Stock fencing only works if the line stays tight and the strainers never move. 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. Ben builds stock runs the way they should be built — not the way that is quick.
Across Mid Wales, BP Contracting takes on stock 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.
A stock fence lives or dies on its strainer assemblies. Ben sets full creosoted strainer posts with properly braced struts at every corner, end and change of direction, then strains the netting and line wire tight between them so the boundary holds its tension through years of stock leaning on it and weather working at it. Skip the bracing and the whole run goes slack within a season.
Between the strainers go HC4-treated intermediate posts at the right spacing for the ground and the stock, with the netting tensioned by hand or monkey-strainer and stapled so it cannot ride up or sag. Add a strand or two of plain or barbed line wire on top where the job calls for it. It is unglamorous, methodical work — and it is exactly the bit cheaper outfits cut.
Ben has put in everything from a few hundred metres of replacement boundary up to 1,000m grant-spec runs across whole holdings. Sheep netting, cattle and high-tensile stock netting, on wet ground, on slopes, with tracked-machine access where the ground will not take a quad — the kind of stock fencing that is still tight ten years on.
Whether your stock 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.
A stock fence built on creosoted strainers and HC4 intermediates, strained properly, will hold for 20 years or more. The strainer assemblies are what decide it — set and braced right, they never move, and the line stays tight. Cheap untreated posts and unbraced strainers are why a bargain run sags within a couple of years.
Yes. Ben has put in grant-funded stock fencing to the required spec — correct post types, treatments, spacings and strainer assemblies — including 1,000m+ runs. If your scheme has a specification to meet, bring it to the site visit and the quote is built around it.
Stock netting is woven wire mesh strained between posts — the economical, hard-wearing choice for sheep and cattle over long boundaries. Post and rail is timber rails on posts — a stronger, more visible barrier favoured for horses, paddock divisions and entrances. Many holdings use both: netting for the long runs, post and rail at the yard and gateways.
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.
Stock netting strained tight on creosote strainers and HC4 intermediates — built to hold livestock for the long haul.
Stock fencing →Traditional timber post and rail for paddocks, horses and entrances — morticed, strong and squared off.
Post and rail fencing →Farm boundaries, grant-spec runs, stock netting and gates — proper agricultural fencing for working land.
Agricultural 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.