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How to Install a Vinyl Privacy Fence | Ask This Old House

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This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook works with a fencing contractor to install a vinyl privacy fence. (See below for a shopping list and tools.) SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse Roger works with fencing contractor Mike McLaughlin to install a vinyl privacy fence. Shopping List for Installing a Vinyl Privacy Fence:
  • 4-foot semi-private vinyl fence and posts, used to make gate
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How to Install a Vinyl Privacy Fence | Ask This Old House
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This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook works with a fencing contractor to install a vinyl privacy fence. (See below for a shopping list and tools.) SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse Roger works with fencing contractor Mike McLaughlin to install a vinyl privacy fence. Shopping List for Installing a Vinyl Privacy Fence:
  • 4-foot semi-private vinyl fence and posts, used to make gate
  • 6-foot privacy vinyl fence and posts, used to form the fence line
  • 3/4-inch self-tapping screws, for attaching vinyl posts to aluminum I-beams
  • Vinyl post caps
  • Aluminum I-beams, used to fortify the gateposts
  • Ready-mix concrete, for setting posts
  • Pressure-treated 6x6, used to fortify bottom end of fence posts
  • Wooden or metal stakes, for securing grade strings
  • 2 1/2-inch deck screws and plastic caps, used to fasten the fence panels
  • Gate hinges and hardware
Tools List for Installing a Vinyl Privacy Fence:
  • Electric jackhammer, used to chop out asphalt driveway
  • Mason line, used to establish straight layout lines
  • Posthole digger
  • Wheelbarrow, for mixing concrete
  • Shovel, used to mix concrete and excavate dirt
  • Steel bar, used to tamp down concrete
  • Level, for plumbing up the posts
  • Pointed brick trowel, used to smooth concrete
  • Circular saw, used to cut pressure-treated 6x6
  • Hammer, used to tap in stake
  • Cordless drill, for driving screws
  • Reciprocating saw, used to cut away the old fence
Expert assistance and materials for this project was provided by Mike McLaughlin of Pro Fence Inc. [https://www.profenceco.com/] The fence that Roger and Mike installed was a six foot tall vinyl privacy fence with a top cap detail, referred to as a "board privacy" fence. About Ask This Old House TV: Homeowners have a virtual truckload of questions for us on smaller projects, and we're ready to answer. Ask This Old House solves the steady stream of home improvement problems faced by our viewers—and we make house calls! Ask This Old House features some familiar faces from This Old House, including Kevin O'Connor, general contractor Tom Silva, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey, and landscape contractor Roger Cook. Looking for more step by step guidance on how to complete projects around the house? Join This Old House INSIDER to stream over 1,000 episodes commercial-free: https://bit.ly/2GPiYbH Plus, download our FREE app for full-episode streaming to your connected TV, p …...more
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