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When it comes to enhancing your yard’s privacy, security, and curb appeal, choosing the right fencing is essential. But getting a fence quote can be time-consuming and confusing. That’s why we created our Quick Quote tool — an innovative online fence calculator that gives you an instant fence quote in minutes. Whether you’re shopping for read moreA Buying Guide for Privacy Fence
A general overview highlighting the benefits of vinyl privacy fence.Can I Paint this Vinyl?
This is a tricky question. While vinyl can be painted, it has the potential to come with many problems. First, it voids the warranty, and the paint may cause the vinyl to warp. Second, it requires a lot of paint to actually change the color. Third, you would be turning a virtually maintenance free product read moreInstalling Nantucket, Sturbridge, Newport, & All-American Fences on an Angle Other Than 90 Degrees
We sell some no-dig fence products through resellers such as Amazon.com and Homedepot.com. These products do not have the special WamBam architectural grooved post. Because of this, if you need to angle your fence line at degrees other than 90, the process is different for these products. The below applies only to the following products: read moreHow do I mount my vinyl fence rail to a pre-existing wall or fence?
To affix a panel to a wall, you will need to purchase vinyl fence brackets. Please see the spec drawings of your fence style to determine the size of brackets that you need. A. Place wall mounts evenly with fence rail spacing and secure with screws. B. Install fence panel rails into wall mounts and read moreWorking around a tree in your fence run
Sometimes it’s unavoidable to have an obstacle such as a tree in your fence line. Here is a tip showing what one customer did. However, we must caution that trees do grow. Please be really careful when attempting something like this, and leave room for the tree to grow. You would not want a growing read moreCan I make my post more solid when it’s against a wall?
Although not totally necessary, if you would like to create a solid connection between your post, wall, and fasteners, you can fill your post with expanding foam.Important Information About Fence Conforming to Pool Code
We have designed certain styles of our fence to be ICC code compliant, which is an industry standard that meets the safety requirements for most municipalities and HOAs. For swimming and other child safety gates, most safety standards specify: a) Your fence height needs to be between 4’ and 6’ high minimum b) Your gate read moreHow far do I drive my anchors into the ground?
You should drive your large anchor 42″ into the ground, leaving 42″ above the ground. You should drive your small anchor 36″ into the ground, leaving 24″ above the ground.What is the wall thickness of your vinyl?
The thickness of the extrusions (posts, rails and vertical pickets or boards) in your vinyl fence can become an important consideration in your purchase decision. We’re proud to provide this information below and more specifically in our detailed specification drawings which are included in our instructions. Professional Grade Vinyl Vinyl Posts (4 ½ x 4 read moreWhat saw blade should I use when cutting vinyl?
Vinyl fencing can be cut just like wood. Preferably use a circular saw with a PVC blade or a sharp and straight fine-tooth carbide blade. If your saw blade is designed for rough cutting lumber and dull, it could shatter the vinyl. This is especially true if the vinyl is cold.Tips on using a manual post pounder
1. You can either leave the leveling donut off or on during pounding. In the vast majority of installations, the top of your anchor will not mushroom enough to cause conflict when putting the donut back over the anchor. The only potential problem is really hard or dry ground where repeated blows with the pounder are read moreHow do I deal with low hanging roof lines?
During your vinyl fence install, you may find that you are unable to sleeve your vinyl post over your anchor due to a low hanging roof line. You can work around this scenario in one of three ways. Option One If possible, continue to pound the anchor lower into the ground just enough to accommodate read moreHow do I extend my vinyl fence panel if necessary?
A. If your anchors inadvertently were spaced too far apart, you can extend your horizontal rails using wood blocking cut to fill the void in the extruded cavity. B-D. Sleeve over your wood blocking by using the same size extruded vinyl. If you do not have any left over waste, please call us at 1.877.778.5733 read moreHow to trim down your vinyl fence panel for a custom fit.
This article addresses how to trim down your vinyl fence panels. We recommend prior to doing this that you first read this article on equalizing your fence sections. A. Measure distance between vinyl posts and cut to the measured length. B. Measure both top and bottom rail to ensure both are the same length before read moreHow do I equalize my fence sections to fit my overall fence run?
Very rarely will your fence sections all fit perfectly into your fence line. You have three options. You must consider these three options before installing your first anchor. Please note that the illustrations below are of vinyl fence panels, but the same principles apply for ornamental aluminum fence panels. BEST Solution A: Trim all fence read moreHow do I deal with loose or disturbed soil?
Your pipe anchors, even when driven to the recommended depths of 36 inches AND 48 inches, will have a wind load resistance problem if the ground around them is unstable. If your entire fence line is located in loose or extremely loamy conditions, you can install our fence system much like you would if you read moreHow do I deal with extremely hard or dry ground?
Option 1: Use water to loosen soil Outlined below are some additional things you can do if you still find pounding your anchor is going too slow. Option 2: Use concentrated water to loosen soil A. Pound anchor into ground as far as possible. B. Fill anchor to the top with water and let sit until water read moreHow do I deal with rocks and other underground obstructions?
By far the most frustrating part of installing a fence is running into unforeseen obstacles under the ground. It doesn’t matter if you go the WamBam way or the traditional way- a big rock or tree root is going to cause you grief. Large Rocks? If the rock is large and stable enough it may read moreHow do I determine if obstructions exist underground?
If you’re at all suspicious that you might run into some underground obstructions when installing your pipe anchors, we strongly encourage you to do some underground “investigating” prior to ordering your fence. It’s important to check your ground if you are concerned about rocks. There are some conditions that WamBam Fence won’t work in, such as read moreHow do I deal with sloping ground for my vinyl fence?
There are two ways to tackle a vinyl fence line with ground that slopes either up or down. You can either step them or slope them (sometimes referred as “racking”) Both are illustrated below. Because no other man-made vertical element in your backyard is generally installed with a noticeable slope, neither should your fence. That’s read moreHow do I determine the slope of my fence line?
Often the ground slope of your fence line will be much greater than you think it is. To understand how much of a fall your fence line has, run a level string line from the start to the finish of your fence line. You will need to compensate for this difference in height either equally read moreFree Shipping
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