Agricultural fencing has to work for a living — hold stock, mark a boundary, take the weather, and stay tight for years with no fuss. Mid Wales is hill-farming and sheep country, where stock netting, strained line wire and proper strainer assemblies earn their keep on long, exposed boundaries. For a sizeable run it is well worth the travel.
Across Mid Wales, BP Contracting takes on agricultural fencing as rural and agricultural work on the kind of runs that justify the trip. Mid Wales is hill-farming and sheep country, where stock netting, strained line wire and proper strainer assemblies earn their keep on long, exposed boundaries. For a sizeable run it is well worth the travel.
Mid Wales is upland sheep country — Powys, Ceredigion and the hill ground in between, where boundaries run long, exposed and over rough terrain, and the weather works at a fence year-round. That is exactly where strainer assemblies, the right netting tension and proper treatments matter most, and where a fence built to a price rather than a spec fails fastest. Tracked-machine access for ground that will not take a vehicle is often part of the job up here.
Ben fences working land across Wales: stock netting and line wire for sheep and cattle, post and rail at the yard and entrances, field gates hung to swing clean off a quad or a tractor, and the strainer assemblies that hold the whole lot together. The materials are chosen for the job and the ground — creosoted strainers where they take the strain, HC4-treated intermediates down the line, the right netting for the stock.
Where the work is grant-funded, the spec is the spec: correct post types, treatments, spacings, strainer and bracing detail, all to the standard the scheme requires. Ben has done grant-spec runs up to 1,000m and is comfortable building to a written specification and leaving a boundary that passes inspection and holds for two decades.
It is a different discipline to garden fencing — longer runs, heavier materials, tracked-machine access on ground that will not take a vehicle, and a finish judged on whether it holds stock, not whether it matches the patio. That is the work Ben cut his teeth on.
Whether your agricultural fencing job in Mid Wales is a single boundary or a large run, the approach is the same: Ben surveys it, quotes a fixed itemised price, and builds it to a spec that lasts. Get in touch with the location and a rough idea of the job and he will tell you straight whether he can travel for it.
Yes. Bring the scheme specification to the site visit and the job is built to it — post types, treatments, spacings, strainer and bracing detail — so the boundary passes inspection and lasts. Ben has completed grant-spec runs up to 1,000m.
Yes — from a few hundred metres of replacement boundary to full holdings. Ben can work with tracked-machine access where the ground will not take a vehicle, and coordinates stock netting, line wire, strainers, gates and post and rail as one job.
Strainer and corner posts are best in creosote, which is still the longest-lasting treatment for high-strain timber in ground contact. Intermediate posts are typically HC4-treated for ground-contact durability. Using the right treatment in the right place is the difference between a 20-year fence and a 5-year one.
For a sizeable run, yes — Mid Wales hill ground is exactly the kind of long, exposed boundary work worth travelling for, and Ben builds it to hold on terrain where a cheap fence does not last. Get in touch with the location and the rough length and he will tell you straight whether it stacks up and arrange a visit.
More on our common questions page.
Farm boundaries, grant-spec runs, stock netting and gates — proper agricultural fencing for working land.
Agricultural fencing →Stock netting strained tight on creosote strainers and HC4 intermediates — built to hold livestock for the long haul.
Stock fencing →Whole-holding fencing — stock netting, post and rail, gates and strainers, built for working land.
Farm fencing →Galvanised and timber field gates hung to swing clean and latch true off a quad or a tractor.
Field gates →See all the areas we cover, or read our common questions.
No call-out fee, no obligation. Tell Ben what you are after and he will arrange a free site visit, then quote you a fixed price.