Installation Instructions

8. Stretching Fence Fabric
Fig. 17
Step 1
Temporarily insert a tension bar about 3 feet from the
unattached end of fabric. Fasten one end of the 3-hook
fence stretcher to the tension bar and the other end to
the terminal post (Fig. 17). Stretch the fabric. The
correct fabric tension should allow a slight amount of
give when squeezed by hand. The use of a fence
stretcher and come along winch may not necessary on
smaller lengths of fence.
Step 2
Make the fabric longer or shorter by adding or removing
wire as shown in (Fig. 15 & 16). Insert a tension bar at
the end of the fabric and connect to tension bands on
terminal post. Release tension on winch and remove the
temporary tension bar.
3ft.
Fig. 18
Hillside-bias cutting (Where ground drops or rises more
than 15in. over 100ft.)
If the top of the chain-link fabric does not create a right angle
to the terminal post, the fabric must be cut on a bias so that the
tension bar can slide into the fabric and be parallel to the
terminal post. Pull the chain-link fabric until the top or bottom,
whichever is shortest, reaches the terminal post. The other
corner of the fabric will extend past the terminal post. Insert
the tension bar at an angle through the fabric parallel to the
terminal post (Fig. 18). Remove the excess wire by cutting the
strands that form the diamond at the tension bar leaving them
long enough to bend over the bar. Do not cut every wire. The
number of wires cut depends on the degree of slope and the
angle of the fabric.