Instructions / Assembly

SLIPFENCE HORIZONTAL Installation Instructions:

The Slipfence is specifically designed for homeowners who want a warm and private

wood fence, but with the Stability and Endurance of an Aluminum Fence!

AND….Simple to install.

1)When planning your HORIZONTAL SLIPFENCE installation, make sure to map out

your fence posts exactly 72.5” between your posts, so that when you cut 12 foot

deck boards exactly in half these will slip in perfectly to your panel.

2) Dig 8" diameter post holes 36 to 48” deep and fill the bottom with a few inches

gravel if required… (colder climates may require a deeper post-hole).

3) Insert the Square Aluminum post into the hole and ensure that the post is at least

76” from the ground to the top of the post for a 6 foot fence.

4) Then pour concrete into the hole around the post to set, do the same for the next

posts in the fence-line, …and while the concrete is still wet, lay a 6 foot board flat on

the ground for your spacing between the posts, making sure to leave approximately

1/4” play between post and board on both sides for the thickness of the channels,

or just make sure that the space between the posts is 72.5”.

5) Then while concrete is wet, level each post on both X and Y Axis.

Repeat this same procedure for all posts in your fence project.

5) When the concrete has dried, Place one of your boards flat on the ground

between your posts and this will be the space off the ground for your first channel to

be fastened to your first post.

6) Place the channel against the side of the post that faces the next post as close to

center of post as possible and sitting on top of the board that you had laid flat on the

ground, and level this channel on the post then fasten to the post with stainless self

drilling screws provided in the kit.

7) For the next post, be sure to level the board that is flat on the ground and this will

be the seat for the channel on your next post.

Once the board laying flat on the ground is level between the two posts, sit the next

channel on the board, facing the previous channel installed, and level it with the post

and fasten the second channel to the second post with the self drilling stainless

screws provided and you should have two channels facing each other between two

posts that are exactly level with each other.

8) Insert “Base” board. Or bottom board. (This first board that slips into the

channels and screws onto the channel with 4 screws and will be your base for the

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SLIPFENCE HORIZONTAL Installation Instructions: The Slipfence is specifically designed for homeowners who want a warm and private wood fence, but with the Stability and Endurance of an Aluminum Fence! AND….Simple to install. 1)When planning your HORIZONTAL SLIPFENCE installation, make sure to map out your fence posts exactly 72.5” between your posts, so that when you cut 12 foot deck boards exactly in half these will slip in perfectly to your panel.
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stack of boards in your fence panel. (A 6 foot high fence will take 13 or 14 boards stacked.) LEVEL GROUND: If the ground is fairly level you can leave the flat board that was used to level the bottom of the channels in place and start your base board at this level. This will provide a 1” lift of your bottom board off the ground.
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9b) Repeat these steps to secure and stack all boards into the panels in each fence line of your project making sure the stacks of boards are remaining level as you slip in boards. 10) Once all the boards have been inserted and the fence looks complete, you can now trim the tops of the posts if necessary with a metal blade on your saw. 15) Then tap on the “self tightening” Aluminum Post cap with rubber mallet to all Posts.