted
- Where are prop lines
- Where will gates be?
- Post distance (8, 10, 12?)
- Rail Spacing (inside placement)
- Type of end/gate bracing?
- Horiz diag
- Horiz
- Diag
- Corner Bracing
- Rounded (recommended)
- Double 45 (recommended)
- 90 deg
- Termination type
- End staple
- One-way barrel
- Terminator Buckle
- Two-way barrel tensioner? Locations?
- Mail labels to centaur fence systems for warranty
- Mark w/paint corners and gate locations
- Place stob at each paint point and draw string across each one
- Use power auger, gas auger, or post hole digger
- Bell-shaped post hole for end/corner posts (higher strength
- Verify hole depth (36 in x 12 in wide) min
- Place staples half in on base of posts before placing in cement (10)
- Tamp gravel or dirt around post base before cement
- Squaring corners tip
- Measure 3 ft & mark
- Measure 4 ft &mark
- Diagonal must be 5 ft
Horiz-Diag Brace Assembly
Horiz Brace Assembly
Diag Brace Assembly
5-post corner assembly
Double 45 brace assembly
Line Post installation - Rail
- Mark post placement (8,10,12 ft spacing) (closer posts = stronger fence)
- Place posts (Auger, hydraulic post driver)
- Place posts at 60 in high
- Curved fence line needs concrete reinforcement (see vid for diagram)
Identifying Top Line
Installing Brackets, Marking Posts
Installing Brackets
Termination Rail, End Staple Procedure
Termination Rail, 1-way Barrel Tensioner
Paying/Pulling Out Rail
- Remember warranty
- Use Spinning Jenny