How To Install a Vinyl Fence | Ask This Old House
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- Опубліковано 22 кві 2022
- In this video, House One editor and DIY expert Jenn Largesse installs a low-maintenance fence around her yard to bring it up to code.
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House One editor Jenn Largesse's backyard renovation project continues to progress. With the new shipping container pool installed, code requires the entire yard to be fenced in. Opting for low-maintenance, she decides on a 6-foot vinyl fence product that more than meets code requirements.
Difficulty: ⅗
Cost: Varies based on size of yard
Time: Several days
Where to find it?
Jenn and Jon from Southway Fence (www.southwayfence.com/) install a Chesterfield Smooth White Vinyl Fence. The fence is manufactured by Bufftech, a CertainTeed Brand (www.certainteed.com/). Jenn demonstrates how to dig a post hole with a post hole digger. John sets the vinyl post in quick-set concrete and uses a level and string line to finalize its position. Jenn and John insert the steel-reinforced bottom rails between the posts, and then tap the vertical panel pieces into the groove with a rubber mallet-making trims to their height and width with a miter saw and table saw as needed-before capping them with the top rail. They use a drill driver to install a set screw and then secure the caps with PVC adhesive. Lastly they hang the gate hardware and gate using a drill/driver.
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How To Install a Vinyl Fence | Ask This Old House
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One thing no one ever tells you about vinyl fencing? It makes a lot of NOISE in high winds! The fence creaks and groans in the wind, especially with some age.
I've never found that to be the case.
Mines at least 10 years old and also isn't noisy
This video should have included setting the next post and a bit more info on the string and level and plum actions ..where a good job is determined.
2 year update on the shipping container pool please and thanks 👍 Big fan back to the Villa days
Uses a 8in torpedo to level n plum a 6ft post!! 😂👌
There are loads of pros and cons.
Almost maintenance free, sure. Pretty high initial cost. My problem was that my particular installation from one vendor was just brittle. Obviously, I'm just one homeowner with one neutral experience in a cold climate but I'll be sticking to conventional wood or composite fencing from now on. It is really hard to beat the low/no maintenance and the clean aesthetic but it just didn't work out for my particular situation/or my fence make was just not good.
The fact he used a torpedo level on a post that long is a bit discouraging. I feel a 4ft level is needed at the least.
If the post is straight and rigid enough, I wouldn't think it would matter.
I would bet his team went in there after they walked away and rechecked plum and added braces to be sure it cures without moving.
Vinyl is about as straight and true a material out of the box or off the truck that one can use for fences. If the torpedo level says it’s plum/level to a dude that’s been doing fences for 19 years, trust it and go on about your life.
I'd put the accu-eye on it one time and move to the next one
Where i live you're required to have an alarm on the gate for the fence if you have a pool. There's a black market of about 3 or 4 alarms in the entire town that are traded between anyone who is getting a permit inspection. No one keeps the alarm, they just pass it off to the next person who is getting an inspection done. I love it.
Nanny state.
How dare they think of the children! Tyrants!
@@TheBlip01If a child jumps my fence and drowns I should be able to sue the parents
@@TheBlip01 You don't need the state to think about your kids. Think of your own kids.
Love it - thank you.
Like the way the fence followed the contour of the land, nice smooth flowing lines!
Another fine video!!!! 🥳😎💢💯💥👍
Wood fence has been up for 12 years, in FL. treated it with preservative before installation, some spots still look new. termites attacked some spots. Big installation difference between Old House video and Lacey Family Farm, must be why some plastic fences fail faster.
Helpful
They make it look really easy. I think I can do this. Are the posts hollow?
Custom gate on a slope 👍
Nice
Those lock rings are a pain. I like the crimping method better, but to each their own😎 nice job 👍
Cheaper , easier to add to cuts on site and dose the same thing.
I don’t get the weep holes either.
The post is hollow so if the hole is filled it can’t vapor lock when you drop it in.
Yeah I agree this is bufftech vinyl We don’t like those lock rings either they fall out over time as well. Crimping is a lot easier and holds better and then we use the red square rail locks on the top instead of just a screw before your post cap
In high wind situation this seems like it would blow off
Why aren't the full episodes ever up loaded anymore?
If you want full episodes, go to their website.
Would an Auger not be easier?
What about that gap where the fence meets that bump out??
how come these fences always come in white? I would prefer the color of a regular brown fence
This dude literally pulled out a torpedo level on at 8' Post 😂😂😂 Wtf?!?!
Love the progress, but I can't imagine if you tried to do this in the outer boroughs of NYC where that crane rental would have cost $25,000 to $40,000 for the half day to do that lift of the pool 🤣😂🤣😂
Edit: PS, no I'm not trolling, I'm serious.
But having the ability to eat pizza 24 hours a day is totally worth it
Nice level lol
Isint that pole leaning ?
36 in I have heard from 12 in to 10 in which one is it
Our family does quite a bit of plinking (bb & pellet rifles).. wondering how vinyl fence would stand up.. anyone with experience on this?
They dont
Just don't shoot fence go out in woods
How much to put up a vinyl fence on the average? How do these compare with other fence types?
No maintenance other then Hosing it off.. sign me up.
@@XX-166They also come in different colors. The cost is higher then wood. Makes no sense, a plastic fence cost more then wood.
