Fencing around a site

hillbloom

I need to put a 100 metre fence around part of my site. Thinking of SHEEP WIRE or just ordinary wire. Would anyone have an idea of the cost.

Genghis Cant

Sheep wire is about €120 a 100 m roll, barb wire around €50 for 200m roll. You'll want posts about every 4 m and good straining posts at any corners. If you don't have a post driver you should consider digging holes and concreting in the strainers, Sleepers are good strainers at around €20 each. Use decent posts pdm will cost about €8 each. A lot of the cheaper ones are rubbish.
If i was fencing off a site I'd get a lad with a post driver to knock in the posts or consider getting a fencing contractor to do the job if you don't have the set up yourself.

cupan_tae

I did my own post and rail fencing recently (one side of garden) I dug the holes myself and set the posts in concrete. Its a bit of work so you'd need the time, I found it hard to get the time with Full time Job\Family etc so took a little longer then I'd hoped.

Like above post if you want the job done quick and fast, tractor\post driver is your only man. Or put in the time\work yourself and save a few euros. I'd recommend post and rail too, obviously more expensive - but a much nicer finish (my opinion only).

CJhaughey

What are you fencing the area for? To keep stock out or just for boundary demarcation?

Post and rail won't hold up to stock use, they will scratch off it and cause it to loosen unless you run an electric wire around the top.
TBH unless you are handy at fencing then I'd try and get a fencer to do the job, they will have it done in a fraction of the time you'd spend doing it and they are more likely to get better tension into the fence than you will be able to.

hillbloom

Thanks guys for your very helpful replies. From reading them I am going to get it a fencer to do it, hopefully the cost wont shock me. Its just around two sides of a site to mark the boundary. Thanks!!

Smallhold

Any ideas how to start a post and rail fence midway up a driveway without it looking ridiculous - or jsut as you enter the house...want to put one up around the house but the drive is 170m long so can't afford 340m down both sides of the drive and then another 150m or so all around side of house! Was going to plant trees along side of driveway..