Electric fencing earns its place where you want flexible, effective stock control without the cost of a full permanent boundary. 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 electric 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 sets up permanent and semi-permanent electric fencing — energiser, earthing, line wire or tape on insulated posts — for stock control and grazing rotation. Done properly, with a correctly sized energiser and good earthing, it is a genuine psychological barrier that trains and holds stock; done badly, with poor earth and a weak pulse, it is just a string animals learn to ignore.
It works well as a deterrent strand along the top of post and rail to stop horses leaning and cribbing, as a quick way to cross-fence rotation paddocks, and as a flexible boundary on ground where a permanent fence is not justified. Ben sizes the energiser to the length of line and the stock, and gets the earthing right — which is the part most DIY electric fences get wrong.
It is not a replacement for a proper permanent boundary where one is needed, and Ben will tell you straight when a job wants real stock fencing instead. But for control, rotation and deterrence, a well-set electric system is a practical, cost-effective tool.
Whether your electric 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.
Nine times out of ten it is poor earthing or an undersized energiser. The pulse needs a good earth return through the ground to give the animal a proper deterrent; weak earthing or too small an energiser for the length of line leaves it ineffective. Ben sizes the energiser and sets the earthing correctly so it actually does its job.
Yes — a single electric tape along the inside top of the rails is a very effective deterrent against leaning, cribbing and reaching over, and it is low cost to add. It can go on a new build or be retro-fitted to existing post and rail.
It can be permanent for stock control, but it is not a substitute for a solid physical boundary where one is genuinely needed (roadside, security, sole containment of valuable stock). Ben will advise honestly where electric is the right tool and where a proper stock or post and rail fence is the safer call.
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.
Permanent and semi-permanent electric fencing for stock control and grazing rotation.
Electric fencing →Stock netting strained tight on creosote strainers and HC4 intermediates — built to hold livestock for the long haul.
Stock fencing →Paddock boundaries and divisions — post and rail, stock wire and gates for horses and livestock.
Paddock fencing →Farm boundaries, grant-spec runs, stock netting and gates — proper agricultural fencing for working land.
Agricultural fencing →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.