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 step fence panels.
Mounts are sold separately.
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 additional room allows the fence panel to flex or rack.
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.
Both methods are described in better detail below.
Creating a stepped look.
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.
Racking vinyl fence panels.
Assuming you are trying to follow the grade you can either stair step the panels or rack the panels out of square.
Racking is the preferred method providing the grade change isn t too drastic.
Building a fence with preassembled panels.
In stair stepping you are connecting 2 fence panels to 1 post at different heights.
With stepped fencing you use rails that are perpendicular to the pickets.
Racking vinyl fence panels.
The reason for this is that you can.