How To Plan Out Fence Posts-Calculating Post Spacing

[@harriglnola7655]

Man, THANK YOU!!! I'm 66 years old and this is the FIRST time that I have received this VALUABLE information! Yes, I've got common sense and can do arithmetic, but I've never learned this method. THANKS SO-O-O-O MUCH!!! I now feel liberated! 👍👍👍. I will use this procedure forever now!

[@djc3949]

Dude you are so good at tutorials, best explained tutorial I've run into, thanks

[@308alaska]

As a 72 yr old farmer I just place my t-post around 8ft. It can be shorter or longer depending on the terrain. I also nail my fencing to trees. If I have a low spot then I put a t-post in the low spot so I have wire that goes down and back up out of the low spot. I see a lot of retired city folk hobby farming worrying about how far to space fencing......the idea is to keep livestock in. The best part is when they have to cross a creek that floods.....They never follow any advice that you give them when they ask...........creek floods and their fencing is gone/tangled up mess. The difference between a Farmer and a hobby farmer is the farmer has to make a living from farming...the hobby farmer is just doing it for fun. I think Tractor Supply has turned into more of a place for hobby farming.

[@vids595]

I am a licensed fencing contractor. I was looking for a video to send to an employee. I do this a little differently. The way we do it makes the distance between all posts the same. Divide the fence line distance by the maximum allowable space between posts (46/8 = 5.75) then round up to the next whole number because you cannot have a fraction of a post (6). Now if you imagine dividing a line segment by 6 you will have created 7 spaces between the divisions. Slide the dividing marks so that they begin on one far side of the line segment. You will see that you still have 6 divisions and 7 spaces. Imagine the divisions are posts, and you will see that you need to add one more end post. That gives us 7 posts. Now you need to determine the spacing of the posts, so that all spaces are the same (not mostly 8' and 7' on the ends). In this case 7' and 8' are close, so it wouldn't look to bad, but in some cases you would have very short little sections on either end. 46'/6 spaces between posts = 7.67' = 7'8". It is assumed in this case that 8' is the maximum allowable space between posts.

[@vids595]

If you have two fence lines that meet to make a corner, you will already have one end post accounted for after calculating the posts needed for the first fence line.

[@cjtheus]

Thank you for your time for Teaching this Calculation. Red Oak Texas US Army Veteran Thank you

[@darinspivey941]

This was so easy to understand, thank you! I looked at several videos prior to this, all were focusing on how to make sure corners are square, etc. I don't need to know that because I'm just replacing a back section of fence which is straight! This was perfect.

[@alfonsogalvan9505]

Great tutorial!

[@jaysjetskis]

I have to build a fence and this was really helpful thank you

[@everettabare5466]

Awesome job explaining that ... very clear and easy to understand Thank You!

[@relesonwheels]

What if your fence line doesn't end up being a whole number? Mine comes out to 36' 7". Now how do i determine spacing? Convert to inches, calculate then convert back to feet?

[@paulx7620]

Thank you! I'm going to be starting my fence in a few days hope this works. I'm going to instead of putting both short runs on the very outside I'll move one side in to make the gate further in from the corner. I think it will work for my situation. Again thanks.

[@PartNinja]

So If I'm using 8' wide panels what do you do exactly with the two 7' ends? Just cut them down?

[@Slick5923]

i like your way of deciding the number of pickets. But after you decide 7 pickets (in this case), why not multiply the total 46ft x 12 to get total inches, then divide by 6 (spaces) to to get an equal 92 inches between every picket (on ceters, minus the center difference on the ends)

[@erikgavilan3870]

Why 12? And why 6? I’m going to install some posts for fence and I need to know how I would do it if I want them 8ft on center or 8ft in between.

[@Notinthesquad]

it kills me that this guy sounds like Kermit the frog

[@La_abbess]

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[@BleedFromMyEarsBass]

I didn't know Beaver started a fence business

[@kiarawhyte4672]

@@BleedFromMyEarsBass 👁👄👁

[@srisankar7303]

Sir nice work simple calculation thank you somuch

[@La_abbess]

Snap- the numbers work. Thanks

[@TruckieLooks4Aliens]

R u including the width of the fence post?? To figure out exact spacing for a 46ft wide area. If you have 7 posts at 1ft wide each. You would multiply 7x1=7ft bc that’s space you need to account for. 46ft-7ft=39 ft left over Now, since the first post doesn’t need space- you don’t count that next. You need to divide 39ft | 6 posts= 6.5ft. You now have to space them 6.5 feet apart. 1️⃣ -6.5ft-1️⃣ -6.5ft-1️⃣ -6.5ft-1️⃣ -6.5ft-1️⃣ -6.5ft-1️⃣ -6.5ft-1️⃣ =46ft

[@eliseintheattic9697]

Thank you! This is exactly what I needed to know.

[@cammy470]

what about if you wanted even fence panels with allowing for the fence posts also. say if you are using 6 100mm fence posts with a total distance of 15m . and you need even panels?

