Glad I could help

Holding up great. I think it helps to predrill holes one the panels to prevent them from cracking.

Fantastic! Thank you.

I used roofing screws. So each screw has a washer with a rubber seal. How many screws did you use per panel?

@@weisguygarage2081 yeah the self drilling screws have a washer and rubber seal as well. And I did 4 screws per 25 inch width. Maybe not enough. Also, I placed them horizontally vs vertically. Perhaps that's where I went wrong. Too much weight to support.

@@MasaMuneDenadoro how's it holding up? I'm planning on making a sheet metal fence (just got some used roofing today, actually!) I've heard that it's best to use bolts since screws can not be enough if you get some strong winds.

@@mumpygumboo8554 it's almost a total loss after 6 months. Luckiky I only did a small section. The 29 gauge corrugated sheet metal tears away from the screw in wind, and I get pretty strong winds where I am. So 29 gauge stuff is basically garbage. Gotta go with 22 or at least 24.

29 is really light, but you could also benefit from a design tweak. Instead of all of the structure on the same side of the panels, recess the middle 2x and mount the panels to the back of the top and bottom boards and the face of the middle boards. You could also sandwich the panels between 2 - 2xs top and bottom and or use 2 intermediate support 2xs. It is extra wood but cheaper than rebuilding the fence.

Home depot

I think they were around $30 for a 12ft panel so $60 per 8ft section at 6ft high

Spend the money to buy or rent an auger

@@weisguygarage2081 Did you notice the heat affecting the Polycarbonate? I read another review of someone who used this product that said, "expands in temperatures above 80 degrees - producing visible waves on our fence" "Enough so that we started over with a new approach to mitigated the issue: working on only the hottest days, we allowed each panel to warm up considerably in the sun (to reach max expansion) before installing in place. As before, we predrilled holes as recommended and used the suggested screws, but I think that tiny bit of extra wiggle room from the heat canceled out some of the innate human error in hanging process. We now have way less waves, though we still get some on our hottest days (above 90 degrees and, again, only visible from right next to the fence)." - being in Texas (where there are MANY days over 80 degrees, I'm hesitate to use the Polycarbonate, but wanted to get your feedback on this as well. Thank you!

I did not notice any issues with expansion. Most likely for 2 reasons: I installed on a hot day and the panels had been in the sun previously, secondly my fence is only in the sun until about noon and it runs north to south. If the fence is constantly in the sun and you are in a hotter climate I may recommend using metal panels. They just usually cost a little more and are not as easy to work with. Hope this helps!

Normal wood just width of 4 inches and thickness of 4 inches, the length depends on what you want to do So 4*4

I used 10 ft posts and buried them about 24" deep. There is a layer of Adobe were I'm at at about 18" so I made sure to pass that.

I think it was around $1200 in materials for an 80 ft fence.

Exactly. Even PT won’t last that long when direct buried. The other design flaw is using roofing screws into PT. They’re not compatible.

That's what she said.