Creating a stepped look.
Stair step fence panels.
This allows the overall line of the fence to follow the slope in a stair step fashion.
When building a fence on a slope using preassembled panels the entire panel is stepped up or down so it remains level.
Mounts are sold separately.
In stair stepping you are connecting 2 fence panels to 1 post at different heights.
Racking vinyl fence panels.
Racking vinyl fence panels.
If your slope is steep you will choose to stair step the fence panels.
The reason for this is that you can.
This is accomplished by either custom routing your fence posts to fit the height of your panels or by using brackets attached to unrouted blank posts.
Stair stepping is a fence installation technique where each successive panel in your fence line is installed higher or lower than the last.
Each section is attached to the post to accommodate the slope of the land which means your fence will have the look of stairs increasing in height as you move further up the slope.
With stepped fencing you use rails that are perpendicular to the pickets.
The additional room allows the fence panel to flex or rack.
Both methods are described in better detail below.
Styles including flat top with double pickets and spear top with double pickets will only allow for approximately 14 15 inches of racking when rackable is selected.
The posts are installed plumb and each panel steps lower or higher as the grade changes.
Racking is the preferred method providing the grade change isn t too drastic.