Perimeter Fencing - attractive and functional

[IPEsq]

[QUOTE=netg;7981488]
Since you asked for pictures, I’m sharing. I suspect this is outside of your “attractive” guidelines, as it was created for functionality, not looks. v-mesh on welded steel fencing has required zero maintenance since put in. There are times I would prefer multi-strand hot wire because animals can dig under it, but at the same time we don’t have to worry about power outages.

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This type of fence works great out west, but I would not want welded steel in NC. The climate is too wet.

Your fence looks way better than most I’ve seen with this setup out west, too. How have you attached the mesh so that it doesn’t get saggy? You can attach it easily to wood posts and a wood sight rail, but I’ve seen a lot of failures of installation or maintenance with pipe fencing and am curious what you used.

[Doctracy]

We’re making the same decisions. Moved to Laurinburg,NC last summer. All the extra money is going to a barn. I have 21 wooded acres. Need a fence to keep a tiny dog, a Doberman and pony/horses in, predators out. Not an easy decision, especially with all the wooded, difficult to fence property.

[eastendjumper]

[QUOTE=SouthernYankee;8004227]
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This is ours, 4 rail black Centaur 5’ tall. Absolutely love it and would put it up again. Works great without being hot for the horses, not so much the cows so we added 3 strands of coated hot wire in between the 5" rails.[/QUOTE]

Is that the black or the dark brown they offer? It’s beautiful!

[suzyq]

I have no climb with a wood top rail. It’s about 15 years old. We stretched it and it is still tight but it is rusting which I don’t like. It is functional just doesn’t look good. I think ours is red brand. It has been great for keeping animals in/out. It is hard to keep weeds from growing up, we have to use roundup. It’s going to be a pain to take out when we need to replace it.

My neighbor has centaur of the same age. It is a bit saggy and faded but has held up well. It would look better if she kept it tight. She has hot wire at the bottom to keep her dogs in.

[netg]

[QUOTE=IPEsq;8004246]
This type of fence works great out west, but I would not want welded steel in NC. The climate is too wet.

Your fence looks way better than most I’ve seen with this setup out west, too. How have you attached the mesh so that it doesn’t get saggy? You can attach it easily to wood posts and a wood sight rail, but I’ve seen a lot of failures of installation or maintenance with pipe fencing and am curious what you used.[/QUOTE]

We considered some sort of coating to avoid any rust on the pipes. Wood doesn’t hold up well here because of the dry, so yep, different answers based on location!

The mesh is attached by thick wire intended for that purpose - I don’t know the name! That has to be replaced at times, specifically where the mares stand and kick at each other, but in general it has held up well for 4 years so far.

[SouthernYankee]

[QUOTE=eastendjumper;8004312]
Is that the black or the dark brown they offer? It’s beautiful![/QUOTE]

Thanks! It’s black, we were going for the “Kentucky horse farm” look. We started putting up the coated wire around the back of the property and picked black because we could get black insulators, we didn’t want the ugly yellow insulators. So everything matches.