A solar farm perimeter is a long run of fence across rough, often wet rural ground, and it has to do two jobs at once: keep people and vehicles out, and keep stock and deer from damaging the array. That combination is squarely what BP Contracting is built for across South Wales.
The perimeter specification usually pairs a security element with an exclusion element. Welded mesh gives cut-resistance and keeps CCTV sightlines clear through the fence, while deer and stock netting on the same line stops animals pushing through and damaging panels or cabling. Access gates are sized for the plant and maintenance vehicles that need to get on and off the site.
The real difficulty on these jobs is rarely the fence itself — it is the ground and the distance. Long runs across boggy, uneven or remote rural ground defeat contractors who only work on level domestic gardens. Ben works this ground routinely on agricultural contracts, including a 1,000-metre grant-specification run at Nant-y-Fedw and 500 metres of stock fencing, using tracked-machine access where wheeled plant would sink.
Strainers, straining posts and line tension are what keep a long run straight and tight for years rather than sagging by the second winter. Creosoted strainers and HC4-treated intermediates, set to depth and properly braced at every corner and change of direction, are the standard the agricultural work is built to — and the same standard applies on a site perimeter.
Typically a security perimeter combined with animal exclusion — welded mesh for cut-resistance and CCTV visibility, with deer or stock netting to stop animals reaching the array. Vehicle and pedestrian access gates are sized for maintenance plant. The exact specification comes from the site survey.
Yes — that is the core of the agricultural side of the business. Runs of several hundred metres to over a kilometre across wet, uneven or remote ground, using tracked-machine access where wheeled plant cannot go, with properly braced strainers so the line stays tight.
Per metre from a site survey, moving with the run length, the ground conditions, the specification, access, and the number of gates. Ben walks the site, checks the ground and access, then issues a written itemised fixed price. The survey is free.
More on our common questions page.
Commercial perimeter security — palisade, welded mesh and anti-climb systems to the threat level.
Security fencing →Farm boundaries, grant-spec runs, stock netting and gates — proper agricultural fencing for working land.
Agricultural fencing →Tall, tensioned deer fencing to protect woodland, crops and gardens from browsing.
Deer fencing →See all the areas we cover, or read our common questions.
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