Think Fencing Jabiru User manual

Residential Fencing
Picket.
Installation Guide

Jabiru Picket Fence – White

Contents
Getting Started 4
Installation Tips 4
Shortening a Panel
Tools Required 5
Instructions 6
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Getting Started
We take great pride in the quality of our workmanship with all
our picket fences. Think Fencing’s picket fence installation is
made simple with our special interlocking tabs that join the rail
to the posts, therefore no nails or screws required! Consequently
maintenance is minimal for the life of your picket fence.
Congratulations on your new Think Fencing
Picket Fencing System.
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Installation Tips
Install the fence on a still day as wind can make the string
line move.
Mow any grass and level the fence line prior to allow for
easier installation.
For planning purposes each hole will require 0.045m/3 of
concrete.
When concreting the post, Think Fencing recommend to
first put the post into the ground, pour the concrete in, then
lift and push it back into the concrete. This method allows
the concrete to travel up the post core.
If you have sandy/loose soil, Think Fencing recommends
that you increase your hole size and amount of concrete to
create a bigger foundation.
Creating a gauge with a piece of timber or plastic allows you
to easily check the measurement between posts.
Keep a rasp handy to open the slots up if the rail or pickets
are difficult to slide in or if the fence is on a slope.
The fence can already accommodate a 1.0 degree rake.
Anything larger than this will require increasing the length
of the slot by rasping it out on site or have Think Fencing
provide custom routed posts.
If the fence is to be installed around a corner with an angle
between 0-45 degree the rail slot width can be increased
using a rasp to allow for a greater angle.
When crimping, make sure that the crimp is facing
outwards. The crimp is designed to allow you to push the
rail into the post but not pull out.
Shortening a Panel
All PVC components can be cut using a saw to enable you
to shorten a panel. When cutting rails, ensure you leave at
least 30mm on each side to slide into the post.
If using a circular saw, it is recommended to use an
Aluminium cutting blade for the best cut.

Clamps Clamps
Tools Required.
What you will need
to get the job done.
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Crimper
Safety Glasses
Shovel
Pencil Pencil
Tape Measure String Line
Spirit Level Silicon Gun
Drill or Screwdriver Drill or ScrewdriverMasking Tape Masking Tape
Wet Mix Concrete Line Marking Paint
Hinge Gate
Installation
Refer to our Hinge Gate Installation Guide
Sliding Gate
Installation
Refer to our Sliding Gate Installation Guide
Rasp

Prepare the site ensuring you don’t have any
significant undulations. You can then run two
string lines, one along the top and side of the
posts.
Mark your post centers as specified using line
marking paint. This is where you will auger/dig
the holes.
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2
What you will need:
What you will need:
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String Line
String Line
Post
Post Post Post Post
2390mm 2390mm 2390mm

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The holes must be at least 300mm wide and
650mm deep. The post needs to go into the
concrete 600mm deep leaving a 50mm solid
concrete foundation.
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Post
Ground
300mm
Ground
650mm
What you will need:
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Ground
50mm
Ground
Fill 3/4 full
300mm
650mm
Post
First put the post into the ground then pour
the concrete in. Lift the post and push it back
into the concrete allowing the concrete to
travel up the post core.
Position the post using a string line and level.
Please note: If you have sandy/loose soil,
Think Fencing recommends that you increase
your hole size and amount of concrete to
create a bigger foundation.
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Concrete the next post.
Its easier to accurately measure the post
spacing from the inside edge of two posts
rather than the centers.
This measurement is the center to center
post spacing that you used to mark the
holes (as specified) minus the thickness of
one post. For example: Post spacing centre
to centre (2390mm) minus thickness of one
post (127mm) = 2390 - 127 = 2263mm.
Crimp both ends of the bottom and top rail.
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What you will need:
What you will need:
Ground Ground
2263mm
Ground
Post Post
Post

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Top Rail – Colour Wren or Rosella Fence only:
Insert the steel into the top rail with the U facing to
one side. This will prevent the top rail from bowing.
Bottom Rail – White and Colour Fence:
Insert the steel into the top channel of the bottom
rail with the U facing up. This will provide extra
strength when dirt is pushed up against it.
After the post concrete has set slide the top
and bottom rails into the pre-routed slots.
You will need to push the rail all the way into
the first post to enable you to push it into
the second post.
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Post 1
Post 2
Bottom Rail - White and Colour Fence
Top Rail - Colour Wren or Rosella Fence

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Crimp the pickets on the end that will be
going into the bottom rail. Slide the picket
through the top rail and into the bottom rail.
If installing the Wren or Rosella style you will
need to first slide the picket up into the top
rail then push it down into the bottom rail. What you will need:
Post 1
Post 2
For Wren & Rosella Picket Fencing:

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Place the post and picket caps on using
clear silicon or PVC pipe glue. What you will need:
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