Chain link is a tension structure. It is installed by pulling fabric tight between fixed terminal posts, and almost every chain link problem traces back to that tension being wrong.
Terminal posts take the load and are set larger and deeper than line posts. Fabric is stretched with a come-along, tied at intervals, and held straight by either a top rail or top tension wire.
Long perimeters, pet containment, commercial yards, sports enclosures and anywhere visibility through the fence is wanted.
Galvanised or vinyl-coated fabric in 11.5 to 6 gauge, framework in matching finish, tension bars and bands at terminals, and ties along the line posts.
Barbed-wire top arms are restricted or prohibited in many residential zones and permitted commercially, sometimes with a minimum height before the arms may start.
Terminal and line posts first, then framework, then fabric. Fabric stretching is fast; getting the terminals right is what takes the time.
Check ties and tension yearly, and keep vegetation out of the mesh. A vine growing through chain link adds significant wind load to a fence designed to be open.
Terminal posts — ends, corners and gate posts — resist the pull of the stretched fabric and are larger and deeper set. Line posts only support the fabric between them.
A top rail stiffens the run and is the residential norm. Tension wire is cheaper, flexes under impact rather than bending permanently, and is common on long agricultural runs.
Bottom tension wire, a buried bottom rail, or mesh turned outward and buried at the base. Which one depends on the dog and on how much digging is being done.
Call Donor Probe fencing-sterling on (512) 555-0134, or send the details through the form.