Building Pipe Fence

For an ordinary fence 48 to 60 tall a bottom rail 6 inches 15 2 cm from the panel bottom and a top rail 4 inches 10 2 cm from the panel top is sufficient.

Building pipe fence.

Also called fishmouth or coping pipe. Space your rails according to the fence manufacturer s recommendations. So get it right the first time. I have about 1000 feet i want to run this fence along.

I would like to build a 5 tall by three row pipe fence to keep in some horses and a donkey. Pipe fence question 12 03 2007 01 47 pm i am building a steel pipe fence 2 3 8 for my home and need suggestions on how to cut the saddle out of the line post so the top rail rail sits smooth on top. I have secured some used oilfield pipe for next to nothing. Already i can see i am a little off from post to post.

Building pipe fence the simple little tool that makes it possible if i d been blogging about seven years ago i might have had a blog post about how i built the pipe fence along the road in front of the barn but i wasn t blogging so i didn t blog about it. Using a purox torch with 4202 3 tip. Saddling and uphill welding 2 3 8 to 2 7 8 post. 2 schedule 40 pipe with the liner.

The instructions below are for just one panel. The pvc pipe should last a lot longer and the price is not much different from the wood fence. Until now there was not an easy way to build pipe fence braces. I have never done this before.

Welded braces are labor intensive require special skills and expensive equipment causing welding to be costly in terms of both time and money. Posts were set in concrete and stays had been pre cut in our fab shop then using our pre cut pipe fence saddles the flatback 2 3 8 for 2 3 8 pipe our we. For taller fences an intermediate rail is needed centered between the top and bottom rails. So if you decide to build this pvc fence and you need more than one panel then you ll need to do the math for additional material.

Until now welding was the only option.