How To Install Chain Link Fence The Easy Way

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Chain link fence is the perfect choice for many homes because it's simple, sturdy, and easy. Today we'll show you step-by-step just how easy it is to install easy DIY residential chain link fence.
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Contents:
00:00 - Posts
06:40 - Framework
13:10 - Fabric
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[@tonyquance3737]

I have 300 ft of chain link fence in my back yard, to keep my dog in. The fence is in terrible condition. Sags, missing ties, no bottom wire; previous owner diy special. I contacted a fencing company to come out and service it. Never heard back! Red hot sales lead ignored. I have worked with my hands almost my entire adult life, now 77. There is nothing I've seen on this video that I can't undertake, and I have the cutter tools already. Great video. Very well explained. The man has mastered his craft.

[@user-tb4ov2wz1j]

Sir I’d love to help you if you live in Georgia , I’m a hard worker and will do it for free

[@finallyfriday.]

Red flags for contractors: fixing other people's work, angry client, DYIers that know something by watching videos, clients that know everything wrong with fencing so you know they'll only find fault in your work. Those are folks that, no matter how good your work is, they will never be happy. Pass

[@moneymarmar007]

Never call a fence company for stuff like that it’s usually gonna cost u 400-600 just for a repair I charge 150-400 depending on repair

[@user-im4mo2zv8f]

I am a Chinese fence manufacturer and fence machine manufacturer

[@JustinSimmons-hd4pw]

Where are you located and have you got your fence ?

[@klg642002]

Bro You Guys are so Amazing for helping teach the next generation of young folks to work smarter not harder. KZbin is a truly a wealth of know how and you are adding so much value to the treasure chest. TY brother!

[@SWiFence]

Thank you so much for those kind words!

[@mrobvious1100]

I have a question installers placed a chain link fence between my property and my neighbor's property and they ran the fence right against the tree and cut the bottom two feet or so and pulled it open so it could wrap around the tree trunk. Of course three years later the tree has fallen into his yard. How difficult the process would it be for someone who's never installed a fence to unroll the fabric or excuse me roll the fabric up 10 feet from left to right or from the last Pole to the pole before it so that they Bobcats can work on the tree stump and get the rest of the tree out without really buying all these other tools that a fence installer needs

[@sschario60]

I'm installing chain link for the first time. Your video demystifies the processes. Thank you for not glossing over any details. 🤜🏼🤛🏼

[@Shamustodd1]

Thanks ! Just did 350' of fence with 6 gates and couldn't have done it without your videos.

[@conniebreck1812]

You did an excellent job explaining. I'm a teacher and I'm always impressed with someone who can explain things so well.

[@SWiFence]

Thank you, Connie! That's very kind.

[@BlindBadger212]

As a full time pipe-layer "opportunities to hit things are endless", hits me on a personal note.

[@DaisyHaugen]

Absolutely the best and straight forward video on chain link fencing I have seen. Thank you!!

[@SWiFence]

You're welcome!

[@RitzWood32]

One of the best videos on fencing I have found. Explained perfect. Thanks

I am from Czech republic, in Europe. It is interesting to see how different your fence system is. We don't use the top rail, that would be too expensive, instead we use 2-3 tensioning wires (top, middle, bottom), which are not twisted wire, just a single one and on each wire there is a ratchet tensioning mechanism. To prevent terminal posts from bending under the weight of the fence we use struts at 45deg angle attached at 2/3 of the height of the terminal posts and on link posts each 80 feet. These days more and more people don't even actually use the chain link fence, but we use square hole spot welded fence, which is much stronger and doesn't require the tensioning wires. Instead the horizontal wires of the spot welded fence are bent slightly to a V shape in each square and then to tighthen the fence we use special pliers which are bending the V shape to be more pronounced, effectively making the square narrower and thus tensioning the fence. A lot of times we also use concrete plates underneath the fence, which are sitting on the ground, attached to holders on the fence posts, this is to prevent dogs from digging underneath the fence.

