DEER FENCE INSTALLATION: EARLY STEPS 5

Preparation

Early Steps: Installing Posts
Using Trees as Posts
Choosing Posts
Round Metal Posts
Posts with Drive Sleeves
Attaching Brace Bands and Caps
Angle-iron Posts
Wooden Posts
Cement Footings

Middle Steps: Anchors, Supports, and Adjustments

Finishing Touches, Gates, and Maintenance

EARLY STEPS, CONTINUED

Attaching Brace Bands and Caps to Round Posts

Brace bands offer a convenient way to ensure that your fencing cannot slide down the posts. Place a brace band (item 15-12) near the top of each round post. The flanges on the band should face outward toward the deer except on posts where earth anchors will be attached, in which case the flanges should point toward the place where the earth anchor will be inserted into the ground.

Before tightening the brace band, leave enough space above the band so that a cap can fit on the post. Place the cap on the post, if need be by hammering the cap, putting a board between the cap and your hammer to avoid marring the cap.

Raise the brace band up to the bottom of the cap with your hands and point the flanges in the right direction. Pass the bolt provided through the holes in the flanges, apply a nut, and tighten the nut with a wrench until the brace band cannot move.

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