How to Install a Post-and-Rail Fence
- 1). Set wooden posts for your fence in concrete. (See "How to Install Fence Posts in Concrete," under Related eHows.)
- 2). Mark the position of the top of each horizontal slat on the posts. Typical post-and-rail fences have three horizontal rails and will run from one post, across the next one, and terminate on the third.
- 3). Cut 1-by-4 or 1-by-6 boards to make rails.
- 4). Either cut a hole through the post in which to slide each slat, or simply screw each slat to the post. The first method provides a much sturdier fence, but requires more work.
- 5). Butt the ends of the rails at the center of a post.
- 6). Stagger the joints of the rails so that they don't all end on the same post.