How Do I Attach a Welded Wire Fence to a Fence Post?
- 1). Check the alignment of the t-posts before you begin tying a long piece of string to the fence posts at each end of each side of the fence. As you walk past the t-posts, check to ensure that the bumpy side of each post faces out. The fence always attaches to the bumpy side.
- 2). Put on leather gloves. Set the roll of welded wire fencing upright by one of the t-posts at one end of the "out" side of the fence you are about to construct.
- 3). Push the bent middle of a t-post clip against the top of the t-post from the "in" side of the fence. The clip should fit the t-post exactly. The wire clip, which resembles a piece of clothes hanger, will have an acutely bent end that turns 180 degrees and a much less sharply bent end.
- 4). Push both ends of the t-post hook over the top horizontal wire of the welded wire fencing. Ensure that the top wire of the fence is just above the top bump on the t-post.
- 5). Bend the acutely bent end of the t-post clip down and around the top horizontal fence wire. Tightly wrap that end of the clip around the fence wire twice using pliers. Wrap the other end of the t-post clip around the fence wire once using pliers.
- 6). Count down six horizontal wires and secure that wire to the t-post with a clip using the same procedure you used above. Repeat until you reach the bottom of the fence.
- 7). Unroll and stretch the welded wire fencing to the next t-post. Hold the fence tight while you attach it to the second t-post.
- 8). Continue to the last t-post. Cut the welded wire fencing with wire clippers if the roll is longer than you need.
