Many people enjoy home projects like building a fence. lots of people try building fences, but if you are not a professional sometimes these fences do not turn out very well. Lots of times the fences look crooked due to bad fence post alignment. If you are going to be building a fence , follow these steps in order to align your fence posts correctly.

Before you start working on the alignment of the fence, you will have to think about fence postspacing. As a rule of thumb, yourfence posts should be between 6 and 8 feet apart. 6 to 8 foot spacing makes it easy to use regular 2×4’s as cross bars on your fence. Remember, alignment is the most difficult part of building your fence, so take your time during this part of the process. The straighter your fence posts are, the better your fence will look.

Here is a method that many companies that build fences in Kennewick use, called the Corner Post Method, also known as the End Post Method. Dig all of the corner post holes and toss your fence posts in them. Now pour in a bag of dry concrete and adjust the post so that it is the right height. Now put your level on the side of the post to make sure it is level on both sides. Now take a hose and run some water in to the hole for 2 or 3 minutes. The water will then soak into the concrete and harden, while any extra water will soak into the ground. After all the corner posts are in, wait until the next day to set the rest of your posts.

The next day, screw a screw into the back of each of your corner posts and then tie 2 mason’s lines from one post to the other. Run one line along the side of the posts, and another line over the top of the posts. Now you will be able to see where to dig your fence post holes, and once you do, you will be able to get all of your fence posts straight by lining them up so that the side of the post touches the line and the top of the post is right under the top string. Then take a level and make sure your post is level before dumping in your concrete.

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