How to Install a Post-and-Rail Fence

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  • 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.

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