Installation Guide
Step 6: Installing Fence Panels
1. Panel support brackets must be attached to all posts.
2. Be certain steel stieners are inserted in the top and bottom
rail of each panel; they come installed from the factory, but may
have been removed to use as post spacers while installing posts.
3. EcoStone six foot panels are universal, with no front or back, and
no top or bottom edge. This allows you to create a mixed design
for a better aesthetic eect.
4. Ashland six foot panels have a top and bottom which can be
identified by the black plug in the rail. Be sure to install panels
with black plug on the bottom.
5. Lift the panel bottom edge to approximately 4' o the ground.
Have one person flex the next post outward until the groove will
receive the panel. Once the section is in the channel, ease the
panel down onto the support brackets.
6. Install caps over the posts.
7. Caps are pressure fitted making securing them typically
unnecessary; however, a 3" deck screw can be driven through
the top of the cap into the middle of the post if desired.
Step 7: Securing Panels
1. Panels must be attached to all six foot gate
posts, end posts, and corner posts.
2. To prevent unauthorized panel removal, you can
drive one fastener per panel through the panel
edge into the post. You should only use one
fastener per panel.
3. Caution: Never attach both sides of the panel to
posts. Polyethylene has a degree of thermal
expansion and contraction.
#14 Hex Washer Head,
3" Self Tapping Screw
Fasteners should attach
panels to end post, gate
post, and corner post
Note: Never attach both sides of any panel to posts.
DO NOT cut the steel stieners, unless you are cutting
the panel to accomodate a narrower section.
NOTE: for 8' panel and gate install, see page 14.
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