Fence clip advice -for a female who has never put one up!

shegirl

LOL Hi,I'm putting up a 6 foot fence in my garden this weekend.I'll be doing it within the bounderies of the fence that is already there so was wondering if anyone could tell me the best type of clips or brackets to use considering that I have no access to the rear of the fence.

These http://www.wickes.co.uk/double-fence-lock-centre/invt/190880/ look quite tempting but I have no idea what to use,these or L brackets etc etc so any advice would be great:o

ormus

http://www.wickes.co.uk/slotted-concrete-fence-post/invt/540063/

most common practice is to use slotted concrete posts. the 6ft panels then just slide into place.

tanith

There are good and bad reviews of those clips , do you already have secure posts in place?

shegirl

ormus wrote: »

http://www.wickes.co.uk/slotted-concrete-fence-post/invt/540063/

most common practice is to use slotted concrete posts. the 6ft panels then just slide into place.

Thanks,already had wooden posts delivered though as I hate the look of concrete posts lol

shegirl

tanith wrote: »

There are good and bad reviews of those clips , do you already have secure posts in place?

Nope,I'll be putting the new posts up too

maninthestreet

U-shaped clips are normally used:

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.tool-net.co.uk/data/tools/FencePanelClip.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.tool-net.co.uk/p-323671/tool-net-52mm-fence-panel-clip.html&usg=__5nXvjXgFwpnbQWTWSD0r3wcm2tU=&h=250&w=250&sz=14&hl=en&start=4&zoom=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=ftUwj1Qw0HDLGM:&tbnh=111&tbnw=111&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dfence%2Bclip%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D1380%26bih%3D688%26tbm%3Disch&ei=pwH6TeiHPIS-vgOh9YmjAw

Use screws to hold the panel in the clip, rather than nails.

shegirl

maninthestreet wrote: »

U-shaped clips are normally used:

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.tool-net.co.uk/data/tools/FencePanelClip.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.tool-net.co.uk/p-323671/tool-net-52mm-fence-panel-clip.html&usg=__5nXvjXgFwpnbQWTWSD0r3wcm2tU=&h=250&w=250&sz=14&hl=en&start=4&zoom=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=ftUwj1Qw0HDLGM:&tbnh=111&tbnw=111&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dfence%2Bclip%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D1380%26bih%3D688%26tbm%3Disch&ei=pwH6TeiHPIS-vgOh9YmjAw

Use screws to hold the panel in the clip, rather than nails.

As I won't be able to do anything to the back of the fence (yes that's a pain in the rear end!!) would there be anything I could use that would make it more secure?