Building A Garden Fence With Chicken Wire

Proper stretching and installation of the chicken wire is a two person job.

Building a garden fence with chicken wire.

Make a dragonfly sculpture using chicken wire and a few more supplies to decorate your garden in a unique and inexpensive way. To prevent sagging staple the mesh to the top rail every 3 inches temporarily leaving the bottom unattached. Mesh chicken wire trim wrap the bottom exposed 4 feet of the enclosure in chicken wire or mesh securing with staples. Building our vegetable garden fence country basket nice photo essay of fence and garden gate construction featuring 18 inches of chicken wire then 4 feet of wire mesh topped by two strands of electric wire.

Lay the frame down on the ground and place the chicken wire along one side of the frame so it overlaps the wood by about an inch. Chicken wire fence is broadly used for feeding chicken rabbits ducks geese dogs. Leave opening for door between 2 x 4 x 72 feet long. Pull it tight along the bottom edge of the bottom rail and staple there in the same 10 inch distance.

Over top of the mesh or chicken wire attach remaining 2 x 4 foot and 2 x 6 foot boards with 3 inch exterior screws and exterior wood glue. Start at the corner of your fence and staple the chicken wire along the post. Work your way around the entire perimeter of the fence. Keep it tight and begin rolling it out along the top rail and staple every 10 inches.

Align one edge of the wire with your first fence post or the edge of the wood frame. Do this all the way around the frame. Plan for roughly 4 square feet of chicken wire per bird. Align the end of the mesh with the edge of the post and attach it to the post with fence staples.

Chicken wire garden fence garden fence is commonly used to screen out the unwanted animals and pets like rabbits rat deer neighbor dogs or cats out in a friendly way. Also used in gardens farmlands for prevent gophers from damaging plants. Compared with welded wire fence and expanded metal fence chicken wire mesh is lighter inexpensive. With a helper unroll enough mesh to reach from end post to end post.

Work your way to the next post. Using a combination of materials is a good way to build a tall fence without too much cost. Protect your vegetable garden by creating a secured panel for them using wires and wooden fencing. Then cut the wire about 1 to 2 inches longer than the length of the frame.

Compared with chain link fence chicken wire mesh is not easy to unravel.