[@bigbawss3273]

take the full number divide by 7 easy because that would give even spacing hommie BUT!! he did not account for material width like post sizing like are they 2''ers or 1 1/2, you also need to take into account for this so try to do this 46 divided by 7= 6.571 (you dont need the rest of the decimal just the 3 corresponding frontal digits) then if your handy with math and remember what a 1/16th or a 1/8th is in decimal it would calculate to roughly 6' 1/2 which would be 78'', if your still following that's good :), then subtract the width of each post from the number so lets say were doing a 2'' sq tube that would equal out to 76'' or 6'.3 in feet honestly I roll with inches than footage because I can take in account for my distancing or reveals easily. next is take that full number with the 2'' accountance being subtracted from it, and to times it by the original number so 76 X 46 or safer bet is doing it in the rough footage to allow for extra or do what I do and do 78 X 46 which will give you 4'' extra to mess with each schtick which doesent sound like a lot but it adds up and you dont want to be too wasteful and dont want to cut it too close and not have any play with it, then once you get your mat. ordered that is up to you how to jig or rig it up :) hoped this helped (even though I just realized after typing it your doing mm just do the same method but in mm and have ther same accountance at the end of leaving that material but knowing what ur cut length is going to be before you assemble :)

[@dabmane]

When you mean 8 feet between posts, do you mean 8 feet on center? Or should the railspan be 8 feet? I'm assuming it would be on center.

[@R1Brooklyn]

Cool video.

[@ScreamingEagleFTW]

How do you calculate if you want all the posts equally spaced?

[@Originaldrocks361]

Great video ! Simple and it worked

[@RobHTech]

Well this is partially correct. If you take the total and add 2, 1 for the "Zero marking" and 1 to account for the % of span length remaining. One run should have 2 terminal posts (corner/end posts). Then, there is the space between them. Let's say 67'. 67'/8 = 8.38 posts. So 0.38 is left over. Since each line post is 8' apart, 8'(0.38) = 3.04'. So sure 8' spans work, but the line posts will end up being more than 8' apart, no matter which way you do it. If you take 3.04/2 = 1.52' extra (9' 6 ¼" at the ends). --So question is, do you want spans of 8' with 2 9'6 ¼" spans at the 2 ends? Is it going to be strong enough? Do you prefer 7' spans for added strength? Adding the extra to each end post will look goofy. This method is commonly used for tile flooring, for example, but I wouldn't apply it to a fence. --A better way, in my opinion, would be to take that 3.04' and divide it up among the 8 posts to minimize 2 extra-long spans and plus it will look symmetrical all the way down. So, each 8' span needs to be 0.38' longer, i.e., 8' 4 ½" apart, i.e., 67' span is 804" and line poles are 100.5" apart, thus 804"/100.5" = 8 line poles, evenly spaced between 2 terminal posts. --I don't want my line posts 8' apart, let along 8' 4 ½". So I used 7' apart. 67'/ 7' = 9.57 line posts. 9' (7') = 63'; 67' - 63' = 4' left over. Double check: 9.57 posts needed, @ 7' apart, so 7'(0.57) = 3.99'------close enough. So 4'/9 = 0.444' added to each. 12(.444) = 5.3". So each line post will be 7' and 5.3" apart. 7(12) = 84". 0.3" = 19/64" so just round it. 84" + 5.25" = 89.25". 67' = 804". 804" / 89.25" = 9.008 line posts. Close enough. So for my chosen strength, costs, time, etc., I'll use the 7'5.3" AKA 89.25" which is 89 ¼" each.

[@saltminesrichtoday7419]

And here we all are doing math that we swore we would never need to learn while in high school lol.

[@johnprice1105]

How would you get the same spacing between blasters so there the same at each post too, cheers

[@nickcross2684]

Math

[@shutupdog11]

Thanx soo much ....

[@RobHTech]

It's not complicated. Another way, which a lot of people probably will not talk about, is that you take the distance of anything you want, then add 1 to the total amount of whatever, in this case posts. So, if it's 46' and I want 8 posts, then you divide by 9, not 8, since there will be 9 spaces, which is what you are really trying to calculate. So 46'/9 = 5.11'. So each line post will be 5.11' apart, starting from one terminal to the next terminal. So, starting at the one terminal, the additions go like this: 5.11, 10.22, 15.33, 20.44, 25.55, 30.66, 35.77, 40.88, and then from the last line post (40.88') to the end terminal post is another 5.11', so 45.99'. Done. No goofing off trying to make two ends look the same. Now if you have pipes, gas lines, etc. to work around, then I could see applying your method, or if someone wanted 2 posts at 5' apart on one end where cars come in/out the driveway, then match the other end. You would then calculate the remaining space between the 2 offset posts and divide by 1 more than the number of posts you want.

