Installation Instructions - Border Style:

• Mark out and measure intended fence line (See Note A). Tanalised timber is often wet when purchased if possible fillet stack and dry the timber a month or so before the project to reduce the warp and twisting of the installed timber.

• Dig post holes 200mm in diameter and 600mm deep. Spacing between posts must be exactly 2.2 m panel widths. As you dig post holes, place posts in hole and check distance between posts using a 2.2m. Remember corner posts need to be 100mm x 100mm - other posts can be 100mm x 75mm.
   
• Brace end posts plumb and stretch lines tight, top and bottom, to align intermediate posts. Plumb remaining posts and set in concrete.
   
• When concrete has hardened, fix 100 x 100 mm H4 plinth (Diag C) between and in the centre of posts at ground line and straight or following lie of land (See Note F). N.B. When fixing plinth consider appearance of top of fence line.
   
• This will be parallel to plinth line.
   
• Cut top of posts parallel to plinth at bamboo roll height plus 5mm.
   
• Nail capping (100mm x 50mm H3 - we recommend beveling the edges to enhance appearance) on top of posts ensuring correct distance between (2200mm measured horizontally). Join capping rails where necessary, only on top of posts to avoid excessive timber twist.
   
• Using 50mm nails, nail 25mm x 25mm bead on edge to rear of inside of posts and underside of capping. Ensure 5mm packers are underneath the lower bead to allow for drainage otherwise the bamboo will sit in water .and eventually rot.
   
• Place roll on plinth and against beads (if a tight fit a flat bar or wide chisel may be used to lever centre together).
   
• Nail second set of beads to hold panels in place.
   

Installation Instructions - Standard Style:

A flat surface is required on to which to attach the Bamboo. This can be directly over timber palings, or if attaching to the back of the fence the rails can be packed out so they are flush with the posts. If you are covering corrugated iron or a concrete wall, you can fix timber battens (50mm x 25mm H3) to provide a suitable surface on which to attach the cane.

• To keep the Bamboo from coming in contact with the ground, and to reduce the tendency for sagging, it is suggested that a timber plinth (100mm x 50mm H4) is fixed to the face of the fence posts or to existing cladding at the base of the fence.

• Start attaching the Bamboo rolls by unrolling it; resting the bottom edge on the plinth, fixing it at one end, drilling through a cane and fixing with stainless screws 75mm as you go along. (It is a lot easier with 2 people.)