[@SWiFence]

Very interesting! I wish I could see it!

[@SWiFence]

For sure! 👍🏻

[@bhall8468]

Id love to see what it looks like

[@Moto_Bizzario]

This style is the Ugliest of all. But very efficient if done properly.

@@iridium8341 I would disagree with that, to me the top rail would make the fence look too bulky and noticeable. For that reason our fence wires are coated in green color so they are almost unnoticeable and don't stand out in nature. I haven't seen the top rail used anywhere in Europe, apart from some specialty fences, like security perimeter fences around industrial buildings.

[@marcoscebrian1787]

I've been watching you for over a year now, and just want to say your delivery and presentation have improved sooo much. Keep it going brother, very professional.

[@SWiFence]

That's a big compliment. Thank you so much!

[@whill7828]

Short and To-The-Point video. PERFECT!

[@LR-ee2uu]

You, Mr, are a breath of fresh air in a sea of pollution. Thank you is not enough but it's truly meant. I HATE KZbin BULLSH*TERS. You, however are a pro and it SHOWS. Kindest regards from the UK. 🖖

[@Mattscalf]

Just told a customer I would install a fence. This looks like it’s going to be fun.

[@user-xr1qk2fl5h]

Thanks Guys I just installed an awesome 5 ft high black vinyl fence with 2 gates . Without these videos I would have been lost .Dan is a great guy to have doing the videos . Makes me want to build another fence

[@JB-dc6nz]

I just installed a 5' high fence myself and this video made it possible!

[@stevehernandez6656]

how tall did you leave line post and terminal post for 5ft fence? asking for a friend

[@Dan-eu1dd]

You are an incredible instructor. So much appreciated

[@SWiFence]

I appreciate that! Thank you!

[@lrgkrew00]

Many years ago my cousin took me out to help him build a fence just like this. In reality, he helped me learn something new. I had forgotten some of the details and the names of the pieces we used but this video brought it all back. Very informative and straight to the point. Great video

[@tomesguerra5495]

That guy explains the procedure very easy!

[@larrygiuffrida8833]

You are really a good mechanic, keep up the good work!

[@ntrpryz1]

Buying a house and a chain link fence is badly needed so this is very helpful thank you. I’ll be watching this again

[@organogold8]

Wow this had to be the best explained video I've seen!! Thank you so much for your patience and time 😊

[@SWiFence]

You are so welcome!

[@morokeiboethia6749]

I really really appreciate you guys who make these how to videos for people like me. I have worked with a lot of different things from framing, dock building, decks, electrical, etc. but building a chain link fence was just one of those things that I had never gotten to do nor worked with anyone who installs them. To be able to see the steps involved on video as well as the material and tools I'll need to do it makes it soooooo much easier and stress free than blindly going into it not knowing anything and having to redo something b/c I didn't know to put this piece in first, etc. It makes you much more prone to take on a project and do it yourself when you're able to see it done by people who are experts do it. To visually see the steps on video helps so much when you have zero experience/knowledge in that trade. I have about 8-10 ft of area that needs to be fenced to keep my aunt's dog from breaking out and after watching this I'm definitely going to do it myself and it will also give me a good excuse to go Home Depot and buy more tools b/c I am a hardcore tool junky! Thanks again for your knowledge of the trade!

[@SWiFence]

Thank you so much for the kind words!

[@spearson822]

WOW I watched so many confusing fence videos thank you for making it so easy and adding all the tools and parts links

[@SWiFence]

You bet!

[@rodrickthompson2799]

Bro, you laid it down with this vid. I didn't catch everything but i caught a lot. You done it so smooth i would still hure you 😂😂😂, Good Job!!!!

[@C.G.Constanza]

Watching this video gave me the confidence I need to tackle this job. Thank you so much!

