Agricultural fencing has to work for a living — hold stock, mark a boundary, take the weather, and stay tight for years with no fuss. Ben builds it across South Wales and travels for the right job.
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.
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.
More on our common questions page.
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.