Build a fence in 6 easy steps – and a little help from Mitre 10.
There are so many reasons for wanting to build a fence. You may want more privacy, keep pets in or pests out, or you may simply want to add an attractive finish to your property. Whatever your reason, building your own fence is easy with Mitre 10.

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Everything you need

Product Checklist

	Timber	Posts - red gum 125 x 75mm or treated pine 100 x 100mm
		Cross rails hardwood or treated pine 75 x 50mm top & bottom rails
		Cross rails hardwood or treated pine 75 x 38mm mid rail
		Palings - hardwood or treated pine 100mm and 150mm wide, half and half quantity
		Plinth - hardwood 150 x 25mm
	hardware	Cement mix
		Stakes
		Timber bracing
		Galvanised flat head nails 40 x 2mm for under palings 50 x 2.8mm for over palings
		Galvanised bullet head nails 75 x 3.75mm for rails
		Timber post hole sole plates 300 x 250 x 50mm red gum

Tools for the Job

	Measuring tape
	Pencil
	Power saw or hand saw
	Hammer
	Carpenter’s square
	String line
	Spirit level
	Wood chisels
	Sliding bevel
	Shovel or
	Post hole digger

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