[@SWiFence]

Love to hear this! 💪🏻

[@makattackaa]

Thanks for this! I live in Wyoming too 😄 can't wait to have a fenced in backyard this summer 🤩

[@themechanicred]

Thank you I’m looking into being a laborer for a fencing company and this helps immensely

[@d.fencegod9708]

And by the way your guys videos are awesome. Keep doin what you do! I been installing fence for 15 years and it's nice to see different methods

[@SWiFence]

Thanks 👍

[@jeremyduperron7487]

Thanks for the helpful and detailed video! Much appreciated! Keep it up!

[@hamsandwich4830]

Its been a while since i installed my fences on my propertys, so i checked out your video and i was very impressed, you added some very good knowledge to my library of info. Thank you for that and thank you for taking the time to make a detailed video with links on your products. I will be picking some of these tools. Keep paying it forward.

[@SWiFence]

Thank you so much for those kind words. 👍🏻

[@preston51191]

Very helpful video! Just installed 200 feet in my backyard. Thank you.

[@SWiFence]

Fantastic!

[@thomaspower221]

What is the largest run you can do with just an end post on either side (2 end posts)?

[@swoodridge]

Very educational. Thank you! 🇨🇦

[@cmwest2756]

A+ Excellent Job, You are actually providing professional instruction and using actual teaching methods.Very thorough and like how you cover your steps/review. Hardly anyone else does that. Also showing the different ways/methods that can be used. Fully explaining/naming different tools used and all the parts of the fence. How everything fits together from top to bottom for a completed fence install project from start tto finish. One of the best instruction videos ever viewed, Not skipping over anything or leaving things out which requires the viewer to have to replay sections of the video over again. Content Creators need to take lessons from you on how to properly create videos.

[@SWiFence]

Thanks! Such a kind comment. 👍🏻

[@orangeduc3129]

Please thanks for your patience

[@devilbringer25bale]

Awesome video , great step by step instructions from start to finish .I like how you throw common sense answers in there as well you simplify it to where anyone can just follow through with it . Good job

[@SWiFence]

Thanks so much!

[@agenticmark]

The land of Cris LeDoux! Thanks for the tips!

[@Sweetmanbuilders]

Awesome video. Landlord in Ohio, needed to repair a fence someone drove a car through this video gave me all the expertise to do the repair. Thank you.

[@SWiFence]

You are most welcome!

[@adam484]

Dziękuje za dzielenie się doświadczeniem

[@SWiFence]

Zapraszamy! Dzięki za oglądanie.

[@J.Hydeout]

Thank you for the straightforward, in-depth video and tips! Much appreciated!

[@SWiFence]

My pleasure!

[@onetransmission7871]

99% of utube videos are done by people that don't really have any idea what they're doing. This is the real deal and I need to fence in about an acre. Gonna do it exactly like you showed. Only thing I haven't checked on is whether I can rent a post driver. Being a retired mechanic I will use marine grease on bolt threads so grand kids can disassemble 30 years from now. Marine grease has a sticky additive that water won't wash off.

[@cristobalgomez7282]

Awesome! Gonna tackle this soon but was nervous because so many steps! But you made it look easy! Thanks!

[@SWiFence]

You can do it!

[@evanlantz8222]

Appreciate all the extra little tools and tips ..

[@SWiFence]

You bet!

[@wildbanjoman99]

I’m a ham radio operator and have been using chain link fence post for years as masts to hold up my antennas and weather stations. It works very well and is very secure when done correctly

[@SWiFence]

Nice!

[@YH-su7os]

Cool. Super easy. That will be my next month project. Thanks for the tip.

[@SWiFence]

Have fun!

[@davidnunez7889]

Fixing to do a fence and after this video I am super confident about how to do it. Thank you for the excellent video 👍

[@SWiFence]

You got this! 💪🏻

[@fatcamp907]

Some of this stuff is really different than the way I installed fence, but some other things were really cool. The top rail tool would have been nice for doing 8' 9ga, and those panel stretchers look a lot beefier than the ones we used. I'm going keep those in mind next time I have to do a small fence job for someone.

