DIY Wire Fence

Barbed Wire Fence

• 1

  Wear gloves and dig 2-foot-deep holes in the ground every 10 feet to mark locations for T-posts. Collect the dirt in a mound near each hole.

• 2

  Stand a T-post into each hole and pour cement until a few inches below the edges. Prepare concrete beforehand by mixing it with water in a wheelbarrow until a workable consistency. Let the concrete cure before adding remaining soil until level with the surrounding surface. Tamp the soil to remove trapped air bubbles.

• 3

  Determine the number of strands of barbed wire you want to install and the vertical spacing between each. Secure the jaws of a clip installation tool securely around a lay down fence clip and crimp it around the T-post over the desired spot for the lowest wire. Repeat the procedure for attaching the remaining clips at desired intervals along the post. Continue installing the clips to each post until you complete the entire length, ensuring they are at the same intervals as the previous post so the barbed wires are level when installed.

• 4

  Wind the corner of a length of barbed wire around a corner post several times and secure with fence post wire. Pull the wire taut as you walk to the end of the fence line, ensuring the wire remains level and straight throughout. Cut the wire with wire cutters and wrap 4 inches around itself until secure.

• 5

  Walk to each T-post along the line and push the wire down between the tabs provided in the clips. Insert a nail through the assembly that penetrates the two holes in the tabs and the barbed wire. Repeat the process for securing the wire to each post. Continue joining remaining lengths of wire to the tabs of the posts to complete one fence line, and then the remaining fence lines, until the area is enclosed.

Mesh Fence

• 6

  Dig 2-foot-deep holes in the ground every 12 feet using a post hole digger. Stand a 7-foot-tall wooden post into a hole and pour concrete around it until a few inches below the top. Let the concrete cure before adding soil until level with the surrounding surface, and tamp to remove trapped air.

• 7

  Unroll mesh fence wire bales. Enlist someone to help you stand a bale upright against a corner post. Wrap the end of the wire around the post, pulling it taut, and join it using galvanized staples and a heavy-duty staple gun.

• 8

  Extend the wire to the adjacent post and pull it taut. Insert staples along the wire to join it to the post. Continue joining the wire to the posts with staples until you reach the last post. Cut remaining fencing with wire cutters and turn the ends inwards with pliers to prevent cuts.