How to Keep a Vinyl Fence From Blowing Over

Measure the entire fence line. If the whole yard is enclosed, measure all fence lines. The length of the fence determines how many rebar stakes the project requires. Roughly one rebar stake is needed for every 3 feet of fence on one side of the fence. Double that number of rebar stakes because you’ll put the stakes on each side of the fence.

Place one rebar stake that is at least 1 foot long flush against the first slat of the fence's inside perimeter. Pound the rebar stake with a 5-lb. sledgehammer until about 6 inches of the stake remain above soil. The sledgehammer's weight allows you to pound the stake deeper than you could with a lighter weight hammer.

Pound a second rebar stake into the soil about 3 feet down the fence's inside perimeter from the first rebar stake. Use the same method you used for the first rebar stake. Place one rebar stake in the ground in the same manner every 3 feet along the fence until its inside perimeter is braced with rebar stakes.

Move to the outside or exterior perimeter of the fence, and find a fence slat that is between the first two rebar stakes you hammered into the ground on the fence's other side. Place a rebar stake flush to that fence slat, and pound the rebar stake until only 6 inches of it remain above ground.

Pound additional rebar stakes into the ground along the fence's exterior perimeter, placing each stake between two rebar stakes you hammered in the ground on the opposite side of the fence. This method creates the bracing line for the fence to keep it standing during strong winds. Use this method for all remaining fence sides.