Arris rail fence

stingray_316

I wonder if anyone can give me some ideas how l can get some arris rail fences up on my garden which is on a slope..
I bought 6 9ft fences and posts used for these fences off someone who had took them down off his garden which was a level flat garden.
However without thinking till I got them home my garden is on a slope and the posts have V-cuts out the posts where the rails would sit in but l cannot use these has they will not meet up ..
I suppose I could buy arris brackets and put them inside the posts but the V-cuts will show up on the garden side or opposite side , also the brackets will have to be screwed into the posts where the cut outs are so l would not get all fixings into the brackets..
Any ideas

wellused

Put the posts into the ground not vertical but at 90 degs to the slope, the posts will be leaning but the vee cuts will work out.

stingray_316

wellused wrote: »

Put the posts into the ground not vertical but at 90 degs to the slope, the posts will be leaning but the vee cuts will work out.

Not quite sure what to do here...
So do l dig holes at a slant, and how do l know if it needs a 90 deg angle and how to get this angle because once put in and the concrete is in you cannot alter the settings...
Gravel boards also need to go in so will these follow the same angle ok.
The first panel is level before the ground slopes so these two posts would be vertical so how do l get the second panel to slope at if the second post is vertical..

Ectophile

It's all going to look a bit weird if all the posts are leaning over at different angles. Most fences I've seen on slopes have had vertical posts, and the fences between adjusted to fit.

I can't see why you couldn't just put the posts slightly closer together (and it should only be a little bit closer). Then re-cut either the ends of the arris rails or the notches in the posts so that they fit together with the rails at a slant.

wellused

I have seen fences going up hill with the posts out of vertical and it didn't look that bad to be honest, you're problem seems to be that you have posts with notches in which you want to utilise as you don't want to cut more notches. The only way that I can see for you to do this is to dig a hole where the up hill section starts, it doesn't have to be slanted, measure the distance that the next hole has to be and dig another hole, it doesn't have to be slanted. Stand the fence panel where you intend it to go between the two holes, the angle that the ends of the fence panel form is the angle that the posts have to be. Personally if I were doing this I would do one panel at a time and fix the panel to the posts and prop them up vertically, continue up the hill to the top and concrete the posts in when you are satisfied that the fence looks ok. The bottom section where the ground is flat put the panels in as normal with the posts vertical. The problem will be connecting the vertical section to the uphill section where it will need you to construct an infill panel to suit the void. If all of that doesn't sound viable then you will just have to re cut the posts to suit the rails or buy new posts.