Using Pvc Pipe Fence Posts

Everything you need to build the fence is sold at your local hardware store.

Using pvc pipe fence posts. Attach the pipe to the connector. This fence is inexpensive to build can conform to any shape and is portable so you can remove it if unnecessary. Rigid pvc pipe to put up electric fence. The completed post is now 10 5 feet with eight feet above ground.

To concrete or not to concrete seems to be the main question. The wire runs through a hole he drills near the top and is held tight by a cotter pin. I recently read about using 3 4 or 1 thick wall pvc pipe as electric fence posts between solid wood posts. Post driver has handles on both sides of the weighted cylinder.

Imagine a 160mm pvc pipe secured in the ground with an external concrete collar coming to 2 or so. Continue to build upward in the same manner add a second cross connector a second 30 inch pipe a third cross connector a 6 inch pipe and a pvc cap. Place an elbow connector on the top of a 3 foot section of pipe. You can keep these pests out by building a simple fence out of pvc pipe and chicken wire.

The result is an extremely solid concrete post that extends from below the frostline to 2 feet above grade. Place a t connector. After removing my old fence posts digging new holes and treating the timber i cannot bear the idea that the fence may only survive 5 years. Is it possible to have the best of both.

The steel fence post driver can be used the steel fence post driver can be used to install fence u posts and t posts in the ground with a minimum of effort. In our background i wanted to build a pvc fence that goes from post to post of a patio. Pvc posts work better than steel posts because they re smaller and more flexible says larson. If a deer hits them the impact won t knock th.

Originally i build the fence out of wood but it only lasted 3 years and then started to rot because of the rain. Nebraska rancher tom larson uses 3 4 in. Place the driver over the fence post and carefully lift and release as frequently as necessary to sink the post. Any screws driven through the pvc become embedded in concrete and the rebar ties the two pours together.

The hollow pvc posts act as forms as i fill them with concrete though it s not necessary to fill them all the way to the top. The person doing this used 5 long pieces and drove them 1 into the ground. So i decided to rebuild it using pvc pipe.