Vinyl Fencing

[gahorseygal]

Our property is already 3/4 fenced with plastic vinyl 3 board fencing. It’s very nice looking but I don’t care for it when it comes to keeping horses in. We also plan on having other animals in the pastures (chickens, pigs) so we are looking into the non climb field fence.

My question is should we put the field fence behind the vinyl fence? Or is it even worth it to keep the vinyl fence? Both my husband and I would prefer wood (plus we could install the field fence on that) but I hate to waste money when there is already a perfectly good fence installed.

Thoughts? I did see some people have success selling their vinyl fencing (though I would have to check and make sure our posts aren’t in concrete).

[msj]

I would think that even if the posts are set in concrete you could still pop out the rails and sell those!

I agree that it’s lovely looking fencing but just not to contain horses or other livestock for that matter.

I personally think it would look strange to have the vinyl fencing and the no-climb fencing together. If though, you decide to do that, I think putting the no-climb inside of the vinyl would make more sense.

Good luck though.

[clanter]

well you could accidentally start a brush fire, the PVC fence will melt to the ground

If you are concerned about rail being popped out of the post you can insert locking rods through the ends of the rails inside the posts… not a real big deal to do if the post caps are not glued in place

[horsepoor]

My neighbor’s did a front line of 3-rail vinyl fencing and then the rest of the property is no climb. Then they ran no climb on the inside of the vinyl (to keep their dogs in). It was one of those things where the husband wanted the no climb for the dog, and was fine with the looks, but the wife wanted “pretty” fencing across the front. It doesn’t look too bad. Not sure it would hold up to much in the way of livestock as it is surely the cheaper decor type fence, not good horse fencing, but it works for their purposes.

[jetlife]

Nah take the vinyl fence down and build the new one, the horses might use it as a snack.

[IPEsq]

How busy is your area? Having a perimeter fence and then a setback pasture fence can help with the “attractive nuisance” factor with animals. Vinyl fence would help keep people out, and you could use what you want for pasture fence.