Instructions / Assembly

DOG EAR SPACED 3" PICKET FENCE
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
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Kit contents
• 3 - posts
• 4 - rails
• 3 - post caps
• 3 - 18" wooden stakes
• 10 - 3" dog ear pickets
• 3 - 7/8" screws
Preparation
Items needed
• Soapy water
• Wooden wedge
• Non-marring rubber mallet
• Drill with square bit
Check local ordinances and regulations before building your
fence. Before construction, contact your local utility companies
to mark any underground cables and pipelines. In addition, it is
a good idea to discuss plans with any neighbors along your
proposed fence line.
• You will assemble the panel by starting at one end of your
panel, working toward the opposite end.
• Take one of the rails and gently open the throat with your hand
or a wooden wedge (fig. 1). This will become the bottom rail of
the assembly.
• Insert a picket into the throat of the rail, and proceed through
the routered hole as shown. DO NOT SNAP INTO PLACE (fig. 2).
• Continue to push the picket through the bottom rail into the
throat and hole of the second rail (fig. 3). The second rail
becomes the top rail of the assembly. Stop when the tab in
the bottom rail and the notch on the picket align. DO NOT
SNAP INTO PLACE.
• Continue this process until all pickets are inserted into the
rails with the tabs and notches aligned (fig. 4).
Step 1
fig. 1
fig. 3 fig. 4
Step 2
fig. 2
Note: PicketLock
™
is a patent-pending technology that provides a glue- and fastener-free connection between the pickets
and rails. You may spray soapy water onto components to help them slide more easily into their corresponding channels.
A non-marring rubber mallet may also be used to gently tap components more firmly into place.