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Fencing options

  • 27-04-2025 06:31PM
    #1
    Farm25
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    I have recently inherited land which I will need to fence, regardless of whether I continue to lease the land as it was or start farming myself.
    What would the best option be for a boundary fence. 3 strand Barbed wire or sheep wire and barbed wire on top.
    I do not have any much experience of fencing but I will would have a go at it.

    could it be a better option to get a fencing contractor. It would be about 200 m of fencing that really needs doing


    anybody know rough prices for fencing contractor ? Mayo



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  • #2
    Tileman
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    get a fencing contractor to do it and it will be done right. You can’t beat the tension they get on it. And it’s tax deductible.

    Get the sheep wire and thorn wire on it and you have a lot more options what you want to so it.
    roughly about 6€-7 a metre.

    Post edited by Tileman on


  • #3
    Packrat
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    Unless you've been fencing since a child, - get a contractor. I do my own, and with enough time I can do it to contractor standard but I rarely do owing to rushing.

    3ft sheep wire plus heavy barbed on top is a 30 year fence if you buy proper stakes and strain it correctly. You'll make a balls of it yourself and waste the materials money unless you're experienced.

    I would allow about 8 to 9 euro a Metre unless your fence line is straight and flat. There's places i fence that i have to use a pole every 1.5 m rather than every 3 m as recommended.

    Buy the best poles you can afford. The wire is much of a muchness, - it all lasts long enough.

    “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command”



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