[@Pecknock]

This is so comprehensive and indepth. Thanks for the video.

[@SWiFence]

Thanks for watching!

[@TheAnalyticalObservers]

I'm a fence guy in Florida, and I thought I invented the perfect pack bar, until I saw yours on another video.

[@cao7694]

Excellent tips and tricks !! Thank you

[@olp79]

I just installed my fence following this instructions thanks for sharing

[@SWiFence]

Fantastic!

[@jefffawver888]

AWESOME WORK THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS VIDEO.

[@dejavudejavu8946]

Thanks you for teaching me.!!

[@SWiFence]

My pleasure!

[@jdrichter7155]

Huge shout out. there's a poorly made chain link fence with no top rail or bottom wire, that runs around my back yard but a 78' section of it was ripped out by the landscaping company the flippers hired so they could get heavy equipment back there to dig and it was never replaced. I built the 78' to finish out the fence and added a gate, it may not be the straightest fence ever made lol but it is very sturdy and the only reason I was able to do it was because of the videos on this channel, they break things down in a way that even a dummy like me can understand! Thanks so much for the videos and keep making great content!

[@SWiFence]

Hey thanks for that! Super awesome to hear!

[@octavianoperez7349]

Thanks for the lesson, you are a great instructor. I’m a new property owner and this diy definitely helped me out.

[@SWiFence]

Great to hear!

[@mikemason746]

Never seen that power post driver before, looks a lot more fun than the hand ones that always hit me in the head.

[@arbitrary4850]

all how-to videos should be this well done.

[@SWiFence]

Hey! That's a great compliment! Thank you.

[@KevinLewis-rq8jc]

Hi Dan. I want to take a moment and thank you for this OUTSTANDING video! I know NOTHING about fences - I work in the IT field. I was consistently being let down by fence companies that said they would call back, and never did. Or contractor friends who promised to work up a quote and never did. So I decided I would do it myself. This video, and the other one on your channel that breaks down all of the pieces and how they go together - was all I needed!. I planned out the 200 feet of fencing along the back of my property. Someone helped me with digging the holes, but I finished it today! The terrain was not flat, and I had to remove some trees, but it is done! I really appreciate your "right to the point" what and how and why instructions.

[@KevinLewis-rq8jc]

Additional, I used 28 post - 6 were terminal posts. 5 ft galvanized chain link.

[@SWiFence]

Sweet! Love hearing stories like this! Thanks for sharing! 💪🏻

[@allies9910]

Great video. Super detailed, but where sometimes that can be tedious, you have a comfortable, entertaining, On screen style. I'm building a fence for my niece and wanted to refresh my memory. Was a great distraction from the Toronto Leafs losing another game they should have won.

[@TreeLokPNW]

Best instructional chain link video!

[@SWiFence]

Thank you so much!

[@rickandrews9302]

This video has been very helpful dude, thank you. I live in Torrington, and if I lived closer, I'd hire you

[@lucienasone5751]

Thanks immensely! You are very good at explaining.

[@SWiFence]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Stevusmaximus1]

Great vidéo. Thank you !

[@rayoso154]

Exellent video. I learned alot today. Requires a few tools ,but worth buying them.

[@saleseng]

Thank you SWI your video gave me just enough insight to be able to complete my gate widening project. I ordered a puljack but it got delayed in shipping so I stretched my fabric using my shovel by temporally driving a piece of extra post into the ground as a leverage point opposite the gate post 😂😂😂 it worked!

[@SWiFence]

Nice work!

[@princearthur4946]

Excellent presentation!

[@SWiFence]

Thank you kindly!

[@strayhandycat2753]

I watched street Cowboy Performance at Cody Wyoming. Good times!

