Chain Link Fence Installation Manual
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Install Top Rail:
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- Slide top rail through a couple loop caps and
butt end firmly into rail end cup. Adjust height of rail end cup if necessary. Tighten
rail end cup firmly.
- Some top rail has a 'swedged' end, which
tapers down so it will fit into another piece of rail. Fit the non-swedged end into the
rail end cup at the end or corner post.
- Add sections of rail, sliding each non-swedged
end into a swedged end. Be certain to push rails toward your beginning point to 'seat'
them all the way into each other. Push firmly. If the top rail has no swedged end then you
need a 'sleeve' that acts as a coupling.
- Add additional top rail until you reach the
next terminal post, i.e. end, corner, gate post.
- Cut excess rail off with hack saw or pipe cutter.
Mark the cut-off point carefully so the rail will fit snugly into the rail end cup.
Any slack in your entire length of rail will allow the chain link, when stretched tight,
to pull the end posts in towards each other. Tip: Each piece of rail
should be supported by two posts. Do not cut rail so that a seam will be in-between the
last line post and terminal post. This point will be weak and tend to sag.
- Install top rail in all stretches of fence. At
this point, visually check the height of line posts once top rail is installed. If a post
is too high, remove rail and trim as necessary.
- If a post is 1/4" too short you may also
cut a sliver of pipe, the same diameter size as the line post and slip it under the loop
cap.
- NOTE: Industrial job sites
occasionally substitute a top tension wire in lieu of top rail to cut down on cost. See
page 6 for details.
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Loop caps simply slide on top of posts. Top rail slides through
horizontally.
Offset of loop cap faces 'out'. This helps keep the framework flush to the
fabric side of the chain link fence.
1-3/8" and 1-5/8", common sizes for top rail, are available
swedged or plain end. Plain end top rail requires sleeves as shown above.
Sleeve installed.
A hacksaw, chop saw, sawzall, pipe cutter, or portable band saw are used to
cut top rail.
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