The Advantages Of Welded Wire Fence
A welded wire fence offers a number of advantages over other types of fencing. Some of these advantages include:
- Easy installation
- Weather proof
- Durable
- Attractive
- Rust resistant
If you're looking at vinyl coated wire fencing, it's even available in a number of colors. This style of fencing is ideal for keeping animals out of your yard, or keeping pets, horses and other farm animals contained inside a certain area.
Welded wire fencing can either be used on its own, by attaching it to stakes, posts or even to trees & shrubs, or it can be attached to other types of fence, such as post & rail fencing, to improve its ability to keep animals in or out.
Rather than panels, wire fencing comes in a roll and is sold by length. For example, Academy Welded Wire Fencing sells 50' and 100' rolls, so it's just a matter of calculating how much you will need to completely enclose the area you want fenced.
The cost of the wire fence will vary, depending on the gauge of the wire. For example, 100 feet of 12.5 gauge wire from Academy Fencing will cost you roughly $160, while the same length of 14 gauge fencing is about $110. The higher the gauge number, the thinner the wire - so a 14 gauge fence has thinner wires than a 9 gauge fence would, for example.
There are quite a few types of wire fence, including barbed wire, chicken wire, wire mesh and woven wire. Each has advantages and disadvantages, but welded wire fences are typically the strongest and most effective at keeping larger animals in or out.
While it's not highly ornamental, wire fencing does come in different finished and colors, for at least some choice. These colors are achieved by coating the wire with vinyl or PVC coating, which also helps to reinforce the high tensile wire.
If you're looking for easy to build fencing, it's hard to beat welded wire. It can be installed almost anywhere, using simple posts or even existing trees or shrubs, and it doesn't require a great deal of skill to do so. Because it's sold in longer sections, it's also much easier to deal with than individual panels that you'll find with so many other fencing materials.
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