[@kathleencopps3971]

THE FIRST THING YOU NEED, IS TO DETERMINE WHAT SIZE FENCE POST IS NEEDED. lets build your fence with 1/4 inch by 1/4 inch posts, & see how many seconds it stands . In my experience, your fence will fall over before you even finish it. When doing something ...FIRST identify what is needed in material size. Then you can figure out materials needed

[@Max-hq2jm]

kathleen copps this video is about calculating post placement. One should presume materials are already chosen.

[@003SOK]

@@Max-hq2jm im getting in this a bit late, but don't you need to calculate for the posts? 7 4x4 posts is 28 inches of post over the length of the fence, which makes your fence 2 foot longer than the original 46 feet, unless you cut back your panels by 4 inches.

[@VERMrunner]

Great video

[@RS-gq8wh]

Or make it completely symmetrical and space each post exactly 7’8” apart and all posts will be spaced perfectly.

[@Overfl00d]

Good video. Thank you.

[@devriescustomleather1109]

What about the space you lose for the posts?

[@aowrya]

If you're stringing wire or overlapping wood planks/posts, that's not a factor. You'd have to do more calculations if you're building a different kind of fence.

[@stanleyvo5198]

Thanks you your information ....very helpful !

[@stevenrobertson1877]

Why not just have an equal distance between each post?

[@Rickeya]

wait I divided and I got 5 r6 is that 6 equall 75

[@dannyl6507]

How do you make them all have the same spacing?

[@brucea550]

In this example you would divide 46 by 6.

[@ritid69]

Use a tape measure 🥴

[@DlcEnergy]

ceil(38ft / 6ft) = 7 total posts (6 spaces) 38ft / 6 spaces = 6ft 4inch space between posts There's no real need to make the inner posts spaced a whole integer amount of "ft" apart. In another timeline "ft" could've been slightly bigger/smaller.

[@PewPewDave]

Your intro reminds me of how Bill Cosby talks :)

[@deebluemedz]

too flowery explanation... go directly to the core point..

[@MingziZ]

My mathematics is very poor, what idont understand is how about where the post stand maybe its 1ft by 1ft

[@JoelGoffin]

Better Call Saul!

[@BleedFromMyEarsBass]

I didn't know Beaver started a fence business

[@kelvinbungard9780]

Tried your method with a distance of 70m at spacing's of 4m between posts which gives me 17.5 posts, added 2 to give me 19, marked it out on paper as you did and it gives me 18 lots of 4m spacing's which is higher than the overall distance. Any idea where I've gone wrong?

[@skiptonius5346]

I think you included the space between the end posts and the next closest post. The end sections of your fence should be 3m instead of 4m. 18 sections minus 2 sections is 16. 16 multiplied by 4 is 64, 70 minus 64 is 6, 6 divided by 2 is 3.

[@kelvinbungard9780]

Thanks for the reply, yes you were right.

[@starrstewart7083]

I did it with the Woodprix plans.

[@andhemills]

Narration provided by Kermit the Cosby.

[@Italianfoodtours]

thanks! very helpfull :)

[@mollyanderson9111]

An extra Canadian Jordan Peterson

[@brentsonjm]

Michael Rapaport

[@KamukamaNicholus-m6r]

Number of posts

[@evanrutherfordlazyahole9079]

So like elementary math.. and hand eye coordination...

[@thatguyoverthere8355]

Decimals?

[@craigrandall5091]

Math!

[@robr9905]

Sorry, I don't get your reasoning. Why just make each section (gap) the same? .........7.67 feet. This completely disregarding code requirements, standard is 6 feet by the way.

[@aowrya]

For livestock fencing, no one is going to measure each gap with that kind of measurement haha. You can do that if you want to, but the rest of us will not. And 8-20' is standard for that kind of fence as well, so stop assuming he's talking about the ONE application you're aware of. There are lots more.

[@scottykify]

Why not do 5 full 8' spacing's with 1x 6' short section at one end? Instead of having 2 odd size spacing at the ends

[@dace8030]

I think it really depends on the person. Personally I think the one odd side is fine but some don't like it

[@brucea550]

Why not just space them all 9’ 2” apart and use 6 posts? Unless you are working with prefab panels of a certain length, that extra foot ain’t gonna matter.

[@franciscobravo2831]

But still not equal spacing

[@aowrya]

People simply don't use dumb complicated measurements between fence posts just to make EVERY gap equal. That's unnecessary and wastes time. You want each post to be 7.35 feet apart or something? Lol

[@alz2008]

i made the likes on this video 699 to 700. i must get shout out in thi nextt vidioo jk

[@arneltorres530]

Hahahahah

[@evanrutherfordlazyahole9079]

If he can't get this right chances are he won't know the math or whether he's in the right hole. Better off talking about prison rape than elementary math I guess that's why he buys multiple trailers genius.

[@003SOK]

emo phillips?

[@savann.sun1980]

thats the lamest and ugliest distance someone would want his fence to look like. 6 x 92 inches isnt too hard?

[@thatguy3697]

The voice on this guys makes this vid unwatchable

[@Ricochet909]

Really? You must be easily irritated.