How do you line up fence posts?

Answer 1

String between two stakes. Easy cheap and accurate. You can also use a laser, which are fairly cheap too.

Answer 2

Tie a robe from the begining of were you want the fence to start and then at the end. Tie it tight to something close or use a small piece of wood that you can remove after. Tie the robe about half the height of fence from the ground at each end. When putting up the posts put the post against the rope but do not push on the robe or the fence will not be 100% straight.

Answer 3

Post 1 at the start nail a inch thick plank to side. Post XX at the very end of line, nail a inch think plank to side (can be any size, just make it the same. Now stretch a straight line string from Post 1 to Post XX. Use a measuring device (ruler) to set all the post in between one inch (or whatever size plank you used) from the stretched line. If you have a transit, it also can be set up and used to site the straight line. Actually the line deal works a little better for me.

Answer 4

Set stakes beyond where your first and last posts will go. Tie a string. When you place the post in the hole, have it right up next to the string without moving it, exactly parallel. Level up each side. Not sure how your filling the post holes. If filling with dry concrete, you'll need to continously check the string and level. If pouring in wet concrete, you need stake the post to hold it in place. Make sure it is still level and parallel after the concrete is in.

Answer 5

To set the alignment, put in the corner posts and use a string line to keep all the other posts in line. I use clear tubing with water inside to set the height of the two corner posts equal. Water seeks its own level, so run tubing between both corner posts and fill with water until the level inside is equal to the height of the post you want to set as the standard, then set the other pole to the water level and they will be both the same height. I hear that using water to set the height of posts dates back to the Egyptians, and that is how they did it, still works today. good luck.

Answer 6

You stretch a string along the fence line and dig all the holes on that line.

Then when you set the posts, you set the end posts, then stretch string from top to top and bottom to bottom along one side... Line the other posts up and use a level... they will be essentially perfectly in line. (as perfect as is humanly possible)

Answer 7

Put up the 2 end ones first and then use a piece of string

Answer 8

Unless you're living in the far north, 4 ft down should be sufficient (south central Ontario Canada here). Also use Sonotubes in your post holes. This will allow the heaving ground to slide up and down outside the tube without moving the post during times of upheaval in the freeze/thaw seasons.

Answer 9

put one in the ground at one end and one at the other end and run a st rang from one to the other

Answer 10

use string