[@maheshrasanga8484]

Super..thank you very much.I catch lot of methods and tools...

[@comingtofull-ageinchrist6736]

I'm 56, and I have never seen the Bear-Hold tool; I like how easy it makes to pull the tension bar and fabric snuggly to the Terminal Post to tie it off!

[@SWiFence]

I love it too!

[@greglewis8041]

Great video 👍😉

[@user-zt9sg1hl8h]

I love the easy ties. Coming from aircraft maintenance, what I would do after the twisting is fold the tail up on itself to eliminate the sharp tips.

[@stephaneplourde5944]

Thank for your video!

[@SWiFence]

You are welcome!

[@adanr150]

Great video

[@monicajones3194]

Love your videos

[@brentdesselles]

You guys are awesome, very informative information

[@SWiFence]

Thanks for watching!

[@scottbrown8939]

Good Video, showing layout and Height to cut posts and what to look for! All DIY VIDEOS could take a lesson from you. Thank You.

[@SWiFence]

What a great comment! Thanks!

[@dunstanavila2888]

Awesome video to watch and you did an superb job in explaining it. My confidence in fence building have risen to the max because of this video presentation. Most gratitude to you sir.

[@SWiFence]

You can do it!

[@dustymclennan4267]

very different way to how we do it in Australia, but i do like how neat u done the job, we clip the cable to the chair wire, over the nuckle of the dimon to the cable, it makes it stronger then just cliping it to the single part of chair wire to cable, well done tho looks good, another thing when we tie our tie wire to the top rail we go around twice and twist so no long or sharp edgeing. great video

[@rogerbettencourt9654]

I saw this video with a guy named Mark, you may have heard of him, down in Florida who could use a couple guys like you. Great share guys.

[@chargermopar]

What ever happened to the middle age overweight man with funny shoes?

[@greglewis8041]

Beautiful 😍

[@remigioboria4872]

Gracias!

[@mariaarevalo6874]

Beautifully done Clearly Explained 💯 🎯 🔗 🔗 🔗

[@Livefreewhileucan]

Excellent video. Thanks

[@SWiFence]

You're welcome!

[@frankalvarez1307]

Excelent class.

[@walterbarrera7394]

Awesome! Thanks for this and all your videos guys.

[@SWiFence]

You bet!

[@tempusveritas8901]

Thank You my new neighbor just had a tree removed that was on the line. I am going to reclaim some yard. Great Video !

[@burimduka1705]

Clean job

[@atomp153]

Thanks for sharing this info!

[@SWiFence]

You bet!

[@tools2use975]

Good stuff man

[@jackalandia81]

Thank you for sharing this video, I think I'm ready to install my 50lf myself.👍👍

[@SWiFence]

Go for it!

[@taylor14bird]

Very informative! Great video thanks for posting. It will help me on my install!

[@SWiFence]

Glad to hear it!

[@williamcrazylacyfurmage9953]

Nice Video you did, thumps up, thanks

[@yahyatowaqeen6769]

عمل متقن ❤

[@cmwest2756]

Well earned and Well deserved.

[@netherlyfarm2528]

Really nice video and like how yall took the time to put in all the details and tools needed. Very nice.

[@SWiFence]

Glad you liked it!

[@saucerianpublisher6423]

Thank for your useful info

[@ecsbcj]

Very helpful and so-well explained. Thank you.

[@SWiFence]

You're very welcome!

[@jesusfigueroa1876]

Very Nice job love it!!!

[@SWiFence]

Thank you!

[@dustingreen6210]

Excellent how to video!!!!!

[@SWiFence]

Thank you!

[@surangachaminda6936]

Very informative video. Thanks

[@SWiFence]

Glad it was helpful!

[@earlanderson5841]

Wow. Thank you for the very educational video.

[@SWiFence]

You're welcome!

[@ricardoturin5858]

GREAT video, very informative!!! Bravo

[@SWiFence]

Thank you!