Installation resources
Plan your CompoXen fence with a materials checklist, panel and post calculations, and installation videos. CompoXen supplies the materials; choose a capable DIY installation or hire an independent contractor.
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This is a planning guide, not a substitute for the current product installation instructions or project-specific engineering. Use it to prepare your layout and order before any digging or post setting.
Before ordering
Document total linear footage, corners, elevation changes, gates, and end points.
Confirm grading, utilities, access, property lines, frost depth, and local requirements.
Calculate panel kits, posts, rails, brackets, trim, gates, and reasonable project overage.
Request and follow the current product instructions, plus project-specific engineering where applicable.
Materials checklist
The horizontal 6-foot full-privacy panel set makes a nominal 6-foot-wide by 6-foot-high section and includes:
These contents apply to this specific horizontal kit. Check the selected product for other heights, orientations, and gate configurations.
Count additional end posts, corners, gate posts and hardware, concrete, and any site-specific components separately. One post in a kit does not close both ends of a freestanding fence run.
Surface mounting requires a compatible mount-on bracket and approved anchors, sold separately. In-ground and surface-mount configurations have different site and foundation requirements.
Choose the installation type before ordering. Confirm the complete material list and current instructions with CompoXen before setting posts.
Review composite fence specificationsPanel and post planning
Divide each uninterrupted run by the selected nominal panel width and round up for an initial panel allowance. A 30-foot run starts with five nominal 6-foot panels. Actual post spacing, clearances, and any cut sections must be set from the current installation instructions, not this estimating shortcut.
For one freestanding straight run with no gates, five panels require six posts. If all five kits include one post, add one closing post. Two separate five-panel straight runs need ten kits and two additional closing posts, before any other project components.
Mark gate openings separately rather than counting them as fence panels. Shared corners, gate-post requirements, slopes, and mounting choices can change the final takeoff. Submit the drawing for review instead of applying the straight-run example to every layout.
Project planning
Mark every run, corner, end point, gate, slope, and elevation change. Confirm property boundaries, utility markings, drainage, and local requirements before foundations are placed.
Select in-ground or approved surface-mount components for the actual site. Post depth, concrete, anchors, spacing, wind exposure, and the installed configuration must follow current project documents.
Confirm the finished opening, leaf width, swing direction, latch side, hardware clearances, grade, and access needs before ordering gate components or setting adjacent posts.
Installation sequence
Mark runs, corners, gates, and endpoints. Confirm utility markings, boundaries, access, and local requirements, then match delivered components to the approved plan.
Follow the current foundation or mounting details for your site. Keep posts aligned, plumb, and properly supported, and allow the specified curing time before loading in-ground foundations.
Follow the product-specific sequence for brackets, lower rails, boards, upper rails, trim, and caps. Maintain the specified board engagement and expansion clearances; do not substitute nominal panel dimensions for installation measurements.
Follow the gate instructions for reinforcement, hinges, and latches. Review fasteners, clearances, alignment, and gate operation before cleaning the site and retaining the product documents.
Budget before building
A panel price is not the full installed project price. Include end posts, gates, hardware, delivery, applicable tax, and site-specific materials in the supply budget. Ask your independent contractor to itemize labor and site work separately.
Installation questions
A capable DIY homeowner may install the system, but the site, layout, foundations, local requirements, and current product instructions must be reviewed first. Property owners may also hire the qualified contractor of their choice.
Start with the nominal panel width and current Compoxen instructions, then account for actual post dimensions, corners, end posts, gates, slopes, and required clearances before setting any foundations.
Compatible projects may use a heavy-duty mount-on bracket. The existing concrete, anchors, edge distance, wind exposure, installed configuration, and local requirements must be approved for the project.
Provide each fence run, height, orientation, finish, corners, end points, grade changes, gate widths, and preferred installation method. A drawing or marked site plan is especially helpful.
Yes. Fence height, setbacks, property lines, visibility areas, HOA rules, and permit requirements can vary. Confirm the current requirements for the project address before ordering or installation.
Yes, for a freestanding straight run with no gates or shared corners, the post count is the number of panels plus one. Five panels need six posts, so five kits that each include one post need one additional end post. Review corners, separate runs, gates, and mounting hardware individually before ordering.
A CompoXen panel kit is a material purchase, not an installed-fence quote. Installation labor, site work, concrete, and any separately required mounting hardware must be budgeted separately. An independent contractor provides their own installation estimate and terms.
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