ASTM F567-07

Standard Practice for Installation of Chain-Link Fence

ABSTRACT
This practice establishes the standard installation procedures for chain-link fences. It includes site preparation, post location, post setting, and terminal post bracing measures. Also included here are the detailed requirements for the top rail and tension wire, tie wires and clips, chain-link fabric, barbed wires, and gates.
SCOPE
1.1 This practice covers the installation procedure for chain-link fence.
1.2 This practice is intended primarily to guide those responsible for or concerned with the installation of chain-link fence.
1.3 This practice does not intend to preclude any practice that has proven equal to or given better performance under varying conditions, that is, location, weather, intended use, materials, etc.
This standard does not purport to address all of the safety problems, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use. For specific precautionary statements, see Section 13.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 30-Jun-2007
• ICS: 91.090 - External structures
• Technical Committee: F14 - Fences
• Drafting Committee: F14.40 - Chain Link Fence and Wire Accessories

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM F567-00 - Standard Practice for Installation of Chain-Link Fence
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2007
• Replaced By: ASTM F567-11 - Standard Practice for Installation of Chain-Link Fence
• Effective Date: 01-Feb-2011
• Referred By: ASTM F626-14(2023) - Standard Specification for Fence Fittings
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2007
• Referred By: ASTM E2942-22 - Standard Guide for Security of Tank Farm Installations for Compliance with Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure Plan (SPCC) Regulations
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2007
• Referred By: ASTM F3000/F3000M-13(2022) - Standard Specification for Polymer Privacy Insert Slats for Chain Link Fabric and Privacy Chain Link Fabric Manufactured Containing Pre-Installed Privacy Slats
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2007
• Referred By: ASTM F2409-10(2016) - Standard Guide for Fences for Non-Residential Outdoor Swimming Pools, Hot Tubs, and Spas
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2007
• Referred By: ASTM F2611-15 - Standard Guide for Design and Construction of Chain Link Security Fencing
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2007
• Referred By: ASTM F1184-23e1 - Standard Specification for Industrial and Commercial Horizontal Slide Gates
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2007
• Referred By: ASTM F3151-17 - Standard Specification for Driven Steel Post Drive Anchor System
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2007
• Referred By: ASTM F3558-22 - Standard Guide for Chain-Link Pickleball Court Fences
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2007
• Referred By: ASTM F3342-19 - Standard Guide for Temporary Fence Applications for Construction Sites
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2007
• Referred By: ASTM F969-11(2016) - Standard Practice for Construction of Chain-Link Tennis Court Fence
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2007
• Referred By: ASTM F1553-11(2022) - Standard Guide for Specifying Chain Link Fence
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2007

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation:F567–07
Standard Practice for
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Installation of Chain-Link Fence
ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF567;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginal
adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision.Anumber in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript
epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 3.3 Before installing chain-link fence, all necessary site
clearing and grading shall be performed by the purchaser.
1.1 This practice covers the installation procedure for chain-
Adequate clearance on both sides of the fence line is required.
link fence.
1.2 This practice is intended primarily to guide those
4. Post Location
responsible for or concerned with the installation of chain-link
4.1 Space line posts equidistant at intervals not exceeding
fence.
10 ft [3.05 m]. Measure the interval parallel to the grade of the
1.3 This practice does not intend to preclude any practice
proposed fence and in the line of fence from center to center of
that has proven equal to or given better performance under
the post.
varying conditions, that is, location, weather, intended use,
4.2 Set terminal posts (end, corner, and gate) at the begin-
materials, etc.
ning and end of each continuous length of fence and at abrupt
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the
changes in vertical and horizontal alignments.
safety problems, if any, associated with its use. It is the
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
5. Post Setting
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
5.1 Set posts in concrete in holes of diameter and depth as
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use. For specific
follows. Intended use and local conditions shall determine post
precautionary statements, see Section 13.
footing dimensions; that is, under normal conditions the
diameter shall be four times the largest cross section of the post
2. Referenced Documents
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up to a 4 in. [101.5 mm] outside diameter and three times for
2.1 ASTM Standards:
larger outside diameters. The depth shall be a minimum of 24
F626 Specification for Fence Fittings
in. [609.6 mm] plus an additional 3 in. [76.2 mm] for each 1-ft
F654 Specification for Residential Chain Link Fence Gates
[305-mm] increase in the fence height over 4 ft [1.22 m] to a
F900 Specification for Industrial and Commercial Swing
maximum total of 60 in. [1525 mm] for a fence height up to 20
Gates
ft. [6.10 m].
F1184 Specification for Industrial and Commercial Hori-
5.2 Dig or drill holes in the line of the fence in accordance
zontal Slide Gates
with 5.1. Forms are not necessary.
3. Site Preparation 5.3 Set posts in a vertical position, plumb and in line.
Backfill concrete (2500 psi) [17.2 MPa] into the excavation
3.1 The purchaser shall indicate the location of fence lines,
and extend 2 in. [50 mm] above grade. An alternative method
gates, and terminal posts with suitable stakes. Stake intervals
is to stop footing 6 in. [152.4 mm] below grade to allow for
shall not exceed 500 ft [152.5 m] or line of sight.
cover with sod, black top, or other materials if the footings are
3.2 All underground utility locations, USC&G benchmarks,
not in an area subject to cathodic protection. In either case,
propertymonuments,andotherundergroundstructuresshallbe
crown the concrete at its top to shed water and slope a
indicated by the purchaser.
minimum of 2 in. [50.8 mm] away from the post.
5.4 The use of mechanical devices for the setting of fence
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This practice is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee F14 on Fences and
postsisacceptableunderthispractice,providedthemechanical
is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F14.40 on Chain Link Fence and Wire
strength in the ground is equal or superior to the strength
Accessories.
developed by the concrete footing as recommended.
Current edition approved July 1, 2007. Published July 2007. Originally approved
5.5 When solid rock or concrete is encountered, without an
in 1978. Last previous edition approved in 2000 as F567 - 00. DOI: 10.1520/F0567-
07.
overburden of soil, set posts in the solid rock or concrete. The
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
depth of the hole shall be three times the largest cross section
contact ASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM
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of the posts. The diameter of the hole shall be ⁄2 in. [13 mm]
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
the ASTM website. greater than the largest cross section of the post.
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