@@gr8bart1 spend more upfront initially, long term endurance and less maintenance down the road. You’re only pissing off the woodpeckers and termites by not buying a wood fence.
@@gr8bart1 what’s the longterm cost of maintaining a wooden fence exposed to all the elements and staining, deterioration etc over time. The wooden fence loses.
That post is 6 feet right? Hobbits are real!
Posts are usually 8' or 9'
Ok... vinyl fencing. How does it stand up to the dog test? It's where you throw a ball to a big dog and he runs right into your fence at full speed from not looking where he was going. I've seen a dog go through a fence with solid wood, but thin, slats and almost not notice it due to the must catch ball excitement, how does this vinyl stuff hold up?
Vinyl posts don't need 4*4 treated wood inside?
Yes they do. I’ve seen steel or aluminum used instead though.
I was thinking the same thing.
There is no way I would do that without 4x4's.
High wind *snap*
I guess it depends on the area. If you have high winds, then it might make sense. But I was told by different installers and wholesalers to NOT put a 4x4 wood post inside the vinyl posts since wood can and will warp over time.
Thank you for the question. Now I dont what to do to put a 4x4 post inside or not. Does anyone know if this is the HD or lowes brand. I notice the freedom (lowes) didnt say to put a 4x4 inside but the HD brand said to do so.
Where is jen
This is Jenn.
The string. The opitommy of concrete consruction.
Construction
@@derricdueker64epitome 😂
The post hole digger, the ippitomy of this is gonna be a long day.
Brother just sent it with "ippitomy" instead of searching. 😅
Did autocorrect not even suggest a correction?
@@MetalAsForkthat’s the epitome of laziness.😂
That fence is crooked.
How does a Boston, Mass show get a Canton, OH fence company 😂😂
Murcia, land of the free. But with rules about a fence.....
Let me just start by saying fences are a P. I.A I did my wood dog eared fence in three sections on a large property. The Pennsylvania company was the best of the best.! Quality fence material. South Jersey wood rotted in five years at ground level. Plus the wood rotted and various locations.. not with the Pennsylvania companies would which is still tight and intact… This will be my second multiple panel and post replacement within seven years. Maybe I have a soil remediation problem I don’t know.. I’m so sick of it!!!! The only thing I can do is continue on replacing post and panels every five years as they rot out either ground level where the panels themselves tend to rot, except for the Pennsylvania company. they are still brand new and panels are tight and close together rot anywhere or fencing. 12 years now. they were more expensive. They told me about the jersey installers.” fence before they started it they called it(jersey thing). I don’t wanna go with plastic fencing I see how they’re down all the time with the same issues. Somebody hits it kick the ball against it they break. My problem may be compacted soil, and it rots the post at ground level. Not the Pennsylvania companies just the jersey. now my shed, which is eight years old rotted at the bottom from water splashing up. Now I have to get that sided to preserve it.. it was bought before Covid and the price is double for what I paid. I’ll shut up now just disgusted aggravated with things that don’t last anymore. My original air conditioner lasted me 59 years. I’m on my second one after 10 years a high-end high-efficiency Lennox. Installers told me they only last 10 years.. my Bradford white water heater was in for 26 years not one issue. I bought the same one last week Bradford white defender Hydro jet for 170 more from the big stores.s I went to a plumbing supply house called Ferguson. They said you’ll definitely get 10 to 12 years out of it no more 20+ years.. I never even drained the original water heater.. my house was built in 1961 and I have a heater air conditioner work for 50+ years with minor maintenance was amazing.. just an old man complaining at 60 years old.
Good luck I hate to give up my big beautiful, beautiful corner lot property, but maybe I should just go to retirement condo . Good luck guys homeownership is an itch!!!!- the B
Fence is as crooked and a good ole boy southern lawyer
shiny nasty stuff
Why did you skip the part on how to get that last panel in
Either she's really tall, he's short or both.
So… what?
plastic fantastic... hell no!!!
Not a helpful video and not an old house. Quit it with this lady's McMansion.
You skipped all the steps. This video is almost useless.
This fence looks horrible lol uneven and looks like a child did it! 😂😂
it's on a slope. What are you gonna do ? cant regrade the entire site to be perfectly level :P
@@MrAbcdefghi12435 still as far as looks go…
Disgusting fence. Soulless. Interesting to note how much cement they put in the hole too. I wonder if municipality code tells you how HIGH the line you have to add the cement to???
Agree. They could have at least chosen one with a little color.
Nobody should ever waste their time on a vinyl fence if you're worried about rot or someone seen through it and you don't want to do wood or chain link or iron just go with a block wall
I disagree. A vinyl fence is much cheaper and easier than a block wall. Certainly won't last as long, but if you ever change your mind, fence is far easier to remove.
It's odd, block walls in residential areas are extremely common outside of the US, but fairly rare in the US.
It’s only a waste of time for you and the woodpeckers for you wooden fence lovers and those who want the yard looking like a prison with the chain link.
Block wall? Do you know how much time and money that is?!
A block wall? R we living back in the 50’s?? Come on dude get with the times…
@@cup_and_cone I just recently did one for myself little by little dug a 2 ft by 18-in wide footing did my rebar work and then did the wall 96 ft 8 ft tall took me 2 months by myself I'm also not young anymore when I was younger I could have done it in 3 weeks by myself I'm only in my thirties and anything worth anything anything that's going to last a long time takes time to build and cost money quality is not fast and quality is not cheap